New  king bed here a Stearns & Foster Robson Street Luxury Firm .

Slightly to firm and need a latex topper. Information over load .  Do I want 1 or 2" thick topper  and   soft or medium firmness.

Side and back sleeper. wife side and stomach sleeper.  

Thanks for any input.

It all comes down to personal preference, but if I were you, I might buy 1" soft latex and see how it feels. If you decide you want a little more cush, you can add another 1" if needed. Side sleepers generally need more cush, and that's why I would choose a soft topper rather than a medium one.

Talalay or dunlop

I will start with 1  inch I think.  Talalay  the only type I can find in 1 "  BUT 20 ILD or 32 ILD . ? are they both soft from what the store told me.

210lbs side sleeper.

thanks for any more input.

I concur with the recommendation of latex.
I am using a 3/4" latex topper with a 1 ½" or so wool mattress cover on top of the latex, as the very top layer. It's working very well for me.
I MIGHT try a 1" softer latex on top of that, or try replacing the ¾" with 1".
Here's the cheapest source for 1" latex I can find:
http://www.foambymail.com/LatexTopper.html

Let me know if you find a cheaper one.

You can find a .9 inch Dunlop topper from foamorder.com, for about $125 (if you're looking for Dunlop). It's marketed under 'natural sense' latex.

Yes   But same issue do I get the 20 ILD or 32 ILD . ?

With the Dunlop I'd go with the 'soft' (they don't provide an ILD, though i was told 'soft' was about 24), as it tends to be a bit firmer than Talalay. I do prefer Talalay, though, which you can get from foambymail. I'd go with the 'soft' talalay, too.

thanks

And if that ends up being a little too soft, you could put medium under it.  Or get medium, and if it's too firm, add an inch of soft.  Most people seem to choose 2" of latex topper, so one piece at a time might be the way to test it out.  I really like my soft talalay 1" topper from FBM, and just bought another one.  On the other hand, I dislike a firm mattress.  :)

          ---Amy

Got the 1" topper from thefoamfactory.com   Bed Seems fine now.   I have it under a mattres cover and pad.  At this time I will leave as is . We like the feel. But will the latex wear out in time.

skar wrote:
Weird... the foam factory is the same as foambymail, except that thefoamfactory.com gives free shipping for orders over $75 (at this time; September 29, 2009 )

Wonder why they have 2 sites with 2 different policies?

foambymail.com
thefoamfactory.com

So now there's foamfactory.com, foambymail.com, and foamdistributing.com! Kind of strange...!