1. Home
  2.  » Natural Latex Mattress

Natural Latex Mattress

100% Natural Latex Mattress Guide: Everything You Need to Know

Organic Mattresses with Natural Latex 

  • What can be recommended for comfortable sleep?

Based solely on comfort, I chose natural latex among a variety of natural and artificial latex mattresses. Honestly, if you try to learn more about latex, you will understand that there are many subtleties. I mentioned only the main difference in latex above – natural and artificial. Now I will tell you how latex is actually made.

Natural Latex Mattress Support

The Benefits of Choosing a Natural Latex Mattress

What are the benefits of a latex mattress?

Another advantage of natural latex is that it does not heat up during sleep, and dust mites and other microorganisms cannot survive in latex due to its unique organic properties. Natural latex is a durable material that is resistant to caking and adapts to shape of the body. Because of its ability to change shape and high elasticity, it allows you to easily roll over from side to belly or from side to back, and this contributes to full natural sleep.

Synthetic latex

Why, then, despite all these benefits of natural latex, most mattress manufacturers use cheaper artificial latex or a mixture of natural latex with cheap Synthetic latex? In my opinion, there are no advantages for Synthetic latex in comparison with the natural latex for the consumer (although some manufacturers claim that Synthetic latex is slightly more elastic). And at the same time, artificial latex has many drawbacks (it is made of artificial components, I like the sensations from natural rubber more than from artificial rubber, natural latex has anti-bacterial and anti-allergenic properties, etc.).

The decisive factor is the price. It is less expensive for a manufacturer to make a mattress from artificial latex or from a mixture of natural and artificial latex than completely from natural latex.

All-Natural Latex

But until the mattress reaches the buyer, the difference in price between the mattress with artificial latex (or a mixture of latex) and with natural latex becomes almost imperceptible. Only the manufacturer receives a higher profit from the use of artificial latex. But while there is a difference in comfort, hypo-allergenicity and environmental properties of mattresses, I believe that all-natural latex mattresses are the best product of the highest class.

Latex Mattress

How Is Natural Latex Made?


Natural latex is collected manually in liquid form, then poured into large vats, where it is carefully filtered to remove solid particles. Then it is poured into large forms, where it is emulsified with water and air bubbles. Then slowly heated and vulcanized – the process where liquid latex rubber goes into an elastic dense state.

Dunlop method

As I mentioned above, there are two methods of vulcanization, which are used to make durable latex. An older and more time-tested technology is the Dunlop method, which results in a denser and slightly more rigid natural latex.

Talalay method

The newer technology, called the Talalay method, is essentially the same original method, except that it includes rapid cooling (which leaves fewer air bubbles in the mold) just before the latex heats up quickly until it thickens. The result is a softer, less dense latex.

The conclusion can be the following: natural latex made according to the Dunlop method is harder and better able to change shape than the latex made according to the Talalay method. And since Dunlop latex is less expensive than Talalay latex, its cost is lower. For these reasons, I prefer natural latex and Dunlop.

Best Natural Latex Mattresses

Choose a Good Natural Latex Mattress

Twin Mattresses

Dimensions: 38 x 75 x 11


BRANDSPRICETECHNOLOGY
SLEEPEZ$525Dunlop Latex
LATEX MATTRESS FACTORY$645Dunlop Latex
ECOTERRA$649Talalay Latex
LATEXFORLESS$699Dunlop Latex
PLUSHBEDS$699Dunlop Latex
IDLESLEEP$1204Talalay Latex
IDLESLEEP-Latex AIR

Twin XL Mattresses

Dimensions: 38 x 80 x 11


BRANDSPRICETECHNOLOGY
SLEEPEZ$550Dunlop Latex
LATEX MATTRESS FACTORY$695Dunlop Latex
ECOTERRA$699Talalay Latex
LATEXFORLESS$749Dunlop Latex
PLUSHBEDS$799Dunlop Latex
IDLESLEEP$1234Talalay Latex
IDLESLEEP$1349Latex AIR

Full Mattresses

Dimensions: 54 x 75 x 11


BRANDSPRICETECHNOLOGY
SLEEPEZ$625Dunlop Latex
LATEX MATTRESS FACTORY$645Dunlop Latex
LATEXFORLESS$849Dunlop Latex
ECOTERRA$899Talalay Latex
PLUSHBEDS$1099Dunlop Latex
IDLESLEEP$1674Talalay Latex
IDLESLEEP-Latex AIR

 

Queen Mattresses

Dimensions: 60 x 80 x 11


BRANDSPRICETECHNOLOGY
SLEEPEZ$525Dunlop Latex
LATEX MATTRESS FACTORY$845Dunlop Latex
LATEXFORLESS$899Dunlop Latex
ECOTERRA$999Talalay Latex
PLUSHBEDS$1199Dunlop Latex
IDLESLEEP$1874Talalay Latex
IDLESLEEP$2249Latex AIR

 

King Mattresses

Dimensions: 76 x 80 x 11


BRANDSPRICETECHNOLOGY
SLEEPEZ$960Dunlop Latex
LATEXFORLESS$1099Dunlop Latex
ECOTERRA$1199Talalay Latex
LATEX MATTRESS FACTORY$1245Dunlop Latex
PLUSHBEDS$1399Dunlop Latex
IDLESLEEP$2174Talalay Latex
IDLESLEEP$2499Latex AIR

 

Cal King Mattresses

Dimensions: 72 x 84 x 11


BRANDSPRICETECHNOLOGY
SLEEPEZ$960Dunlop Latex
LATEXFORLESS$1099Dunlop Latex
ECOTERRA$1199Talalay Latex
LATEX MATTRESS FACTORY$1245Dunlop Latex
PLUSHBEDS$1399Dunlop Latex
IDLESLEEP$2174Talalay Latex
IDLESLEEP$2499Latex AIR

 

What can be recommended for comfortable sleep?
Choose Organic Natural Latex Mattress