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Judy asked
12th August 2013

Hi I have just bought a brand new latex wool mattress which is padded on one side – as it has a summer and winter side. I have this mattress on a firm wooden slat bed – slats are not flexible. My mattress is a King Single. The mattress is called a Handcrafted Natural Rest – made in Waikato New Zealand.

I tried several mattress in the factory and found this one, at the time comfortable but not too hard. I have a few discs in my spine which are degenerating and had cortisone injections done end of last year while I was living in London,UK. I have had this mattress since the 25/11/13 and today is the 8/12/13. This mattress is already dipping in the middle – is this normal?

I have woken up with pain in the middle of my back and am concerned – is the latex too soft?

Is it possible to make the latex or mattress a bit firmer?

Please advise as soon as possible. Much appreciated. Judy

1 Answer
Lee Staff
answered 11 years ago

Hi Judy,

Thanks for your question.

I’ve not seen a summer and winter side to a latex mattress, that is a first! We usually recommend a winter tog duvet is sufficient!! It’s an interesting marketing spin though.

Right back to the matter at hand, sagging latex.

Solid Core Latex by its very nature shouldn’t sag, it may compress like all foams over time but not really dip unless your way over the weight tolerance, which I’ll assume is not the issue.

Latex is incredibly robust and durable, so I’d rule out the latex, if its solid core that is, if it has a reflex foam base then this could be the issue.

One of the biggest issues with latex is slatted bases. Latex will mould to the environment it is on be it the bed frame. Just like it moulds to the contours of your body it moulds to the bed base equally.

If the slats are not close enough the latex will mould in between them and it can give the impression it is sagging.

My advice would be to board over the slats and flip the mattress, it should, if solid core, return to its original state, and boarding over the slats may firm up the feel of the mattress slightly at the same time.

If the bed is too soft, you can tweak it with toppers but as I always say, you can’t make a bad bed good with a topper or only tweak it.

I hope this helps.

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