My husband and I (and 2 year old son) are currently sleeping on a wool futon topped with a memory foam mattress topper from Costco.

I'm planning on buying a Flobed latex mattress. 

Why would someone pick 2 layers of latex over 3 layers and vice versa?

My husband wants to buy the 2 layer bed and put the memory foam mattress topper on top.

I'm saying I think the bed should be comfortable first without the memory foam mattress topper and then the mattress topper can be bonus softness.

What are your thoughts/opinions?

Thank you for any help you can give me! :)

~Robin

spelunk wrote:
Robin: Since you are going to purchase a FloBeds my advice is to call them and talk to Dave Turner, the owner, or Dewey Turner, his son. They are quite experienced in this, and most helpful. I'm sure they can advise a proper solution.

Good luck. I'm sure you will enjoy your new FloBeds, I know I am enjoying mine.

My guess is that once you get the latex bed, the memory foam topper will seem redundant.  I would get the 3 layers . . .

Latex beds seem to come in either 3 or 4 layers.  This seems like a good question, that is, why are more layers better?

Thanks,

JohnS

JohnS wrote:
Well John, it all depends on how much flexibility you want in your mattress. FloBeds sells either a two or three layer mattress which has a 2 inch soft convoluted Talalay layer on top. So they categorize their two layer as a three, and the three layer as a four, other companies approach it somewhat differently, but as long as you can open the mattress and change the layers around, the more layers you have the more options you have.

If you were to buy a true two layer only mattress, my thought is that it would probably be rather firm,(or very inadequate if you used soft latex) particularly if you are an individual that weighed more than 150 or 60 pounds.

so if you buy a two layer (3 with top piece) or if you but a three layer, etc., do you have the option of exhanging all 3 for different firmnesses or do you only have to do that with one of them?

and you have to decide between natural and talalay?  oh boy, more fun   i guess ihave more reading to do

i am sure that discussion is here somewhere and i will find it

Randy,

The Flobeds come with either two or three base layers.  The base layers are three inches each.  These can be swapped out as many times as you want during the 90 day period.  In addition to the two or three base layers, Flobeds come with a soft two inch convoluted latex top layer.

Here is the two-base layer bed:

http://www.flobeds.com/product_details.htm?ID=6061TW

Here is the three-base layer bed:

http://www.flobeds.com/product_details.htm?ID=6080TW

There are two methods used to manufacture latex.  One is called the Dunlop method and one is called the Talalay method. 

Talalay latex is available either as 100% natural latex from the rubber tree or as blended latex, which is a blend of 100% natural latex and synthetic latex.  Both are durable and by most accounts, there is no discernable difference between them.  If you go the Talalay latex route, it is a matter of personal preference whether you get 100% natural or blended.  I wouldn't stress on that point.

One mistake many people think is that you have to get Dunlop processed latex to get a firm bed.  Dunlop latex tends to be denser because of the manufacturing process, and Talalay latex is airier and springier because of its manufacturing process,but  Talalay is available in a much larger range of firmness levels and you can get quite a firm bed with Talalay latex.

Now go and do some research on your own, please.  It's pretty clear you have not done much.