Joe: Hey guys, it's Joe from Mattress Clarity.
Today, I'm going to be talking about the Tuft Needle mattress.
I'm going to be telling you everything you need to know about this mattress, run it through
the pros, the cons, the construction, and telling you what type of sleeper is a good
fit for it, what type of sleeper is not a good fit for it.
Stay tuned.
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Joe: First things first.
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I'm happy to do so.
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Tell me a little information about yourself, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
We have the Tuft Needle mattress.
It's a very popular mattress.
It's one of the first "online only" mattresses.
I reviewed this mattress before a number of years ago.
I was excited to give my updated thoughts given how many new mattresses have come out
into the market.
Let's talk about what's inside the Tuft Needle mattress.
Starting with the cover, it's a very thin cover.
It's nice and soft.
It has a pretty nice texture to it.
Very thin though.
It's not really going to affect the feel too much overall.
Moving on to the mattress, very simple construction overall.
We got 10-inches.
Have seven-inches of a pretty standard base layer.
You're going to see this in a lot of other all-foam mattresses.
Then we have three-inches of a proprietary foam.
It's called adaptive foam.
It is combining memory foam and latex-like qualities.
It should have pressure relief from memory foam, but then good response like latex does.
We'll see how that looks.
It snaps back into place very quickly.
You're not going to get the feeling of getting stuck.
You might not be able to see this, but there's actually graphite gel infused into the foam.
It's going to be very breathable in that that graphite gel is going to draw heat away.
Being three-inches, this is a pretty soft material.
It's possible, if you're heavier, you might press through here and feel a little bit more
firmness underneath there.
That's just something to note for heavier sleepers.
It does have pretty good pressure relief, good response overall.
You're going to good pressure relief without the feeling of getting stuck.
Now let's talk about firmness and feel.
As far as firmness is concerned, I'd put this mattress at about a 6.5 out of 10, with 10
being the firmest.
I would say a note of caution there.
I think it probably depends on your weight.
You have two layers.
The top layer is three-inches of a very soft material.
If you're heavier, you may press through that more easily and feel a little bit more firmness.
If you're lighter, you may not press through that top layer and hit the firm layer underneath
that.
Depending on your weight, you may disagree, but I'm going to go with about a 6.5 out of
10.
As far as feel is concerned, it has good pressure relief.
It's immediately responsive though.
If I push my hand in here and pull it away, the foam snaps right back into place.
You're not going to get that feeling of getting stuck.
There is some bounce.
If we drop this lacrosse ball here, you'll see that there's a little bit of bounce.
It's going to be pretty easy to move around.
You're not going to get the feeling of getting stuck.
Now I'm going to talk through how I feel in different sleeping positions.
Starting on my back, the first thing I notice is that it allows my hips to sink in but not
too much.
I feel like overall it's a pretty good match for me.
You can feel it conforming to the curves of my body, reaching up into that lumbar area.
A pretty good match for me.
If you're a little bit heavier than I am, you might want something a little bit firmer,
a little bit more supportive overall.
Switching to my side, I feel like this is a pretty good match for me here.
I don't feel a ton of pressure on my shoulders and hips.
Most people would probably agree with that.
Again, if you're heavier, you may press through the top layer, which is three-inches.
Pretty soft material.
You may feel a little bit more firmness overall.
For someone of my weight or someone a little bit less than I am, it's actually a pretty
good fit.
Switching to my stomach, I think it's a little bit too soft for me.
If you're my weight or heavier, you're probably going to want something a little bit firmer,
more supportive overall.
You have three-inches of this very soft material, so you probably want something a little bit
firmer, in my opinion.
Here at Mattress Clarity, we like to mix subjective opinions with objective tests.
I want to give you a visual representation of where you might feel pressure points on
this mattress.
To do that, I have a pressure map here.
Get down on my backside and stomach, and you are going to see, anywhere from blue, no pressure,
all the way up to red, the high pressure.
The only thing to note is if you have a different body type than I do, you may see different
results.
Let's get started.
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Marten: Hey guys, Marten here to offer a different perspective.
Joe's 5'9" 160, I'm 6'7" 230.
I'm a larger person.
I want to give my experience on the Tuft and Needle mattress here.
In terms of firmness, Joe said it was a 6.5 out of 10, and I actually agree.
I thought it was a 6.5 out of 10.
About medium in terms of firmness.
On my back, I definitely feel I'm not getting quite enough support.
I feel like I'm sinking into the mattress a little bit there.
I definitely need more support in that position.
On my side though, I'm feeling nice pressure relief from my shoulders and my hips.
I sink in that top layer.
Feel nice pressure relief there.
On my stomach though, again, it's too soft for me.
I'm definitely bowing at the hips and feeling myself get out of alignment.
What does that mean?
If you're a heavier back sleeper, you probably need something more supportive.
If you're a heavier side sleeper, you could find comfort on this mattress.
If you're a heavier stomach sleeper, you're probably going to need more support.
I will note, I'm 230-pounds.
I'm a larger person, but if you're at the 300 to 500-pound weight range, it's definitely
something to note.
This mattress might not be supportive enough for you.
Joe: We get a lot of questions from people who sleep with a partner.
They want to know if their partner is moving around on that side of the bed, is that motion
going to be isolated or is it going to transfer over to them and possibly wake them up in
the night?
We call this motion transfer.
To test that, I have a glass here.
I'm going to create a little disturbance here, see how this glass reacts.
You can see it's not moving too much.
I also had Marten on my team jump in and out of bed, create a little disturbance while
I was on this side of the bed.
Didn't really feel too much of that motion transfer over to me.
I feel like this is a potentially good option for couples.
If you sleep with a partner, or you like sleeping towards the edge of the bed, or you're a heavier
sleeper, you may want to consider something we call edge support.
I'm on the mattress here, and you can see that this foam is collapsing quite a bit.
I feel like the edge support isn't the best here.
I'm going to switch onto my back here towards the edge of the bed.
I get a little bit of that rolling-off-the-bed feeling.
I feel like edge support isn't the best characteristic of this mattress.
I'm going to talk through some of the pros of this mattress and who I think this mattress
may be a good fit for.
Number one, just a very good value.
It's about $600 for a queen.
I think it's pretty comparable to a lot of mattresses that are more expensive than that.
I think the value is there.
It's also a pretty good match for side and back sleepers.
I felt pretty good pressure relief from my side, felt a pretty good overall support on
my back.
I think combination sleepers as well, in that medium firmness range.
It's going to be a pretty good fit for multiple sleeping positions.
It's also a breathable mattress.
If you're worried about sleeping hot and you want to get a foam mattress, this could be,
potentially, a very good option for you.
It also has memory foam-like qualities but without the feeling of getting stuck which
I like as well.
Now I'm going to talk through some of the cons of this mattress, or who I think this
mattress may not be the best fit for.
Number one, if you just sleep on your stomach, you're probably going to want something a
little bit firmer, a little bit more supportive.
It's in that medium firmness range.
If you just sleep on your stomach, you're definitely want something just a little bit
firmer.
Also, if you're a heavier sleeper or you have extra support needs, I'd probably look for
something more supportive.
Potentially something with coils and the support layers there.
The last thing is, if you want something that's very firm or very soft, this is in the medium
firmness range.
You're not going to find that to be the case with the Tuft Needle mattress.
We get a lot of questions asking us to compare Tuft and Needle to Casper.
I thought I would just touch on that briefly.
As far as construction is concerned, the Tuft and Needle is more simple in its construction.
It has two layers.
Casper has four layers.
Casper also has something called zoned support.
The middle of the mattress is going to be a little bit firmer, giving you more support
when you're on your stomach and back.
It's going to be a little softer underneath your shoulder if you sleep on your side.
The construction is a little more complex.
You get a little more with the Casper, but it comes with a much higher price tag.
You really have to balance.
Do you really want that extra that you get from the Casper with the extra price tag?
It's going to be a little more appropriate for heavier sleepers to go with the Casper,
but for other sleepers, you may just find that the Tuft Needle is pretty similar and
you can't really decide.
You might just want to save some money by going with the Tuft Needle.
I'll say the overall firmness and feel are pretty similar, so those are the main differences.
I wanted to give you some additional information about this mattress.
You get a 10-year warranty, a 100-night sleep trial, free shipping, and returns.
They also have a luxury step-up version of this mattress called the Mint, which is a
more substantial mattress, gives you more layers as well.
They also have stores now.
Depending on where you are, you may be close to a store.
They're in select locations.
Also, they have a bunch of accessories available.
They don't have any financing available like other companies do.
I think the price tag is so low that they don't feel like they need that, at least,
at this point.
To wrap up, that's basically it.
A lot of people are going to like the Tuft Needle mattress.
With this mattress, it's all about value.
I don't think there are too many better values that you can find out there at $600 for a
queen.
It's not going to last you 20 years or anything like that.
Just a very no frill, simple construction, direct to the consumer.
They're pricing it about as low as they can get.
A lot of people are going to like it.
I would caution, maybe, heavier sleepers.
If you just sleep on your stomach, you might want something a little bit firmer and more
supportive.
All right, that's basically it.
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