Habitat Furnishings, Natural Latex Mattress

We never heard about Latex mattress, until we started searching the internet. We looked into a lot of websites and the one that really stood out, was Habitat Furnishing. Their website gives a lot of information and answers to a lot of our questions. My husband and I decided to call them to inquire more about this kind of mattress. Their customer service was great. They were very helpful and was very patient with us. We did not order during the first call - we made several calls before we decided to purchase. It was so scary for us to order an unknown product (at least to us) that we never seen and feel, but the positive customer reviews and the people at habitat who were so helpful, influenced our action to order the mattress. I'm glad we made that decision. I wish we did not wait that long - we never had a mattress this comfortable. After we made an order, they immediately sent our welcome kit with a free bed protector. The free 2 pillows came next and the mattress came after few weeks, they made it after we placed our order. Production time was about 2 to 3 weeks.

There are two procedure to make a latex mattress: dunlop is the traditional process used to manufacture latex. The thick rubber sap is whipped into a froth in the centrifuge, poured into a mold and steamed. The natural sediments of the mixture setted to the bottom of the mold. Dunlop is more denser and firmer. Talalay is a process where the latex is poured in the mold, selaed and continue in a vacuum chamber and flash frozen before it is bake. It is more consistent and softer and more expensive than Dunlop.

This is a queen size mattress, it's 104 pounds. A combination of 6 inches of dunlop and 2 inches of talalay at the top. Delivered free shipping through UPS.

It's been almost a year since we purchased this mattress. Still very comfortable and the pillow is out of this world. My husband and I could not use any other pillows anymore. I never heard my husband complaining about his back since we had this mattress! I have asthma, and very sensitive to smell. Latex did have some smell, they said it will diminished in time, but I still smell it more this winter - this is the first winter we have this mattress. The smell bothers me that I have to change beddings every week. I used to change it every two weeks. My only complain is the smell, rubber and garlic like smell.

Habitat Furnishings gave this product a 20 year prorated warranty and 185 days money back trial period. Now they made it into 365 days money back trial period. Except for the smell, we are satisfied with this mattress, no back or neck pains.

***Update on the smell: It is not as strong as before, sometimes I don't even noticed it.