The mattress I ordered was three 3" layers of 100% natural latex in the talalay format.

I'll start by saying that I hate buying items that UPS delivers. You have to be available from 8am to 7pm. I waited around all day for them but had to step out for a few minutes for an errand and, voila, the UPS man arrived and dropped of the package while was gone. It came as one package with all 3 mattress layers assembled within the cover. While that prevents the layers from getting separated and lost during shipping it makes it very difficult to receive in my circumstance.

It weighed 133 lbs. and I had to drag the package up stairs and into my condo. I wish it had come in 3 packages so each was managable to carry. I would suggest to FSF they reconsider their shipping approach.

I was able to get the package into my condo and unpackage it. I would caution people when doing this. In my opinion, the plastic bands that surround the package, compressing it, should be registered with the local police as a lethal weapon. Be careful as they spring out with reckless abandon when snipped. You could lose an eye. Next time I'd dress in a swat-team outfit with helmet and gortex protection.

I lifted the mattress onto the box spring and unzipped the cover pulling it back from the layers. The layers were all fairly clean with a dirt spot here or there. All-in-all in good condition. The layers came in the configuration ordered, soft-medium-firm, and were clearly marked. I adjusted the layers so they were on squarely on top of each other. There is a slight difference in size which surprised me as I don't know why they wouldn't be dead on. But that's not too important to me in the grand scheme of things.

I spoke with FSF and mentioned to them about the dirt spots and asked the best way to align the layers before having done so. They were very helpful and willing to give me whatever time I needed. Nice job.

I really like the 100% cotton cover and that there is little between me and the latex layers. When I hand compressed each layer I couldn't detect the difference between the soft and firm ones. I hope my body can.

The acid test was going to the first night's sleep and I was looking forward to it. I never sleep restfully and can count on one hand the number of mornings the past two years I've awakened feeling refreshed. Well this morning I did awaken to that feeling and it felt really good.

I would buy again from FSF but would ask them to ship in separate packages because unless you're an Olympic weight lifter or throw around hay bales in the barn you'll need at least one other person to easily move the single package you receive.

The latex experience is awesome so far. I would encourage anyone contemplating the purchase of a latex mattress to take the plunge.

The first thing I noticed was I could feel mattress on every part of my body, like the indent around the ankle. Latex conforms and then supports. It took me awhile to get used to the shoulder resting in the mattress as aopposed to on top. My neck wasn't used to being in line and I fought it. Ended up with a stiff neck for a week. Once I relaxed, my neck problems disappeared. My wife on the other hand never had a moment of discomfort. From the first night my lower back pain and hip pain were gone. Oh, and the cats have taken up permanent residence.

After months and months of bad bed experiences, took the plunge and decided to buy latex off of the internet. Husband and I were especially looking for....low motion transfer, no memory foam, resistence to body impressions as to provide years and years of proper support. This seems to be asking alot from beds these days!

We ordered Ultimate Plus from foamsweetfoam.com. We upgraded to wool cover. We ordered soft/med/firm on one side of the bed and med/firm/xfirm on the other. (24/32/40 and 32/40/46). One reason for ordering from fsf is they offer higher densities. And basically one side is a set of twin X-longs, as we have a king bed. Important to note that these twin pieces are NOT special cuts of any kind, so they are easily exchanged. So we had 6 pieces of latex to experiment with for 30 days, and it got to be overwhelming!! If you do this, be sure to keep notes on what you sleep on, and sleep on it for 4-5 nights.

After a couple of weeks, we realized the wool cover was too bulky, and liked the feel of just the latex. Instead ordered a cotton terry cover from mymemoryfoam.com...great price and it arrived quickly. Important to note we have a king size slat bed, and we placed 3/4" plywood on the slats as the foundation it sits on.

After all the experimentation, my husband (6' 190 lbs) likes the combo of soft/med/xfirm. I (5'4" 150 lbs) like soft/med/med, but have also switched upper layers to med/soft/med, when I want it a little firmer. I simply boxed up 2 pieces of foam, sent them back fed ex (cost $67), and received replacement pieces. Our bed is sturdy, and the latex has no motion transfer.

The manager at fsf.com has been awesome...hassle free and flexible.