Comments on: Popularity Of Latex Mattresses http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/blog/2008/11/28/popularity-of-latex-mattresses/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:59:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: admin http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/blog/2008/11/28/popularity-of-latex-mattresses/#comment-31657 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:48:01 +0000 http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/blog/2008/11/28/popularity-of-latex-mattresses/#comment-31657 thanks for your comments, I appreciate as much feedback as I can so people can choose the mattress that is best for them, also based on feedback from actual users of the product! So again, I thank you for your comment! thanks for your comments, I appreciate as much feedback as I can so people can choose the mattress that is best for them, also based on feedback from actual users of the product! So again, I thank you for your comment!

]]> by: Spuffler http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/blog/2008/11/28/popularity-of-latex-mattresses/#comment-31636 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:31:26 +0000 http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/blog/2008/11/28/popularity-of-latex-mattresses/#comment-31636 I'm home, posting this through my laptop as I lay on my 7 year old Latex mattress. By following the manufacturers recommendation to flip and alternately rotate my mattress, I have a nice, comfortable sleeping surface that has endured very well. Between this Latex and my prior 'Posture-pedic' coil spring mattress, the aging of the two styles are roughly even. An important point to consider is related to the size of bedding. My king size Latex weighs so much that in order to flip/rotate it, I need an assistant. Over the years, I have managed to flip/rotate it on my own just 3 times, each time I needed to use the attached cloth handles, and each of those times, I've heard stitches in the handles fail. I'm not certain of the exact weight of my king size Latex mattress, but I estimate it is well over 200 lbs! Certainly of interest is the design of the Latex mattress itself. My Latex can be flipped over, but I know some Latex mattresses are not constructed with the same materials on each surface, thus leaving consumers with a one sided mattress. Yes, you won't need to flip that design, but from my perspective, you get lower mattress lifespan since you cannot sleep on the second surface. My wife owned one memory foam mattress. While her memory foam was not manufactured by the most famous memory foam company, her memory foam mattress had 2 noteworthy issues. First, when you roll over, you are sunk in rather deeply; you have to roll 'uphill' every time you roll over. Not just her words there, my personal experience. Also, her mattress had a warranty against the foam breaking down. Within the 5 years during which she owned that memory foam mattress, she had to have it replaced under warranty 4 times, due to the foam thickness breakdown; the last replacement was to exchange the memory foam to a Latex (both the sales people AND my wife insisted on NOT replacing it with yet another memory foam mattress). Rocky Mountain mentions customer feedback about Memory Foam being too hot, I also have experienced this effect on my Latex. The effect comes in handy here in New Hampshire winters, but during our 90 degree plus summers, the heating is a bit tough. Be certain of this: my Latex mattress has lost about 5 to 7% of its thickness. Her memory foam lost 20%. I do not roll uphill. I do not own a Rocky Mountain Latex mattress. I am staying with Latex. I’m home, posting this through my laptop as I lay on my 7 year old Latex mattress. By following the manufacturers recommendation to flip and alternately rotate my mattress, I have a nice, comfortable sleeping surface that has endured very well.

Between this Latex and my prior ‘Posture-pedic’ coil spring mattress, the aging of the two styles are roughly even.

An important point to consider is related to the size of bedding. My king size Latex weighs so much that in order to flip/rotate it, I need an assistant. Over the years, I have managed to flip/rotate it on my own just 3 times, each time I needed to use the attached cloth handles, and each of those times, I’ve heard stitches in the handles fail. I’m not certain of the exact weight of my king size Latex mattress, but I estimate it is well over 200 lbs!

Certainly of interest is the design of the Latex mattress itself. My Latex can be flipped over, but I know some Latex mattresses are not constructed with the same materials on each surface, thus leaving consumers with a one sided mattress. Yes, you won’t need to flip that design, but from my perspective, you get lower mattress lifespan since you cannot sleep on the second surface.

My wife owned one memory foam mattress. While her memory foam was not manufactured by the most famous memory foam company, her memory foam mattress had 2 noteworthy issues. First, when you roll over, you are sunk in rather deeply; you have to roll ‘uphill’ every time you roll over. Not just her words there, my personal experience. Also, her mattress had a warranty against the foam breaking down. Within the 5 years during which she owned that memory foam mattress, she had to have it replaced under warranty 4 times, due to the foam thickness breakdown; the last replacement was to exchange the memory foam to a Latex (both the sales people AND my wife insisted on NOT replacing it with yet another memory foam mattress).

Rocky Mountain mentions customer feedback about Memory Foam being too hot, I also have experienced this effect on my Latex. The effect comes in handy here in New Hampshire winters, but during our 90 degree plus summers, the heating is a bit tough.

Be certain of this: my Latex mattress has lost about 5 to 7% of its thickness. Her memory foam lost 20%. I do not roll uphill. I do not own a Rocky Mountain Latex mattress. I am staying with Latex.

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