Recreating Obasan Mattress

I am relatively new to the world of latex mattresses and recently tried a 10" Obasan Deluxe queen mattress with zoned support, with their 3" deluxe latex + wool topper. I really liked the mattress, but the $5K price tag is a bit difficult to swallow. Therefore, I wanted to ask this wonderfully knowledgeable forum a couple of questions:

  1. Are there other pre-built mattress brands that are similar to this Obasan, but sold at a more palatable price point? The zoned support seemed nice, but not sure if this is more of a marketing ploy versus a premium feature?
  2. Is it possible to DIY this kind of mattress and still create the premium feel that Obasan has?
  3. If the answer above is “yes,” which DIY latex brand is recommended? I have seen Sleep On Latex, SleepEz, and Latex Matress Factory, but it is hard for me to truly discern the differences between them.
  4. What are your thoughts on buying a less expensive mattress and then purchasing the Obasan Deluxe 3" mattress topper to put on top of it to create the premium feel? This would be $660, so is certainly still expensive…

Other potentially relevant information:

  • I am ~170lbs that generally sleeps on the side, but once I get a better mattress, I am interested in seeing if I can transition to my back more steadily

Thank you in advance for the help. This is a wonderful community that truly helps consumers navigate a very complex industry to make a very important decision!

Hi longdrawrancher, and welcome to the Mattress Underground,
Healthy Choice uses the same type of dunlop, but at a lower price point. You might find that the Laurel or the Flora, similar to the Obasan Deluxe, except

  1. no zoning (although you can customize firmness, just not by zone)
  1. no topper included
  2. A little less luxurious cover.
    We work with both brands, and often if a customer feels the price point is too much on the Obasan, they look at Healthy Choice.

That said, I have a zoned mattress by Obasan - and do like the zoning very much as it gives me good support in my hips but more give in my shoulders.
You could also buy a Healthy Choice mattress and put the Obasan topper on top.
Great sales right now for Black Friday!
I don’t know where you are located, but we have showrooms in the Northeast. We work with customers by phone all over the country, too. Let us know if we can help.

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Thank you very much for the reply and the additional information. Do you have any experience (personal or via customers) with the DIY brands I listed in my initial posting? How does their quality compare to pre-built?

I believe the three of those brands may be one company - and they are Trusted Members - so they could probably respond better than I as to what their products are like, and how they would compare to prebuilt. I will tag them here. @Sleep_EZ @Latex_Mattress_Fact1 @Sleep_On_Latex

Hi longdrawrancher and welcome to the forums! To be honest, the only way to replicate that mattress exactly is to buy the exact same components that the mattress is made from, which we don’t offer. However, please keep in mind that even if you lay on a mattress for hours in a showroom, you still won’t know if it’s right for you until you actually sleep on it and allow your body time to adjust. As such, even if you laid on the mattress and tried it, there’s still no way to tell if it would’ve actually worked for you unless you were to actually sleep on it.

With all that said, you might want to consider the 10" organic latex mattress from Sleep EZ. They’re fully customizable, meaning you can order the mattress to be as soft or as firm as you’d like. They’re also fully adjustable, meaning you can change the softness, firmness, back support, pressure relief, etc. AFTER you get the mattress in your home. To be more specific, the 10” is our most popular, and these mattresses normally go out with three 3" layers of different firmnesses - normally the softest layer (or the cushion & contour layer) is on top and the supportive layers are on the bottom. This helps ensure our customers get the right balance of contour for their hips and shoulders but also support for their lower back. If you start with a certain setup and find that it’s too soft, you can unzip the cover and rearrange the layers to get a firmer feel out of the mattress, or you can exchange a layer to make it softer. Additionally, latex mattresses typically last 20 years. If, in 5 or 10 or 15 years you decide you want a softer or firmer mattress you would only have to buy a new layer instead of an entirely new mattress. Lastly, if the mattress starts to break down in 15 – 20 years, it’s normally the top layer that breaks down first, and at that point you can likely just buy a new top layer of latex instead of a whole new mattress and get an additional 8-10 years out of the mattress.

Furthermore, queen, king, and cal king mattresses are available with what we call “split layers,” which means you can have us cut the layers down the middle (from head to foot) so that you can have a different feel / firmness on your side versus your partner’s side, and you can adjust each side independently over the 20 year lifetime of the mattress. About 95% of our mattresses go out with all split layers from top to bottom, and we get zero complaints on being able to feel the split and we get zero complaints about the layers shifting or anything like that, even if you sleep right on the middle of the mattress.

If you’re wondering how to pick the layers for this mattress, you can go to the natural or organic mattress page, click the green button that says “Build Your Mattress Now,” then click the gray oval that says “Personalized,” and you’ll be able to enter your information. The website will then make a personalized recommendation based on your information (the layers in the mattress diagram will reflect the recommendation after you click the “Apply” button. Please note that our initial recommendations have a 90% success rate (we only have a 10% layer exchange rate) so there’s a 90% chance that the recommendation turns out to be your perfect setup!

Although it’s not likely that you’ll need to rearrange layers or exchange layers, you certainly have the option to adjust the mattress according to you and your partner’s specific needs and preferences, both in the short-term and long-term. We have a 90 day exchange and return period, so you can exchange a layer within the first 90 days for a flat-rate $30 fee for the first exchange and the full cost of shipping for any subsequent exchanges. We will ship your layers first, and we will ship them with extra plastic that you can use to package your current layers, and we will ship it with a pre-paid Fed Ex return label. Also, if you will please call us when you are ready to ship your layers back we will schedule a free Fed Ex pick up for you. You will have 30 days after its arrival to return a layer of your choosing, so you’ll have plenty of time to try a few different combinations with the layers you have and the layer we will be sending you so that you can get your comfort and support levels just right.

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Oh I just wanted to clarify that we are not associated with Sleep On Latex at all, just FYI.

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Apologies - my mistake! Thank you for clarifying!

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