Hi DVFlyer,
There is more about the most important parts of the “value” of a mattress purchase in post #13 here that can help you make more meaningful comparisons between mattresses in terms of suitability, durability, and value.
I would also be very cautious about using other people’s experiences or reviews on a mattress (either positive or negative) as a reliable source of information or guidance about how suitable or how durable a mattress may be for you and in many cases they can be more misleading than helpful because a mattress that would be a perfect choice for one person may be completely unsuitable for someone else to sleep on either in terms of suitability or durability (see post #13 here).
While there is really no benefit to wait for someone else’s experience on a mattress to make your own choice because their experience may be very different from your own and may not be relevant to your own needs and preferences, and they may also need to sleep on it for a few weeks before they know whether a mattress would be suitable for them as well because of the initial break in and adjustment period (see post #3 here) … there is more about the Tuft & Needle mattress in posts #2 and #6 here and in post #205 and later in this topic (the posts before that are about their previous design) and a forum search on tuft needle (you can just click the link) will bring up hundreds of forum posts with more comments and feedback from forum members about them as well.
Phoenix