Why I ended up making my own mattress

I wanted a new mattress that met two conditions:

Used organic materials; and

Was vegan.

Turns out this is not trivial, at least in the US. In the US mattresses are required to have a fire-retardant material, that is either not-organic or wool (wool is not vegan). My partner called a company and asked if they could make us a mattress without wool and they told her they would require a doctor's note (!) for that.

wool is not vegan

We ended up building our own mattress. We bought a base made of coconut fiber, and 3 mattress toppers of increasing densities made of pure organic latex. Each mattress topper was 3" tall, for a total height of ~9", which is the typical height for a mattress.

Photo showing the a coconut fiber layer used as the base of the mattress.

Photo showing the bottom latex topping, of high density.

Photo showing the middle latex topping, of medium density.

Photo showing the stacked toppings, with a low density one on top.

Enclosures

Photo showing the a coconut fiber layer used as the base of the mattress.

Photo showing the bottom latex topping, of high density.

Photo showing the stacked toppings, with a low density one on top.

Photo showing the middle latex topping, of medium density.

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Published on 2023-07-05 05:54:27+00:00 by Beto Dealmeida <roberto@dealmeida.net>.

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