Tuft and Needle Mint Mattress Review

SUMMARY

The Tuft & Needle mattress company had great success with its original, affordable all-foam mattress. So much so that it put time into upgrading it into a new Mint edition that still comes in at gentle price point for most consumers.

Tuft & Needle fine-tuned several of the original features while building what amounts to the luxe version of their popular mattress-in-a-box original. The adaptive foam they use in the top two layers is a new iteration. There is more graphite in the top layer to disperse heat and more gel beads in the transition layer to absorb it. They added a specific ring of foam around the edges of the mattress to give it better edge support. It’s 2 inches thicker.

The company and its products should appeal to anyone seeking a middle of the road sort of all-foam offering for an average sized person. To go along with some hefty and positive online reviews, the price is a friendly one.

Bear in mind that this mattress wasn’t necessarily built to accommodate heavier people or anyone else who wants or needs a firmer mattress. The price is right because it does cover that wide swath of needs in the middle.

HIGHLIGHTS

Here are some key characteristics to consider when looking at the memory foam Tuft & Needle Mint mattress:

• On the soft side of medium firm best for side and combo sleepers
• Graphite, gel beads, open-cell construction improve breathability & heat dispersion
• Added a transition layer to break up contouring vs. support layers
• Added a rim of foam on the bottom layer to strengthen edge support
• Can be used with any sort of bed frame, including adjustable
• 12-inch mattress
• Backed by the Serta-Simmons name
• Made in the USA

FEATURES

Type

The Tuft & Needle Mint is a medium firm mattress made with three foam layers of varying densities.

Cooling

Traditional foam mattresses had a bad reputation for sleeping too hot, meaning users would get too warm on top of the foam. The Tuft & Needle Mint added 30 percent more cooling graphite and more heat absorbing ceramic gel to decrease the chance of overheating.

Firmness

The Tuft & Needle Mint mattress is a medium firm mattress that is soft enough at the time to contour to your curves on your side or back and keep your spine aligned throughout.

That means it will appeal to the average weight sleeper, but will sleep slighter firmer for a lightweight person and with more contouring for a heavier sleeper. Your weight determines how much pressure you will put on the mattress, especially along the top layers.

This middle of the road version will appeal to average weight side sleepers and combination sleepers who sleep every which way. any given night. Heavier sleepers may find this too mattress soft.

Edge support

Edge support is important if you share a bed. You’ll need to use the entire mattress, not just the middle. Also, if you sit on the edge of your mattress, you’ll want it to hold you up without you sliding off onto the floor.  

Foam mattresses don’t usually feature great edge support, but the Tuft & Needle MInt has good edge support. Tuft & Needle reinforced the edges on the bottom most layer of the mattress to make you feel solidly supported from edge to edge and top to bottom.

Motion transfer

Whether you sleep with a partner, a child or a pet, keeping disturbances to a minimum is important to staying asleep and getting quality sleep. You can’t do that if you feel every shrug and shift from the other side of the bed during the night.

Foam mattresses normally do well isolating the movement of a partner getting up or out of bed near the source and keeping it from traveling to the other side. The Tuft & Needle Mint also manages this quite well.

CONSTRUCTION

The Tuft & Needle Mint mattress is two inches thicker than the original offering at 12 inches. It includes three distinct layers that accomplish three different functions. Overall, the three layers both relieve pressure and offer ample support, which will serve side sleepers and combination sleepers best.

The top layer does the contouring. The 3-inch layer of adaptive foam created by Tuft & Needle contours to every curve of your body (shoulders, hips, thighs). It’s plenty cushiony to relieve pressure on all your curvy bits, but doesn’t swallow you and make you feel like you can’t get up out of bed. That’s because …

The middle transition layer keeps you from sinking too far down. This 2-inch layer of a firmer version of the adaptive foam is also enhanced in that it has been infused with gel beads meant to keep the middle layer cool as well. The additional firmness acts as a buffer between the contouring of the top layer and the support of the bottom most level. You won’t just sink down into the hard foam at the bottom.

The third layer is a 7-inch slab of higher density foam that holds the entire works up. Surrounding the main center slab, is another outer rim of an even firmer foam that gives more support along the edges of the mattress.

The entire mattress is covered in a quilted poly blend material that feels substantial and soft to the touch.

SPECS

Here is a breakdown of the Tuft and Needle Mint mattress:

Dimensions

• Twin: 39″ x 75″
• Twin XL: 39” x 80”
• Full: 54” x 75”
• Queen: 60” x 80”
• King: 76” x 80”
• Cal King: 72” x 84”

Weight

80 pounds (queen)

Thickness

12 inches

BUYING EXPERIENCE

Trial

Tuft & Needle gives you 100 nights to sleep on the Mint mattress to know for certain if it works for you. You must initiate your return before the 100 days have expired, but there is no minimum amount of time you need to sleep on it before you decide.

If you do return the mattress, you do get a full refund (minus your shipping fees if you shipped to Alaska or Hawaii). Even better, Tuft and Needle will remove the mattress and donate it to a charity of your choice.

Warranty

Tuft & Needle gives you a limited 10-year warranty. Limited means it will cover material defects that come from defective materials or workmanship that come from normal usage and assuming you’ve not gone out of your way to damage the mattress. Examples include visible sags greater that three-fourths of an inch in the foam layer or a physical flaw in the foam that causes it to split or crack. Also anything about the workmanship that causes the fabric to tear or stitches to unravel. The company will repair or replace the defective product.

Delivery & Setup

The Tuft & Needle Mint mattresses ship free via FedEx Ground and are delivered within 3 to 7 business days. The mattress’ come compressed in a box.

Once the mattress arrives, place it atop your foundation and grab the ends of the plastic wrap that are tucked into the sides of the mattress roll. Pull on those ends to unroll the mattress until it’s flat. The remove the rest of the plastic wrapping. The mattress will begin inflating right away.

Customer service

Tuft & Needle has both the speed and adaptability of an online operation, selling on its own site, Amazon and Huckberry.com, and the reassurance many consumers crave just walking into a brick-and-mortar location.  You can see the Tuft & Needle Mint mattress for yourself at T&N stores in Scottsdale and Gilbert, Arizona, Kansas City, KS, Raleigh, N.C. and Seattle, WA. You can also buy them at other outlets like Walmart, Lowe’s and Crate & Barrel.

Overall, the team at Tuft & Needle get 98 percent positive reviews on Amazon. They can be reached over the phone if you’re not near a location to ask someone face to face.

Price

$$ to low $$$ (See scale below).

CONCLUSION

Tuft & Needle made no bones about why it was entering the mattress business in 2012: the founders were appalled at the confusion and redundancy within the industry and thought they could do it better.

Part of that philosophy of “doing better” still shows in their second offering: the Tuft & Needle Mint. It’s the 2.0 version of their original mattress that proved so popular in the online mattress game.

In this luxury model, they upgraded the cooling features, the edge support and added a transition layer so the support layer wasn’t undone by the cushioning layer. Now there is something is sandwiched in between.  

Because foam mattresses naturally reduce motion transfer, this is a solid choice for couples who have different schedules or move a lot during the night. Because foam mattresses naturally do a good job curving to the body’s shoulders, hips and thighs, your spine should stay aligned and reduce the chance of you waking up sore.

Tuft & Needle has done this with the Mint mattress by adding higher quality materials without jacking up the price point significantly. If you’re an average-sized person in the market for a medium firm mattress that won’t break you financially, the Tuft & Needle Mint is a great choice