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Muse Original vs Tuft & Needle Essential Original

Easily compare the Tuft & Needle Essential Original vs Muse Original Mattresses side-by-side.

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Essential Mattress Info

Brand
Muse SleepTuft & Needle (USA)
Mattress Type
Memory foamAll Foam
Prices
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Trial & Warranty

Trial Period
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Trial Period (nights)
120100
Warranty Length (years)
1010

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

Muse has a medium firmness feel that is suitable for all sleep positions, minimizes motion transfer and provides superior support at the edges.

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

A luxurious memory foam mattress crafted with advanced cooling technology. 4 layers of construction:

  • 2" Open Cell Foam
  • 2" Liquid Gel Memory Foam
  • 2" Responsive Comfort Foam - Memory Foam
  • 6" Foundation 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

Four layers of premium gel-infused, memory foam are wrapped in a removable, washable cover to create a 12" mattress that offers unparalleled comfort, pressure relief and temperature regulation.

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

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

Open cell foam in the comfoty layer has a plush and luxurious feel; its wide-open structure works with adaptive airflow for exceptional cooling-comfort.
A liquid gel infusion is used in the high density foams to help resist heat transfer while providing conforming 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

The transition foam actively responds to input minimizing felt motion transfer and provide deep felt support to your body.
The 6 inch base layer creates a dense, durable foundation that caters to all sleep positions and body types, prevents that dreaded "quicksand" feeling, and offers excellent 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

The Muse cover is knitted with phase-changing yarn that actively absorbs and distributes the ambient temperature in the room. It feels cool to the touch and helps you keep your cool at night. The cover zips off the mattress for easy removal and cleaning.

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 12 "75 x 39 x 10 "
Twin Weight (lb)
5550
Twin XL
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Twin XL Dimensions
80 x 39 x 12 "80 x 39 x 10 "
Twin XL Weight (lb)
6052
Full
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Full Dimensions
75 x 54 x 12 "75 x 54 x 10 "
Full Weight (lb)
7663
Queen
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Queen Dimensions
80 x 60 x 12 "80 x 60 x 10 "
Queen Weight (lb)
9172
King
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King Dimensions
80 x 76 x 12 "80 x 76 x 10 "
King Weight (lb)
11594
Cal King
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Cal King Dimensions
84 x 72 x 12 "84 x 72 x 10 "
Cal King Weight (lb)
11594

Certifications & Sustainability

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

Intertek Certified

Delivery

Delivery Cost
FREEFREE
Delivery Info

Free shipping via UPS Standard within the continental United States. Times vary depending on your location, it generally takes 5 to 7 business days to arrive at 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
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