# Tuft & Needle Mattress - thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 22, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-needle-mattress-thoughts/807252 "2018-01-22T22:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-needle-mattress-thoughts/807252/1 "2018-01-22T22:42:48Z")
The wife and I are in the market for a new mattress. We have been solely interspring up until now but after a couple of years and $1000 plus we are looking to move to memory foam. It seems that no matter how much you spend you end up with a sagging uncomfortable mattress after a few years. The Tuft and Needle Mattress gets good reviews on the review sites, and is considerably cheaper. I understand all mattresses will break down, but when they are half the price I wont hesitate to replace. Has anyone had any experience with T&F before, good or bad? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-needle-mattress-thoughts/807252/2 "2018-01-22T22:51:04Z")
[I guess you mean this](https://www.tuftandneedle.com/mattress/?size=tn23t). The word ‘needle’ doesn’t lead me to think of a good mattress. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-needle-mattress-thoughts/807252/3 "2018-01-22T23:43:37Z")
That would be it. ---
**Author:** ![BorgHunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@BorgHunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BorgHunter)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-needle-mattress-thoughts/807252/4 "2018-01-23T15:04:45Z")
We just bought a Tuft & Needle mattress a few months ago. Two of them, actually, one for our bed and one for the guest room. I love it; my fiancée likes it but isn’t as crazy about it as I am. (I think because she had a foam mattress in the past, whereas this is my first.) I suggest reading multiple reviews and comparing with competitors like Purple (my grandmother raves about her Purple mattress), Casper (which has [some shady business practices](https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-bloggers-lawsuits-underside-of-the-mattress-wars) but still puts out a quality product), Leesa, and so forth. The Tuft & Needle mattress is reasonably firm, but not overly so. There are also some even cheaper competitors on Amazon. I also suggest ditching the box spring at the same time; they’re not needed for a foam mattress. We have a simple frame [like this](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00R6OXJWE), which gives us a good amount of space under the bed. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-needle-mattress-thoughts/807252/5 "2018-01-23T17:03:46Z")
I bought a Tuft & Needle mattress a little over a year ago. It is comfortable and showing no sign of developing indentations like memory foam. Note that this is **not** memory foam; memory foam is something different. I tried memory foam in a hotel and absolutely hated it; made me much too hot and sweaty, and sinking into the mattress felt like being trapped. You don’t sink into a T&N, you sleep on top of it. Many reviews of other foam mattresses mention chemical smells from outgassing that can take considerable time to go away. The T&N had the smell of “something new” first thing out of the box but not a “chemical” smell; put mattress pad and sheets on and slept on it the first night, no problem, no odor. If you buy direct from Tuft & Needle they have a 100 night trial period; if you don’t like it they will pick it up at your house and refund all your money – you don’t have to ship it back. I am content with it and would buy one again. ---
**Author:** ![Doubticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Doubticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubticus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-needle-mattress-thoughts/807252/6 "2018-01-23T17:12:47Z")
Bought one and returned it the next day. The reason? The Misses and I found it to be hard as hell. I think we may be outliers though. We find most mattresses to be to firm. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-needle-mattress-thoughts/807252/7 "2018-01-23T17:24:12Z")
FWIW, I have a regular $400-ish “pillowtop” mattress, and on top if it I have a very thick memory foam topper. And on top of that a featherbed. Great combination. I can turn and flip the foam topper whenever I want to and replace it when the time comes. On sunny days I put the featherbed outside, draped over a fence in my backyard, and let the sun and wind have at it all day. Crawling into bed that night–bliss! ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-needle-mattress-thoughts/807252/8 "2018-01-23T17:28:18Z")
I bought the “Sleep Innovations Shiloh 12-inch Memory Foam Mattress” from Amazon when it was on sale (even not on sale, it’s comparatively inexpensive) and I love it, but I am partial to firmer mattresses. My husband is not as fond of it. It definitely smelled for the first few days.