Thanks for your response. As you have probably already seen from my blogs, l believe botanical latex to be the perfect mattress material. A properly constructed, botanical latex mattress should give you many, many years of good, comfortable sleep. The problem lately has been the cheapening of latex mattresses by the use of synthetic latex (SBR) and thin layers of latex laminated to polyfoam and called a latex mattress.

We have found that our 25 years of working with our local Englander plant, Tualatin Sleep Products, has been very positive. Englander is made up of many independent mattress plants throughout the country with little standardization. These Englander licensees produce thousands of different models of mattresses. Just our local plant makes over 800 different models and of those, there are only a couple that I would carry in our store or recommend. That is because almost all they make are one-sided, can’t flip models and many of the latex models they make are synthetic latex and the thin layers laminated to polyfoam. Fortunately, for the past 20+ years they have been willing to make proprietary latex mattresses for us using botanical latex cores to our specifications.

Since many in the mattress industry have gone to the can’t flip mattresses, people have been getting 3 to 5 years before having to replace them. I have been on a quest to create the last mattress you will ever need to buy. I have gotten pretty close on it and the local Englander plant has been our partner in this. The two mattresses closest, one firm and one plusher, use the Dunlop process 6” botanical latex cores, botanical latex comfort layers on both sides, compressed wool next to the surface (for breathability and moisture wicking), and an organic cotton content cover.

I hope this answers some of your concerns. I would be happy to discuss any questions you have if you would like to contact me.

P.S. Thank you for the straightforward review AND for answering all of these questions! It’s nice finding a site where you can ask questions instead of just reading someone’s sales pitch (which is what you find on a lot of review sites…only exceptions I have found so far are your site and the one I just referenced.)

I agree with everything you said in your article about no flip mattresses. My 2000 dollar mattress has just broken down after 3 and a half years of use. I am furious as I was guaranteed a minimum of 10 years. I live in cape cod on the east coast do you know any store that sells 2 sided mattresses?
Thanks for your time
Ken Russo

We are the only company that we know of that is having all of our Englander Mattresses made double sided. Our plant is in Tualitan Oregan. These 2 plants are not associated however. With that said. Englander does have a lineup called the “Tension Ease” which carries and individually pocketed coil that should be available from most Englander Dealers. If you have tried one of those out please let me know which model you tried and we could try to line up the specs with ours.