Hi Phoenix,
Thanks for your reply. I went through the links you mentioned and I definitely gather from the incredible information you have on your website about the material used in comfort layer being the "weak link" in your mattress.
I happen to visit few mattress stores in NY area keeping in mind your points and I have shortlisted few options. I would like to know your opinion on these just to be sure that I am not making a wrong choice here:
1. Scott Jordan Furniture: They offer BE mattress and I liked Firm Level A for Nordic version and Firm Level B for Alpine version. Nordic is with 2" latex followed by two layers of coil and Alpine is with a thicker latex and a single layer of coil. They are being offerred at a price of $2300 - $2400 at Scott Jordan which is a bit above my range
2. Keetsa Tea Leaf Classic: I tried this and was okay with it until I tried BE at Scott Jordan. One issue that I faced in Keetsa mattress was that it has 2" of memory foam followed by a support foam and then coils. The sales guy there wasn't sure of the density of foams being used but he said that they are probably using 3lbs memory foam while earlier they were using 5lbs (Is there a reason they would downgrade?). As I understand from this forum that 3 lbs memory foam is not good quality and above 1" is not advisable. I tried this mattress for 15-20 minutes, lied on my back on it for a while, then sat at the same position where my hips were while I was lying and then lied on my back again and found that the memory foam in my hips area was getting a little softer. This was my concern with my earlier mattress as well and hence I am little skeptical about it. But this is more in my range of (~$1500) + Free delivery
3. RoomandBoard: I have shortlisted two options here – Encased Coil (Regular) and Encased Coil Natural Mattress. Their Encased Coil (Regular) Mattress consists of 5/8” of Certi-PUR super soft quilting foam, 2.5” of Certi-PUR super soft foam and 14.5 gauge innerspring. The sales person there was unaware of the density of foam they use. He also checked on his computer but didn’t come up with a better answer. Their Encased Coil (Natural) consists of 3” latex and 14.5 gauge spring. There again they didn’t mention anything about the quality of Latex.
Their Encased Coil Mattress is for $999 (well within by budget) while their Encased coil Natural goes above it ($2100). But I am not sure of buying either one of these here specially when I don’t know the quality of material I am getting
4. Shovlin Mattress Factory, Fanwood, NJ: Again, I shortlisted two options here – Nirvana and Royale.
- Nirvana : Latex mattress with specs of the great quality just like you mentioned in your website (30+ ILD on Latex and HR foam). This costs $2999. I don’t want to spend this much unless I don’t have any other option left.
- Royale: Spring mattress with a thin layer of foam. They use high quality 12 gauge springs. But they don’t use pocketed coil and were clear that there would be motion transfer. I toss and turn a lot over the night so I am concerned about this. This was well within by budget though ($1200)
5. ABC Home – OrganicPedic Slumber. Thanks paisley for suggesting this place. I really liked this mattress. It has stretch cotton fabric, a cotton batting layer, 3” latex and innerspring for $2599. I liked this in the same way as I liked BE, so I have kind of discarded this option as BE is cheaper than them and is highly respected in your
mattress forum.
Just to summarize my options again in order of my liking:
1. BE Nordic, firm Level A - $2300
2. BE Alpine, Firm level B - $2400
3. OrganicPedic Slumber - $2599
4. Keetsa Tea Leaf Classic - $1500
5. Roam and Board Encased Coil (Natural) – $2100
6. Roam and Board Encased Coil (Regular) – $999
7. Mattress Factory Royale - $1200. I have cut down Nirvana here because its way beyond my budget.
You might say that there is huge difference in the price range of mattresses I have shortlisted and I need to narrow down on my budget first before I can make a choice. The fact here is that I started with a $1000 - $1500 budget here as a max. But I really liked the comfort of Top 3 mattress here which has kind of made me stretch my budget if that’s a better choice.
What do you think of these options here? Is there any other retailer which I have missed and would provide me a better value and a better mattress? I am not looking at option of buying a full latex mattress for now because I like the option of Spring + Latex/foam more. So I have discarded Brooklyn Beds and Sleep EZ as my options. What do you think?
Thanks again for all the help you are providing here. I hope that you start manufacturing mattress by the time I need my next mattress and we don’t have to look elsewhere ever