Does this mattress seem to "offgas" or have a chemical smell?
1845029
Not at all. I feel very comfortable with my daughter sleeping on this mattress!
1845030
I found there to be no odor of any kind with this mattress and we have been really happy with it.
990025
It has a brand new odor. But why would u think a new mattress would have an odor
961406
I don't know all that is inside, but the outside has a substantial organic cotton shell. I have chemical sensitivities so after taking the plastic bag off the mattress I left it outside for a few hours. I didn't notice any smells.
762213
Yes! We bought a new trailer and it was full of all kinds of chemical smell. It took a while for all those materials to "out gas". But the Health mate made it possible for us to use the unit without getting any headaches.
2266159
I purchased this mattress in August and it is comfortable. How long it will last, I cannot say yet. I WILL say that you will need to unwrap it and let it air out IN YOUR GARAGE or something for at least a WEEK. It has a very strong chemical odor that takes FOREVER to dissipate. It was sickening the first month.
850867
Yes that is what I did. There wasn't an odor but the mattress was a little crooked because it hadn't fully expanded.
1883413
I received mine as a gift just yesterday. Very strong smell like I had just painted the entire bedroom. This was after the mattress had sat for 2 days to expand in another room in the house. I am hoping that someone can seriously tell me this odor goes away.
440650
I can just tell you that my mattress looks new and smells great. My toddler has peed and sweated on it heavily yet no odor is left behind. It is not noisy or crackly. As thin as it is it works well however my mattress feels best without it. It is a firm memory foam mattress.
1883412
After several weeks, I no longer notice the smell. For awhile, I had this mattress in a totally flat surface. After moving it onto slats, it seemed to aerate faster. And I left my bedroom windows open to facilitate the process.
374025
It is a cheap foam mattress with chemicals added to make it memory foam, we only used it one night because the smell was so bad from the chemicals. I tried to wash the foam the next day to get rid of the smell - but all the chemicals ran out -what was left was a cheap piece of foam that then got recycled.
2112297
I own 3 other temper-pedic like mattresses besides this latest one. The only smell I noticed is on initial unpacking...something chemical like, that quickly dissipated. I think it is probably a formaldehyde-like smell associated with many synthetic products, including carpets. Probably. for saftey's sake, the windows should be opened and the room aired out for the first 24 hours after unpacking.
297167
I am maybe more sensitive to chemicals than most people, and unfortunately, I would say after letting it air for 2 days, that there is still a very unpleasant smell. I put a mattress cover on top of it, but I still notice a very unpleasant smell. I don't notice it until I am in bed, where it's very close to my face.
378273
Initially, the foam does have a smell. We aired it out for about 2 weeks and then it was ok. We are sensitive to smells. You might want to wash the cover to speed up the process. Any foam in a plastic will have a smell and we were aware of it since it is not the first foam topper or mattress we bought.
1416556
I wouldn't call it a chemical smell. It has a slight newly manufactured scent similar to some fabrics in fabric stores. Like I said in my review, I washed it and hung it to dry. That took care of any smell it had at first. I must tell you that I have a very sensitive nose, and because of that, i do not use fabric softener. I find it too strong. So there was no detergent or fabric softener scent to "cover up" the mattress pad's smell after washing, and yet I did not detect a smell after it was dried.
719873
No that is not why. There is a small chemical smell when you get the pillow mistky from whatever the material they use to make the pillow out of. It does go away. Initially i thought this pillow was too high/firm..., but now i love it!
830604
I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure it's all natural. The only way to really know is cut the mattress and test it in lab. However, it had zero off gassing and my bed buddy is allergic to synthetic latex(no problems as yet). Great mattress and I'm happy with it. It's thinner than the super expensive latex or regular coil comp but it works perfect for us. I have it on a platform bed.
1022961
It did have a slight odor. More clean, new materials, than chemical, though. The foam is more of pillow filling that was odorless. The entire bed comes apart and is washable if that helps at all.