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I wish I was doing this project! Definitely following your posts.

I've slept on a memory foam mattress for over two years and eight on a natural latex one. The latex mattress came with a memory layer that I ripped off because I loved the way the latex felt, although did wish I had opted for the mid-level softness rather than the firm. The latex is over 10 years now and looks and feels exactly like it did when I got it. No indentations, discoloration or deterioration of the rubber. The memory foam topper however, turned dark after about a year and started to get dry and crumbly soon thereafter.

Our current memory foam mattress is also too firm but the biggest problem is that it is so hot in the summer. It really doesn't breath like the latex. I wonder how the new "non-toxic" memory foams compare in this regard.

Here is a good description of the differences between natural and synthetic latexes. http://sovn.com/blog/natural-latex-vs-synthetic-polyurethane-whats-the-difference