Mattress comfort layers - latex

Hello,

I have a blended Talalay latex topper in 3 inch 19 ild over a 28ild blended talalay latex topper over Leggett and Pratt pocket coils. After about a month it felt like it flattened out and did not relieve pressure points or properly support my back anymore. I got it from Arizona premium mattress. I am 5'11 and weigh 170. I have been switching the configurations around because it is not comfortable anymore and causing me back pain. The 28ild topper Is not as flattened out as the soft one is, which may just be normal softening. Is that normal for the 19ild topper? I didn't think I weighed too much for the soft topper. I have read that the synthetic is not as elastic as natural latex, but this seems unusual. Is it possible it could be defective? Has anyone else had this experience? Is this happening because it is blended latex and not natural? I really liked the initial feel of the soft latex. I also checked the foundation of the bed to make sure it was level, the slats are 2 inch apart. I even laid on just the pocket coils and there is no issues with those, it is definitely the latex.

Any suggestions??

I am very interested to hear what the experts have to say. I'm having a similar problem - my blended talalay is softening at an alarming rate.

Sensei mentioned in another thread that blended is less dense than 100% NR. Related?

The interesting thing is that manufacturers say that blended is actually more durable than NR, especially at lower ILDs.

Thanks Sensei,

Good to hear that 19 ILD blended is so common and rare to have a problem with.

Yes, it's the same w/o tag 19 ILD blended. Perhaps I'm just surprised at the change in feel. It's more like the air goes out of whichever side I sleep on for a few days even with (an admittedly lite) cover, hence the feeling of losing support. It's probably just normal settling.

It IS on top of 24, then 28 talalay. Perhaps it just doesn't have enough support from underneath. I know some sellers use all talalay, but most of the recommendations I've gotten strongly suggest dunlop for the base layers. Sleeping Organic REALLY wanted me to use dunlop for the bottom two.

Perhaps I just need to exchange the 24 for a 36, 28, 19 setup? Sleep EZ suggested 38, 31, 20 with at least the base as dunlop. When I suggested 31, 31, 20 to them they strongly suggested both 31s as dunlop.

If I have to I could go with Arizona's thin but much stronger cotton/wool cover as well though I really like the feel of the thin, stretchy knit cotton I'm on.

That’s Interesting, my toppers also do not have tags on the them, just 19 and 28 written in marker. I guess I will have to just try something else, thanks for your reply.

As Sensei pointed out in another thread, the tags are often not present because the layers are split, so likely unrelated.

I'm going to give it a little more time. If the 19 I have continues to feel like the air is going out of it rapidly, I may switch to Sleep EZ's Radium talalay. Just hate to spend the money and effort to return these layers when I really don't know there's anything wrong with them. Could be just normal settling but I don't want to find out it's not months down the road.

Edit: Ok apparently 19 ILD Talalay is the next step down in softness from 20 ILD Dunlop, so I'll give that a try first before 14 ILD Talalay.

Hello, I would like to know if 14 ILD Blended Talalay topper will be as soft as memory foam? The feel will obviously be different, but just want to know if it will sink as much.

I bought a puregreen medium firmness mattress from amazon that has 6" 34 ILD dunlop with 2" 20 ILD dunlop on top. I'm a side sleeper with wide shoulders and I woke up with sore shoulders every morning. I tried adding another 2" of 20 ILD dunlop, but that didn't really help. Recently, I tried 2" memory on top, and it was perfect in terms of pressure relief. No more sore shoulder! The only problem is it sleeps warm, and now I wake up sweating. I'm thinking of giving 2" of 14 ILD Blended Talalay from mayersbedding a try. Will this be closer to the memory foam topper and softer than the 20 ILD dunlop? Many thanks!

Sensei wrote: Also, what was the density / ild / brand of the memory foam you tried?
Sensei