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.)

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.

Im not sure if they make Englander two sided mattresses in your area. Yoiu could check your nearest Englander Manufacturer

We ship mattresses all the time. If you’d like send me an email to info@bedroomsandmore.com with the following information and I can get you a quote.

Mattress Size
Mattress Only or with Box
Destination Zip code

For the Topper – Wool is a great temperature regulator so I wouldn’t worry too much. Wool will cool you when your warm and warm you when your cold. However if If wool was too warm a White Loft Silk Topper that we recently started carrying may be a good choice.

Thanks

Also, we live in Maine. I gathered from your site that not all Englander’s are built the same as yours. Is there some way I could ship a mattress, or possibly find out if the ones built in the northeast (Portland, ME?) are as good as yours.
Thanks again,
Carole

If your mom does not want to try a latex foam rubber mattress I may recommend the one of the Englander Tension Ease Mattresses that we carry. They are specially built for us two sided and flippable, offer a really strong edge support and have an individually pocketed coil that is easier on the body than any other coil out there since they conform to the body separately and are not connected to each other.

If she want to have the softer top separate from the mattress you could combine this Englander Mattress with our 45th Street Wool Topper that would create the softness.

How does this sound? Let us know were happy to help.

Sorry you’re having an issue with your mattress. It sounds to us like the mattress you have is one sided and has lots of poly and or un natural foams, thus the offgassing. Our store only sells two-sided, flipable mattresses from Englander. If your bed is a King size you can turn the bed 90 degrees and lay across the higher portion of the mattress and break-in the center part of the mattress. If you are still having issues you might contact your local Englander plant for assistance. You may be able to turn the mattress over and purchase a mattress topper, to use on top of the bottom of the mattress.