Hello, I need a little help figuring out which topper might be good for me. I started having some back pain in the morning from my old mattress so I bought a new mattress last October - a Sterns and Foster “Hope Bay” model which is described as medium firm. It was the costco model for a big made for Kirkland. It did not really help the pain. I’ve tried a number of medical solutions but I think the issue is the bed. I recently took the mattress off the box spring and had it just on the slats of my bed frame - no pain the next morning! I only have 5 slats on the king bed frame so I don’t think that’s a permanent solution. But that is making me think I need to soften the mattress up. It was much softer without the box spring. I tried a Lucid 3 inch gel infused memory foam topper but that was not helpful. I’m thinking that latex might be the right solution and that Talalay might be better for its more even weight distribution. I found your company on slumber search and then ended up on this forum trying to figure out if my question had already been answered but I don’t think so.
Any suggestions? I’d really like to avoid buying a new mattress.
Thank you so much for the inquiry! Please keep the following in mind when choosing a thickness for your topper: A 2" topper will make a noticeable difference but, depending on how much you want to change the feel of your mattress, may still leave something to be desired. The 3" topper will change the feel of your mattress the most, and if that’s the change that you’re looking for then this would be the best bet. The best way to summarize it would be to say that a 2" topper will make the mattress feel moderately softer and the 3" topper will make the mattress feel much softer.
Both the thickness and the density makes a difference when choosing a topper. Ultimately, how you make your decision will depend on the following: how firm your mattress is now; how much softer you want your mattress to be; your height, body weight, and sleeping preference (For example, if you weigh more than about 200 lbs I would recommend a medium topper; if you weighed more than 200 lbs and bought a soft topper, you would likely bottom out and sink right through the topper to the firm mattress that you’re trying to move away from).
Aside from that, Talalay is bouncier and springier and is generally better at contour and pressure relief on your hips and shoulders. Dunlop is denser and firmer and is generally better at support and maintaining proper spinal alignment so Talalay is much more common for toppers.