Savvy Rest Natural Bedroom

So I’ve reached my 6 year anniversary of owning a savvy rest mattress and I felt now is a good time to write a review. This is a long review, but I believe it is warranted. Your mattress is one of your most important purchases as it can make or break how well you sleep and how you feel during your day.
I was talking with a friend who mentioned he heard that latex mattresses sag. This surprised me and after reading online, it looks like some people have this complaint (even with all natural savvy rest mattresses). My configuration does not sag and I have not noticed any softening up over the 6 years of owning my mattress. So what did I buy?
I own the serenity mattress, split California King made with dunlop latex. The configuration I have is firm /​firm /​soft and my wife has the same on her side. I purchased the savvy rest «boxspring» with wood slats to support the mattress.
Why did I buy this mattress? I was sleeping on a memory foam mattress and it slept hot. I was also having back issues. My goal I was to find something that would support my back and not sleep hot. As I got into researching, I learned about chemicals used in most mattresses and decided I wanted to go natural.
Back when I purchased, the market for Latex mattresses was not nearly as big as it is today. I had to drive 45 minutes to my closest savvy rest retailer to see the mattress for myself. The shopping experience was good. I was the only customer so I had plenty of time to go through all the configurations and decide what I wanted. It was hard to figure out what configuration worked best for me. Someone stopped into the store raving about how much he loved his mattress and that rave review got me to place my order. I think I got a couple free pillows and paid well over $ 1000 less than the retail price today (I can’t believe how expensive these things have gotten).
A couple of pointers when selecting a brand:
The cover is important. A nice thick wool cover is worth the premium. Trust me on this, we have a cheaper brand natural latex mattress at our beach house and you can feel the latex through the cover. Savvy rest has a substantial cover and much better in this department.
Type of latex. I have no experience with Talalay other than simply trying it out in the store. To me, it did not feel as supportive as dunlop. I know that is just my personal preference but I would suggest trying both natural Talalay and dunlop to see for yourself. My dunlop mattress has stood the test of time for 6 years, so I can endorse it. I can’t endorse Talalay simply because I have not tried it. I can say that I can tell a difference between Savvy Rest’s supplier (cocolatex) and another brands latex supplier. I prefer the cocolatex dunlop. It feels more supportive to me
Warranty — Latex mattresses feel different vs a conventional innerspring. There is a chance you may not like it. Savvy rest offers a layer exchange program for a shipping fee but they don’t have a no risk trial offer or anything like that if you need to return the entire mattress. This is one reason why I docked this company /​product a star in my Unilocal rating. I think they can improve on this. My proposal would be a 10% restocking fee + shipping. I would guess like 1−5% of buyers would use this option and Id imagine this policy would attract new buyers.
Wool — you should go organic, why risk a potential reaction to chemically treated wool?
Before going through my suggestions for picking out the layers, here is a brief background on my selection /​situation:
So I’m around 200lbs, my wife is around 100. I have a herniated disc in my back. Its tolerable in most cases but I need to sit on hard surfaces for comfort. I need a firm mattress. My wife prefers a soft sleeping surface. We originally had a different firmness on each side. My wife went with medium soft soft. It turned out this was not supportive enough. We also didn’t like how you could clearly feel where her half ends and my half begins as the two sides sat at slightly different elevations.
We switched to firm firm soft on both sides. It is perfect for me and it works well for my wife (even though she would prefer a little more softness. I think part of the reason our mattress has held up so well is the firm bottom layers (I actually requested extra firm so they may be a little more firm than Savvy’s standard firm).
Advice–
1. Firm base layer is a must, strongly suggest firm second layer or medium if you are absolutely sure you like sleeping on a softer surface or you weigh under 150lbs.
2. Soft on top unless you like super super firm. I tried firm medium medium in store and it was very firm, I cant imagine firm, firm, firm would give you any pressure relief.
3. I really think the two firm base layers are needed for support if you are 200+ lbs like me. If the firm firm soft configuration is still too firm, try a topper.
4. Get the split layers. It gives you flexibility with changing layers, and it might help avoid sagging

This place has Organic natural latex mattresses. They can customize them for you so that each side can be right for each person, which is pretty good. We’ve slept on latex mattresses for many years and wouldn’t sleep on anything else. These were a bit pricier than we had paid before, but they are organic and have very nice covers. And, the service here is excellent, everyone is super nice, and there was never any pressure on my multiple visits with questions. It was a nice experience, and I really like that it is a local business.