The 10 in. Tuft & Needle Diary

[phoenix]

Hi dwerzemens,

Since this is the “diary” thread I thought it would be okay to give my initial report here, in case it’s helpful to anyone else.

Yes … this is certainly a suitable topic to post your feedback (although your own topic would be fine as well) since it has the most comments and feedback from forum members about the Tuft and Needle Ten.

Overall I’m still pleased with my decision to give the T&N a try given how easy it was to purchase and the easy return policy. I still have hope that giving my body a few weeks to adjust and the mattress some time to break in will lead to a good sleep experience for me.

There are some suggestions in post #2 here (particularly about your mattress protector or any mattress pads you may be using and about your foundation) that may be helpful but outside of some of the “non mattress” suggestions that can make a difference the best approach (as you mentioned) is normally to wait a few weeks so that you have a chance to adjust to a new sleeping surface and your mattress has a chance to break in.

I’m looking forward to any ongoing feedback you have the chance to share over the next few weeks to see if and how your experience changes.

It’s a strange combination, I know, feeling like the T&N bed is too hard but realizing after use that the normal effects of a too hard mattress do not come into play. Very unique feeling that may be part of the whole switch to a latex mattress or may be unique to a T&N latex mattress. I’m not sure about that.

So, let’s ask Phoenix: Are most latex mattresses “firm” as a characteristic or is this firmness unique to a brand?

Just for clarity … Tuft and Needle doesn’t use any latex in their mattresses. Their comfort layers are a high performance polyfoam that has been formulated to have some of the contouring or “point elasticity” properties of latex or memory foam but it is less resilient (springy) than latex and it isn’t a slow response or temperature sensitive material like memory foam. Their base layer is a conventional high density polyfoam. There is more about the materials they use in posts #2 and #6 here.

The properties of a mattress are the result of and the “sum total” of the materials inside it and are specific to the materials that are used and to the design of a mattress (which may be unique to a specific manufacturer). If other manufacturers were to use similar materials in similar layer thicknesses and similar firmness levels and a similar design and cover then the mattress would also be similar in terms of its feel and response. All materials (including latex and polyfoam) come in a wide range of firmness levels as well so they can be softer or firmer depending on the specific layers and components in the mattress so this is also specific to the firmness of the layers and components that a manufacturer chooses to use in their mattress and not to the type of material.

Phoenix