The 10 in. Tuft & Needle Diary

[phoenix]

Hi Basilk,

Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback as well … I appreciate it

I would also make the same comments as I did for dwerzemens about giving the mattress some time for you to adjust to a new sleeping surface and for the mattress to break in and possibly checking some of the “non mattress” suggestions that I linked in my previous reply as well.

The mattress is firm, even with the plush mattress cover on it. I am a big heavy guy, and it does not give much, even for me. (I do have a latex topper already that I may add to the mattress later, but want to try just the mattress for now.) I also like the pillow top feel, and this is definitely not that. Laying on the mattress on my back I do not seem to have the feel or support I would like on my lower back just above my hips. I am solely a side sleeper, so this may be irrelevant to me, just something I noticed laying on the mattress to “test it out.” My wife can sleep on anything, and frankly I could too up until a few months ago when started noticing lower back pain in the morning.

One thing I noticed about the Tuft & Needle mattresses is that the two twin xl’s, even pushed as tight together as possible, is wider than our old Beautyrest King. Not much, but the two together barely go between the side rails of the bed, whereas with the old mattress there was probably and inch of space on each side. Length seems about the same, just the sides. Adds a little effort to put the mattress pad and sheets on, I do like the thinner height than the old mattress though. The old mattress was 14" pillow top, and these are only 10" thick. The thickness is one of the reasons I chose this one - felt it would probably work better on adjustable bases being thinner.

If you have a thicker mattress pad (vs a thinner more stretchy mattress protector) then it may be affecting with the feel and response of the foam underneath it and interfering with its ability to contour as well to your body shape which can affect both comfort/pressure relief and support/alignment when you sleep on the mattress. This could result in a “feel” that was both a little softer in terms of surface feel (from the mattress pad) and a little firmer in the layers underneath it that don’t contour to your body shape as well. A thinner more stretchy mattress protector may allow the mattress to perform a little more closely to the way it was designed.

The twin XL size is also 39" wide (twin sizes are sometimes 38" wide and sometimes 39" wide) so two of them together would be a little wider than a king size which is generally 76" x 80".

Another thing to note is the “divide” between the two mattresses. I have never had this arrangement before, and was concerned it would be noticeable. It is not. With the mattress pad on you can certainly lay in the middle of the bed and never know it was a split mattress, In fact, even feeling for the divide with your hand trying to find where they lay side by side doesn’t work. This may change with the adjustable bases, but right now you would never know there are two mattresses there instead of a single king mattress. The corners are not rounded on the mattress and simply no way to tell. This may change once on adjustable bases with different movements.

The gap between two twin XL mattresses that have squared off edges usually won’t be nearly as noticeable with a mattress pad on top but as I mentioned a thicker mattress pad will also have its own tradeoffs in terms of how it affects the mattress. There is more about split king mattresses in post #2 here and the posts it links to.

Phoenix