Cover
The Tuft & Needle Hybrid mattress is wrapped in thick and sturdy cover, with that 1" layer of memory foam quilted into it. The fabric has the feel of a thick and soft sweatshirt.
Comfort & Feel
There are three aspects that make up our assessment of comfort and feel. We call these "preference-based characteristics" because no rating here is better or worse – rather, the attributes that are most desirable to you will be determined solely by your personal preferences. We apply the same classification standards to each mattress so you can more easily compare apples to apples.
Softness ( what’s this )
Keep in mind that what mattress companies call “firm” or “soft” is a purely a preference. All mattresses should be supportive and promote healthy spinal alignment. Whether a mattress is fluffy and squishy (what mattress companies call soft or plush), or less so (what companies call firm), is purely down to your personal needs and preferences.
We classify the Tuft & Needle Hybrid mattress as a Medium Soft in terms of softness overall.
Not sure what softness is best for you? Take our Mattress Match Quiz and find out.
| Softness Level (1=Least Soft, 9=Most Soft) |
6 | Medium Soft |
Cushioning Depth ( what’s this )
This refers to how deeply you sink into the mattress or feel cradled or hugged, versus a feeling of floating on top of the bed. We found the Tuft & Needle Hybrid bed to have slightly deeperer cushioning than average, giving you a bit more of a hugged or cradled sensation. The upper softness combined with the micro-coils offer a lot of conformance--where the mattress closely melds to your curves. You can get a sense of this below with our 16-pound bowling ball.
| Cushioning Depth (1=Shallowest, 9=Deepest) |
6 | Slightly deeper than average |
Responsiveness ( what’s this )
Responsiveness refers to how quickly a mattress recovers its shape after being compressed. When you press your hand into the mattress, for instance, then remove it, does it take several seconds for the mattress to return to flat, or does it recover immediately?
The Tuft & Needle Hybrid mattress has just an inch of memory foam quilted into the cover, but in our tests, we noticed a surprising amount of that slow, melting memory feel given the small amount of actual memory foam.
If you like a little bit of memory feel, but not a lot, the T&N Hybrid might offer you a good compromise.
| Memory Feel (1=Least, 9=Most) |
6 | Some memory feel |
| Bounce (1=Least, 9=Most) |
5 | Medium bounce |
Back Support & Pressure Relief
The two things that you should always be sure to get from your mattress are spinal alignment (commonly thought of as "back support") and pressure relief. Unfortunately, no mattress will deliver these two things equally well for all sleepers. In particular, spinal alignment and pressure relief capabilities will vary across sleepers with different weights, body shapes, and sleep positions. To help you determine how this mattress will perform for you, we break down our spinal alignment and pressure relief assessments by sleeper type.
In our evaluations, we thought the Tuft & Needle Hybrid mattress would suit average to lighter sleepers who tend to sleep in a variety of positions. We did have some questions about heavier sleepers, particularly stomach sleepers.
Spinal Alignment
The key to good back support is maintaining proper spinal alignment while you sleep. This means that the mattress should hold your spine in roughly the same position it's in when you're standing. The ability of a given mattress to do this will generally depend on your weight, sleep position, and body shape.
Here is how we break down the spinal alignment of the Tuft & Needle Hybrid mattress:
| Weight | Range | Back Sleepers | Side Sleepers | Stomach Sleepers |
| Lighter | <150 lb | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Average | 150 to 200 lb | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Above Average | 200 to 250 lb | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Heavier | >250 lb | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Back Sleepers:
While our tester was on his back, he noted that his hips sank just deeply enough to create a neutral spine, while he felt the mattress did a nice job reaching up to support his lumbar curve. We feel that those of our tester's weight and lighter would experience the same. We had some question about heavier sleepers, who might find their hips sinking too much to maintain a straight spine.
Side Sleepers:
As with back sleeping, our tester felt well supported on his side, and felt his spine supported and aligned. Again, we has some questions for heavier side sleepers, who may find their hips sinking in too much, creating spinal curvature that could lead to back pain.
Stomach Sleepers:
Achieving good spinal alignment for stomach sleepers can often be trickier as the hips can tend to sink down too far with some mattresses, especially mattresses that are softer as the T&N Hybrid is. We felt the mattress would likely be fine for occasional stomach sleepers, and for lighter people that sleep predominantly on their stomach. However, we would not recommend it for heavier stomach sleepers, who will likely find their hips sinking too deeply.
Pressure Relief
When a mattress pushes back against your body with too much force in a concentrated area, the result can be pain, soreness, loss of circulation, excessive tossing, and other problems. In general, such "pressure points" are of greatest concern for side sleepers, since that's the position in which your body's weight is distributed over the smallest surface area. To find the right mattress for your needs, keep in mind that the pressure-relieving capabilities of any given mattress will vary depending on the sleeper. Factors like your weight and body shape (e.g., broader shoulders and/or hips) will determine how far you sink into the mattress, and the pressure relief offered by that mattress will vary widely at different depths.
Here's how we sized up the pressure relief of the Tuft & Needle Hybrid mattress:
| Weight | Range | Typical Curves | Extra Curvy |
| Lighter | <150 lb | 9 | 7 |
| Average | 150 to 200 lb | 8 | 7 |
| Above Average | 200 to 250 lb | 8 | 6 |
| Heavier | >250 lb | 7 | 6 |
The experiences of our tester while side sleeping come into play with pressure relief too, and our tester experienced no pressure points or hot spots on the T&N Hybrid. We felt that average-sized people as well as those who are not particularly curvy (broad-shouldered or wide-hipped) would experience good to very good pressure relief.
Other Features
Beyond the preference-based characteristics of comfort and feel, and the body matching for spinal alignment and pressure relief, a mattress will have a number of other attributes that can make it a better or worse choice for you. We call these "priority-based characteristics" because they are areas in which a mattress can be better or worse, but that will have differing amounts of importance to each sleeper. So, determining how much importance to give to these features will be entirely a matter of your own personal priorities. As always, we apply the same ratings standards to each mattress so you can more easily compare apples to apples.
Motion Isolation (what’s this)
With a bowling pin standing upright on the Tuft & Needle Hybrid bed, we tested motion isolation by dropping a 16-lb. bowling ball on it, as well as the full weight of our tester.
In both tests, the pin barely moved, leading us to believe the bed would be an excellent choice for couples who don’t want to feel their partner getting in and out of bed or repositioning.
| Motion Isolation Rating |
9 /10 | Excellent |
Temperature ( what’s this )
For those that have experienced overheating in bed, or who are concerned about it, we were not very concerned about the T&N Hybrid mattress.
First of all, it's made mainly of springs, and two layers of them, allowing for lots of airflow, giving warm air the opportunity to flow out, and cooler air to flow in.
You do sink more deeply into this bed, and it does provide a lot of conformance, and potentially, that can lead to feeling hot. But Tuft & Needle adds some features to counteract this. The top memory foam, and the T&N Adaptive foam both include cooling properties, including graphite, carbon fibers, and ceramic-gel beads. All are known conductors of heat, and are intended to help draw heat from the body.
So even though this bed has deeper than average cushioning, its superior air flow and added heat-conducting features give us confidence that most people will not have an issue sleeping hot on the T&N Hybrid.
| Stays 'Cool' Rating |
8 /10 | Very good |
Edge Support ( what’s this )
| Edge Support Rating |
8/10 | Very good |
Ease of Repositioning ( what’s this )
If you tend to move and change positions a lot over the course of a night, ease of repositioning will be a priority for you. Our tester had no trouble changing positions and moving around on the Tuft & Needle Hybrid mattress. While beds with memory foam can sometimes make repositioning more of a challenge, there just isn't enough of it in this mattress to have an effect.
| Repositioning Rating |
8/10 | Very good |
Green Features ( what’s this )
For mattress shoppers concerned with the use of natural materials, sustainable manufacturing practices or the like, we offer our subjective evaluation of any efforts taken by the company to make the mattress more green, healthy, or safe.
In the case of the Tuft & Needle mattress, the company makes no claims about the use of natural materials, but it does have some features that go a long way toward minimizing the use of chemicals and minimizing off-gassing.
First, this is a hybrid mattress that's mainly made of steel coils, which do not off-gass, and are potentially recyclable down the road. While the foams in the bed are not natural in any way, there's only 5 total inches of foam in the bed.
All of the foams used are certified to the CertiPUR-US standard, which verifies that a material has low VOC off-gassing as well as a lack of chemicals and other substances regulated by the CPSC. Furthermore, the entire mattress is certified to the Greenguard Gold standard, an even more stringent certification that checks for a long list of allergens and harmful chemicals, certifies minimal off-gassing, and rates it as safe for sensitive environments like child-care and hospitals. This is a certification that isn't very common among mattresses, and we think it should give you a lot of confidence in terms of off-gassing and safety.
| Green Rating |
8/10 | Very good |
Adjustable Base Compatibility ( what’s this )
We tested the Tuft & Needle Hybrid mattress on our standard adjustable base. The mattress won't be harmed if you use it on one. Right out of the box, were were impressed with how well the bed conformed to the curves or our adjustable base. There was a little lift at the foot of the bed, but this is normal and the mattress will settle with a little use. We noticed some bunching of the thick quilt, but its so soft that we did not find it bothersome.
| Adjustable Base Use Rating |
9 /10 | Excellent |
Price, Value & Longevity
How Much Does a Tuft & Needle Hybrid Mattress Cost?
Prices shown are list prices. Remember that GoodBed keeps our site current with the best available discounts on all online mattresses, many of which are exclusive discounts for our readers.
What Are You Getting?
The Tuft & Needle Hybrid mattress is a 12-inch bed made with a pocketed-coil support core topped with comfort foams and a layer of conforming micro-coils. While the bed is sold mainly online, the company does have a handful of showrooms where you can check out the Tuft & Needle mattress before buying.
How Long Will the Tuft & Needle Hybrid Last?
When it comes to estimating the comfort lifespan of a mattress, we tend to use foam density as our best, albeit imperfect, predictor of how long a foam will retain its shape and resiliency. For the Tuft & Needle Hybrid mattress, the density of the foams is not disclosed. Based on our experience, we can estimate that densities are lower than average. However, the excellent warranty demonstrates to us that Tuft & Needle is confident in its quality, and that does lead us to feel that the mattress will likely last as long as others.
Overall Value
The Tuft & Needle Hybrid has an interesting construction, incorporating cooling foams, a quilted memory-foam cover, and micro-coils in the comfort layers on top of a relatively standard pocketed-coil unit. We believe it would compare well to brands you might find in a typical mattress store, but price-wise, it isn't the least expensive hybrid mattress we've seen.If you prefer to try a mattress in a store, Tuft & Needle showrooms and partner stores give you an opportunity to try the bed in person but still take advantage of online pricing.
Taking all that together, from a performance standpoint, we think the T&N Hybrid will work well for a wide variety of people that sleep in a range of positions, and most of its other features were solidly good to excellent in our tests.
| Value Rating |
7/10 | Good value |
Other Factors to Consider
Delivery
- Free delivery
- Optional white glove delivery for $150
Tuft & Needle includes free delivery, which is not particularly unusual among its competitors. Delivery is to your door. You are responsible for moving the mattress to your room and unpacking it. The queen size bed weighs about 112 pounds delivered, so it's likely a two-person job, and the mattress does not having handles.
An optional white-glove delivery is available, where movers will deliver and set up your new bed in your preferred room and remove the packaging.
Returns
- 100-day trial period
- Full refund within trial period
Tuft & Needle offers buyers a 100-day trial period with a full refund if you decide the mattress isn't for you. The company does require proof that you have donated the mattress to a charity before processing a refund. That's often not as easy as it sounds, as many organizations do not accept mattress donations for hygiene reasons. The company does say it will help you find an organization that will take your mattress, however.
Warranty
- Warranty Length: 10 years
- Indentation Coverage: 3/4” and above
One of the biggest, if not THE biggest complaints about any mattress from consumers regards body impressions—the inability of a mattress to spring back, eventually creating a low spot/sinkhole in the mattress. As such, mattress warranties all contain a term defining how big a sag or ‘body impression’ (measured when no one is on the mattress) is considered a defect, and thus covered under the warranty. The industry standard for innerspring mattresses is 1.5"
Tuft & Needle has chosen to cover indentations that meet or exceed 3/4” for its mattresses, which is far above the standard for a pocketed-coil mattress. Practically speaking, that means any softening or sagging would need to be at least that deep before the warranty would offer you protection. See: Tuft & Needle warranty
