Latex For Less sells latex, hybrid, and even a 2-sided latex mattress with different firmness ratings on each side. They come highly regarded in the latex mattress realm for making quality products that look great, at highly competitive prices.
I decided to look into possibly fiberglass use by Latex For Less a few years ago. I assumed it made fiberglass-free latex mattresses since it boasts many organic certifications, and tainting those certifications with fiberglass just doesn’t make sense.
Searching Latex For Less for Fiberglass
The first thing I do when investigating a mattress brand for fiberglass use is to check its website. The home page, mattress pages, and FAQ page are usually the best bet.
However, I couldn’t find anything about fiberglass on any of those pages. I did find a blog page titled Fire Retardant Chemicals in Mattresses that highlights all the benefits of using natural wool as a fire retardant in mattresses rather than toxic chemicals.
“Organic wool serves as a natural fire barrier, without the need for chemical flame retardants.”
-Latex For Less
It’s great that Latex For Less recognizes the importance of natural materials and the dangers of flame retardant chemicals in mattresses.
But, I don’t base my fiberglass-free articles off assumptions and inferences alone. Just because Latex For Less highlights the benefits of wool, and the drawbacks of chemicals, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it doesn’t use fiberglass.
Asking Latex For Less about Fiberglass
I decided to get in touch with Latex For Less directly and ask about fiberglass, and other materials of concern often used in mattresses.
These are the questions I asked Latex For Less via email:
“Do any of your mattresses contain Fiberglass, Modacrylic, Polyester, Rayon, or Silica in the covers or any other part of the mattress? What about Fire Retardant sprays like Antimony, are any of them used on your mattresses? What countries are your mattresses made in?”
Latex For Less replied to me with these answers:
“Our mattress is made of organic and natural materials. We are using natural wool as natural fire barrier. It is made here is our warehouse in California..”
-Latex For Less
Although being made of all natural and organic materials should technically rule out Fiberglass, Modacrylic, Polyester, and Rayon, I decided to ask them again. Fiberglass is often deceptively referred to as “natural” since it’s made of melted sand. They also did not specifically state “there is no fiberglass” which is what I’m looking for when I contact mattress brands.
I emailed Latex For Less a second time with this question:
“So I just want to be sure – there’s zero fiberglass, or silica? Many mattress companies lie and pass those off as ‘natural’ since fiberglass is made from silica and silica is naturally found in nature.. Same with rayon, since it’s made from plant fiber they call that ‘natural’ as well..”
Latex For Less’ second reply was a bit more straight-forward:
“No fiberglas or silica on our mattress. It’s just the natural wool that we used as fire barrier.”
-Latex For Less
Does Latex For Less use Fiberglass?
As per usual, I always check the internet for conflicting information. Between social media, Reddit, YouTube, CPSC incident reports, and the rest of Google search results, I could not find any reports of Latex For Less containing fiberglass.
Latex For Less states it uses only wool as a natural flame barrier, and after much investigation, I feel comfortable believing that statement.
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Last Updated on April 17, 2024
While shopping for his daughter’s first “big girl” bed in 2019, John learned about the hidden dangers of fiberglass in mattresses. Since then, he’s made it his mission to expose as much hidden fiberglass in mattresses as possible. His ultimate goal is federal regulations that ban fiberglass from being used in mattresses, or at least a law that requires it to be listed as a material on required tags.