Comments on: Vegan Mattresses

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:57:46 +0000

We, http://www.essentiadirect.com, developed a natural memory foam.So much more comfortable than latex mattresses or spring. ;-)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:46:24 +0000

The mattress has worked out well. It’s firm, which is what I was looking for and I find it comfortable.

Kthy — $2280 is an awful lot. We paid about half that for ours, which is still a lot… but one way to look at it is that you spent 1/3rd of every day on it, so if it lasts you for 15 years, that’s 43800 hours, which comes out to only 5 cents an hour, even at that extravagant cost of $2280. :)

Keep looking around, though, and see if you can’t find a coupon or something less expensive.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:28:38 +0000

I know this post on mattresses is old, but I’m hoping to find out how the mattress worked out. Is it any good? Is it comfortable? I am in the market for one and the only one I can find that doesn’t contain wool is by Royal Pedic and for two pieces, it is $2280.00. Gobs of money for something you sleep on…. want to know if its worth the investment. Anyone??

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:52:31 +0000

shamir — that’s a good question. We’re not getting new pillows at this point, but I suspect I’ll have another post a few years down the road covering my experiences in researching vegan pillows. :)

By: DTK

DTK — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:40:58 +0000

When we shopped for an organic, vegan mattress we discovered that some states have laws (maybe this is a federal law?) that require a mattress to have a flame retardant applied or to contain wool (natural flame retardant). To get around this, we needed a doctor’s note explaining that my husband had chemical allergies and could only sleep on organinc cotton. I guess it releases the manufacturer from liability if you fall asleep smoking or something.

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:10:01 +0000

JD -- I suspect that like "humane" meat, humane wool doesn't really exist. This video shows what goes on wool production. Read more here.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:56:28 +0000

what’s wrong with wool? it’s a great natural product: flame retardant, clean, and comfortable. wool can be humanely harvested, no?

By: shamir

shamir — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:16:02 +0000

what about pillows? everything out there (besides buckwheat hulls) seems to be down, fake down (=fossil fules), or wool. are the organic cotton ones even any good?

By: the quicksands of an ethical life « onegoodchild

the quicksands of an ethical life « onegoodchild — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:47:42 +0000

[...] wonder if not eating meat will ever lead to me spending copious amounts of time researching on the best vegan mattress to purchase as one vegan did. I’m not saying he is an unhappy man. It just shocks you to [...]

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:27:32 +0000

Lots of money, I know! But, like I said, hopefully it’ll last twice as long as a regular mattress. And I remember reading somewhere that since you spend a third of your life in bed, a good mattress is something worth investing in. *shrug* Who knows if that’s valid, but it makes me feel a little better about plunking down that much money.

I should note, too, that I got it last month on discount and with free shipping (which is significant for a mattress), so it was a few hundred less than that.

By: berrykat

berrykat — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:05:55 +0000

Holy Smokes! 1,400 for a mattress?! Yikes