Hello all,
I just want to leave some thoughts on the Tuft and Needle 5" I bought at the end of last month.
First off, communication was top-notch. I mean, these people will do anything for your satisfaction. They offer great advice. I was torn at first between getting the 5" or 10" models, but T&N customer support told me the 5" will support up to 300lbs per person or 600lbs total for a couple. My wife and I weigh 300 combined so this is not a problem. I am 170lbs and she is 130lbs. I am sold.
It took about one week from the time I made the purchase online to the day I received the mattress, going from Arizona to Michigan. The mattress was only about 50lbs, and came in a box about 16"x16"x48". I could be off a few lbs or inches. Point being, it was not very difficult to carry up three flights of stairs. When I got it in my apartment, I carefully cut open the plastic wrap holding the rolled up mattress together. It was curled up and compressed like a cinnamon bun. The mattress comes with instructions on how to do this. As the air rushed in to the mattress, it began inflating to itās full, queen size. Pretty cool, actually.
It says right on the mattress that you can begin sleeping on it after it expands all the way. AKA, right away. There was hardly any smell (I had no problem almost napping on it immediately). In any case, it said within one week the mattress will be at itās fully functional state, where it should stay for a minimum of 10 years. We will see.
It has been a couple of weeks and I am extremely impressed with the mattress. I am a stomach sleeper, and have had no problems falling asleep, even on my back. This is saying a lot because I usually cannot fall asleep on my back. I have a 50% disability rating due to my back. I would call this a firm mattress, but not in the sense of sleeping on the floor. I sink in just enough and then stop. Heavier parts of my body such as around my hips and upper torso sink in more than the lighter parts of my body. Iām not going to say it feels like sleeping on a cloud, because I have no idea what that feels like. I will say it distributes your body weight evenly and I no longer wake up with a sore back.
There is no possibility of feeling the ground underneath the mattress, which is what I was afraid of in the 5" vs 10" version. Unless you weigh more than 300lbs, I imagine this would not be an issue. Perhaps if I jump on the bed I could feel the floor. Iām not going to jump on the bed. This brings me to my partner and I. This mattress does not bounce around when I get out of bed or when she gets out of bed to use the restroom. This is good for us, but one downside is you will not find much help when it comes to intimacy. There is just no spring or bounce in this mattress. Rolling over is not a chore, but if you are one of those people who look like a fish out of water when rolling over, you will receive no feedback from the mattress. Youāll just continuously flop in place. You must put in an effort to roll over. No monkeys would enjoy jumping on this bed. No bounce.
Obviously, I am very pleased with my purchase. I donāt know what topics I may have missed so if you have any questions, I will try my best to objectively answer them, although I am no expert. The only thing I am not pleased with is they said I would be refunded the discount for being a member of this forum within 5-8 business days, but it has been well over that and I have yet to see the refund. Maybe it is only $20 or so but I am surprised given their otherwise excellent communication practices. I will let you know if this issue is resolved. I am sure it will be.
Would you say the T&N its neutral?