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Helix Dawn Luxe vs Tuft & Needle Essential Original

Easily compare the Tuft & Needle Essential Original vs Helix Dawn Luxe Mattresses side-by-side.

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Essential Mattress Info

Brand
Helix (USA)Tuft & Needle (USA)
Mattress Type
Hybrid (coils and foam)All Foam
Prices
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Trial & Warranty

Trial Period
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Trial Period (nights)
100100
Warranty Length (years)
1510

Firmness Options

One Firmness Fits All?
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Adjustable Firmness
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Half-Half Firmness
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Selectable Firmness
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Flippable / Reversible Firmness
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Firmness Info

Firm feel top of the bed you need - no sink or give. Comfortable, yet solid under your body. A 8-9 on the firmness scale.

We make one model of mattress that is designed to be universally comfortable and medium firm, in order to benefit all different types of sleepers regardless of factors such as age, height, weight, or the way you sleep. We like to describe it as firm enough to be supportive, yet soft enough to be comfortable!
We've designed our foam to work with those who like soft mattresses as well as those who like firm, so we encourage everyone to give us a try regardless of your usual preference. If you're not 100% satisfied, you can return it for a full refund.

Mattress Construction

Materials Overview

The Dawn Luxe offers all positions contouring, extra support and a firm feel, it has four layers of construction and is 14 inches high:

  • Cover: Ultra-Cool Premium Pillow Top
  • Comfort Layer: Gel Visco Foam (Density: 2.5 PCF)
  • Support Layer: 2" Helix Dynamic Foam (Higher IFD)
  • Transition Layer: High-Grade Polyfoam (Higher IFD)
  • Zoned Body Shape Layer: 8" 1,000+ Wrapped Coils
  • Base Layer: DuraDense Foam.

Two-layer blended foam designed by and proprietary to Tuft & Needle:

  • The comfort foam layer is 3" of a very high-density foam that we created to achieve our universally comfortable, cool and responsive properties. The density is about 2.8 lbs/cubic ft.
  • The support foam layer is 7" of a high-density poly-foam. The density is about 1.8 lbs/cubic ft.

Comfort Info

The LUXE comes with an Ultra-Cool Cover and a Premium Quilted Pillow Top. This provides advanced comfort and that hotel top layer feel you love, with a smooth touch for next level sleep bliss. LUXE mattresses feature additional comfort layers and are 14" tall (4" taller).

Our foam works in three ways to draw heat from your body and disperse it out of the mattress.
Heat Wicking
Heat is drawn into the mattress where gel and graphite work together to disperse heat outward and away from your body.
Breathable
With the help of our fabric, air flows through the foam cells to boost the speed of heat transfer through the mattress.
No More Quicksand
Our support layer helps hold you closer to the surface to avoid the oven effect caused by sinking in too deeply.

Support Info

All the support features of the Helix Dawn mattress, combined with Zoned Lumbar Support Coils. Zoning technology to provide a softer feel under your shoulders and firmer under your hips to help cradle your body and align your spine. Featuring best in class edge support.

Designed to be one type of comfort, we are continuously tweaking the mattress to be universally comfortable for everyone. Our foam supports the natural posture of your spine, relieves back, shoulder, and neck pain and naturally breathes so you don't sleep hot.

Comfort Specs

Premium quilted top for extra comfort and our Ultra-Cool Cover featuring phase change material to absorb and regulate excess heat.
Top of the line pressure relieving, we use high density Gel Visco for best in class comfort.

Tuft & Needle Adaptive® Foam
We've engineered a new foam based purely on customer feedback, unparalleled in comfort and support. It's not memory foam or latex. It's Tuft & Needle Adaptive® Foam.

Support Specs

Helix Dynamic foam designed to react and contour to your body for full body comfort.
High-Grade polyfoam Providing ergonomic support and contour, the transition layer allows for seamless progression of your body weight into the mattress.
Zoned Wrapped Coils give a softer feel under your shoulders and firmer under your hips to help cradle your body, align your spine, and provide advanced lumbar and edge support.

Supportive Base Layer
Our custom Tuft & Needle Adaptive® Foam is paired with a high-quality support layer that forms the perfect foundation for our mattress.
Our foam is ideal for sleepers of any size or weight - and this is what makes it unique. The more pressure you put on it, the more it reacts to support you.

Fabric Specs

Ultra-Cool Cover
Each LUXE mattress cover features Helix Cool Sleep Technology with phase change material to absorb and release heat to maintain a regulated temperature.

Our plush Tuft & Needle Original Mattress cover is made with a blend of micro polyamide and polyester. It has a lofty, soft feel which is very pleasant to the touch. Micro Polyamide is commonly used in clothing for men, women, and children as an alternative to cotton that dries 6-8 times faster, helping you sleep cooler, longer. With durability in mind, we've designed a fabric that will last. Our mattress cover fabric is pilling-and tearing-resistant. We ask that customers do not remove our cover at any time, as the cover is not designed to be removed for any reason. The zipper on the bottom of the mattress is for assembly only.
Add antimicrobial protection by HeiQ for an additional $50.

Manufactured in
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Suitability

Side Sleepers
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Back Sleepers
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Size & Weight

Twin
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Twin Dimensions
75 x 39 x 13.5 "75 x 39 x 10 "
Twin Weight (lb)
50
Twin XL
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Twin XL Dimensions
80 x 39 x 13.5 "80 x 39 x 10 "
Twin XL Weight (lb)
52
Full
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Full Dimensions
75 x 54 x 13.5 "75 x 54 x 10 "
Full Weight (lb)
63
Queen
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Queen Dimensions
80 x 60 x 13.5 "80 x 60 x 10 "
Queen Weight (lb)
72
King
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King Dimensions
80 x 76 x 13.5 "80 x 76 x 10 "
King Weight (lb)
94
Cal King
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Cal King Dimensions
84 x 72 x 13.5 "84 x 72 x 10 "
Cal King Weight (lb)
94

Certifications & Sustainability

Certifications
CertiPur-US®
CertiPur-US®
CertiPur-US®
GREENGUARD Gold
GREENGUARD Gold
GREENGUARD Gold
Other Certification Info

Intertek Certified

Delivery

Delivery Cost
Free US ShippingFREE
Delivery Info

Your Helix Mattress is gently compressed, rolled, and put in a box that's about the size of a bag of golf clubs for easy shipping! We ship via UPS Ground direct from the manufacture to your door.

Ships Free in a Small Box. Shipping times may vary, but most customers in the lower 48 states can expect their new mattress to arrive in 2 to 5 business days from the day they order.

Prices
Latest Promotions
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Spring Savings Event ! get 20% Off + 2 FREE Dream Pillows with any Mattress ($150+ Value) | Use code : SPRING20
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New Price | Save $100 Plus, you can bundle & save by adding any mattress, Mattress Protector, Down Alternative Pillow Set, and any sheet set to your cart and using code MATTRESS15 to save 15%
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