Holli writes:
Hi,
My husband and I have been looking at mattresses and I stumbled upon your site. Glad I did. We had placed an order yesterday for a Simmons Tru Energy Recharge Beautyrest Bryanna mattress set. It has the fancy coil system and all the memory foam and gel extras. We recently dumped our 4" Serta memory foam topper due to concerns regarding our health. When we contacted the company we purchased it from stating that we had concerns they told us to dump the topper and gave us a full refund even though it has been 2 years since the purchase. That scared us alot and made our "concerns" more real to us.
Needless to say after researching I'm not convinced that memory foam is safe. In fact, we cancelled our order for the above mentioned mattress b/c I'm not sure its the safe way to go. I read something you told someone else and it made a lot of sense. You suggested that they buy a nice firm mattress and buy a natural organic latex topper. I think that would make sense. I was told though that the plush pillow tops have foam in them as well and that actually ALL mattresses have foam. I would think that the kind of foam and amount of foam is different than those like the one we almost bought which has layers of it. Can you educate me on how mattresses are made or what's in them? I'd like to buy a certified safe, USA made,( USA products only inside mattress) and a truly organic, all natural, no harmful additives topper. Is there such a thing?? I've heard of the Certipur US seal and I'm not sure if that's legit or not. Which certifications should I look for? Your help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much.
HR
PS The reason we need the topper is my husband has low back issues. Our combined weight for the mattress would be about 350lbs and no pets. :)
Hi Holli,
It took me a little longer to answer your question because, quite frankly, I didn't know where to begin.
First off, I have to ask, Where do you live?" That's a rhetorical question, as I assume you live somewhere in the US. The real question is, "How did you come to believe that you would be able to buy such a thing in this country?" Mattresses are no different than the poisoned food you eat or polluted air you breath or the chemically treated water you drink. There are laws to protect you that have ended up protecting the scammers and snake oil salesmen....the advertisers and manufacturers.
Rather than expose you to lousy products that allow you to decide not to buy them, you are exposed to lousy products that sound great, and have no choice but to buy them.
Truth in advertising laws turned into half-truths in advertising....accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative.
We've all seen the disclaimers in the ads. They are there, (in the smallest of print), to warn you that what is actually in the add is not true.
Regardless of the law, there's a way around it. Truth in advertising laws are old ones and all of the loop holes have been found and exploited.
Memory foam is as bad for you as toys painted with lead or cadmium paint....as asbestos....as radioactive waste. Ok, maybe not that bad.
Now that we have done a reality check, let's talk mattresses. Regardless of what's in them or how badly you get screwed buying one, you still need something to sleep on.
If I had my way, you'd all be sleeping on all natural latex. But, latex is expensive. However, it's expensive because it's quality. You can spend as much or more on the crap they call, "memory foam". Have you noticed that there is no lack of commercials for memory foam? Do you know how expensive those commercials are? Is there any wonder about where the money comes from, to fund those commercials?
It's a simple equasion. You take a piece of juck, make it look nice, invest some money in telling everyone how great it is and charge 4 to 5 times what it's worth. Because, if it costs more, it must be better....because they said it was good and they couldn't say it, if it weren't true.
Have you ever actually called around to several companies for quotes on car insurance, including Geico in that shopping? I did. What I found was, Geico was consistantly $500
higher in price than most other companies...just the opposite of all that advertising I'm continually bombarded with.
Here's a link to the latex and innerspring mattresses....all, with zero memory foam.
http://themattressexpert.com/mattress-brands/all-natural-latex/pure-latexbliss/
http://themattressexpert.com/natura/latexmattress/
http://themattressexpert.com/mattress-brands/all-natural-latex/evereden-latex-models/
http://themattressexpert.com/mattress-brands/therapedic-two-sided-flippable-mattresses/
Thanks, Pete
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