The memory foam on our pillow top mattress has smashed down and offers no support, so after much reseach, I decided on this one. First, we did not notice any smells. It was delivered by UPS around noon, I put it on the bed, we went to bed around 10, and I didn't notice any smell. Even unboxing it and putting it on the bed, I didn't notice anything. And I have a pretty sensitive nose, I often notice things my husband doesn't. After about a week, my excruciating hip pain has been greatly reduced to just a slight pain, I am sleeping so much better, and I feel so much more energetic during the day. Also, my husband has stopped complaining of his shoulder pain as a result of a dislocated shoulder he should have had surgery on after a high school football injury. And Johny Storm a.k.a. the human torch, doesn't complain of sleeping hot like we do on the cheap memory foam topper we use in our camp trailer, so this is a huge bonus. I am a plus size girl, and my husband is 6'3" 220 lbs, so I was a little torn between the soft or medium feel. My husband thought we would sink in on the soft one, but I worried the medium would be too firm for the pressure point relief we needed, so I took a gamble on the soft one. So glad I did because I think it's perfect! Right before we got this, we had looked at Tempurpedic beds in our local furniture store, and my husband complained of sinking in, and I noticed it felt like it was hard to roll over and get up off of them. And even the softest, most plush temperpedic made my hip ache after just a few minutes of laying on my side, so I didn't have much faith that it would provide the relief we needed.
Latex has such a difderent feel, you float on top instead of sinking in. But it doesn't put the pressure on my hip like memory foam or the spendy temperpedic one did. I am pretty impressed and I feel a lot better after just a week on this! I plan on getting another one for the bed in the camp trailer to replace the memory foam one we have in there now. I am absolutely sold on latex being the right choice for us!