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Another good night's sleep with the current topper combo (light fiber bed, on top of Oodles topper, on top of 1" 24ILD Talatech topper, all on top of firm innerspring).

No backache this morning (from the bed or other reasons). No crunched shoulders. No limbs asleep when I woke up. Didn't sleep hot, even though I hauled out the comforter last night. (I have the thermostat set to go down to 62F at night, and here in upstate NY, it is getting nippy outside.)

Still possible that the current setup will turn out to be a little too soft & cushy (& cause some lower-back pain) -- it's only been a few nights -- but right now, it feels great.

I might have a different problem now: getting out of bed in the morning. I might have to go back to setting an alarm clock!

SKeeter, let us know what...

The topper aired out pretty quickly, thanks to two open windows and a cool & quite windy day. (Highest temp today was around 61F, and it rained off and on, but the rain didn't come into my bedroom windows.) (Not that the rain has anything to do with anything....)

So I just unmade the bed, took off the fiber-bed and rolled it up, put the Super-Floofy Oodles topper on top of my Talatech topper (1", 24 ILD), put my mattress pad back on, and remade the bed. And now I need a ladder to get into bed.

Well, OK, maybe I don't... but the cat might. She's a good jumper, but she's a petite little girl (8 pounds, full-grown).

The mattress pad will probably smooth out or dampen the sinking feeling a tad -- which might be a good thing. Hard to tell. Bed still feels pretty darn...

OK, let's try this again. I lost my post mid-way through typing it. (Accidentally hit Tab, or something, and everything went away.)

My Oodles topper arrived today.

It has the same latex smell that my Talatech topper had at first, so it is airing out on top of my bed, and I have the bedroom windows open. The smell is not horribly strong, or offensive, but it is noticeable. I'd like to try sleeping on the topper tonight, but we'll see how the airing-out goes (it's about 1:30 pm, eastern time, as I write this). If I don't use it tonight, I'm not sure where I can put it to let it keep airing out.

I lay down on the topper, and my goodness, what floofiness! Not sure I've ever seen or felt anything this floofy before (except for my cat's tail, but that's a different order of magnitude and/or...

SKeeter wrote:
Thanks for the info, SKeeter. I don't think I'm especially sensitive to the off-gassing, but I'd like to avoid it if I can get comfy with toppers made of something other than memory foam. I won't rule it out entirely yet, but I'll hold off until I see what the OOdles topper is like. If that one doesn't work for me, then I'll be back to dithering & choosing between adding a layer of memory foam or adding another...

delilah wrote:
I have just purchased a FloBeds...

Just wondering whether anyone has build a mattress ordered from Sleeplikeabear.  Out of curiosity, I went to their website because it was mentioned in another thread about toppers.  They have a slightly different ordering model than Flobeds, but basically you can purchase separate layers of latex in whatever thickness and ILD you want, and they sell zippered mattress covers.  The latex is LI Talatech, and they also sell the new LI Celsion latex, which has "phase change" materials that cool down a hot body and warm up a cool body - not too sure about how that works, lol.

Anyway, out of curiosity, I priced out a mattress like I ordered from Flobeds.  Three three-inch layers @$441 = $1,323.  One two-inch layer @$205.  Mattress cover @ $302.  Total cost - $1,830 for a queen size bed.  Well that's not too different from the Flobed price of  $1,949, only $100 savings.  But,...

Mine is Latex International's Talatech, a blended latex (part botanical, part synthetic).  I only noticed a very faint, not unpleasant, odor the first few nights I've had it - the type of odor Eagle describes.  The smell is either gone now or I'm not noticing it.  The reputed off-gassing of memory foam products was one of the reasons I decided to spring for the latex instead....

I finally made the jump and bought my latex mattress.  It's from a samll company called Custom Comfort in Orange County, CA that builds their own mattresses.  It's not a "build your own" style, it's a 6" core of 32 ILD with 2" softer on the top and the bottom (10" total).  It does not come with a return guarantee, but it does come with a comfort guarantee - if the latex layers don't work out they will pick up the mattress and adjust the latex layers.  It's designed to be a flippable mattress for increased durability.

The latex is blended Talalay from LI (Talatech) and the covering is cotton/bamboo.  It does have a layer of the fire retardent material, so in that sense it is not one of the all natural/organic mattresses some prefer.  All natural/organic isn't as important to me as all Talalay, and I wanted the blended Talalay...

I've been lucky enough to be able to try both a Dunlop and a Talalay bed.  The Dunlop is firmer.  But that doesn't mean that the Talalay lacks proper support if you get the right ILD.  Talalay definitely has a bouncier, springier feel, and the latex is "airier," but I found it was quite supportive, too.  I too thought at first I was going to go Dunlop, but once I tried Talalay there's no going back.  So you may find yourself surprised :) or you may just confirm your opinion that you want a Dunlop latex.  LI does say on their website that Dunlop is firmer than Talalay.  They recommend using it as a mattress core.

Latex International asserts that a blended Talalay product is more durable than 100% natural.  From their website:

"By definition, latex is a rubber particle suspended in water. There are 2 types of latex; natural rubber latex...