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Tuft & Needle Essential Original vs Tuft & Needle Nod Hybrid

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

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Essential Mattress Info

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

Trial Period
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Trial Period (nights)
100100
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

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.

The Nod Hybrid mattress offers a medium firmness, so it's perfectly in the middle in terms of feel. The foam is responsive, but not too soft, while the springs are supportive, but not too firm.

Mattress Construction

Materials Overview

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.

Exclusive to Amazon, the Nod Hybrid has 4 layers of construction:

  • 2" Memory Foam
  • 1" Adaptive Foam
  • 6" Leggett & Platt Pocket Coils
  • 1" Base Foam.

Comfort Info

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.

Reduced motion transfer will keep your partner from waking you up with their movements in the night so you wake up refreshed.

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.

A layer of firm Leggett & Platt pocket coils prevents sinking.

Comfort Specs

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.

Cooling gel helps you sleep cooler than ever.

Support Specs

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.

The Nod Hybrid bridges the gap between traditional spring mattresses and modern foam mattresses so you can experience the pressure-relieving qualities of our innovative foam blended with the classic comfort and bounce of an innerspring mattress. Best for back sleepers and side sleepers.

Fabric Specs

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.

The Nod Hybrid Mattress has a ventilated cover designed to stay cool while you sleep.

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 10 "75 x 39 x 10 "
Twin Weight (lb)
5062
Twin XL
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Twin XL Dimensions
80 x 39 x 10 "80 x 39 x 10 "
Twin XL Weight (lb)
5265
Full
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Full Dimensions
75 x 54 x 10 "75 x 54 x 10 "
Full Weight (lb)
6383
Queen
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Queen Dimensions
80 x 60 x 10 "80 x 60 x 10 "
Queen Weight (lb)
7295
King
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King Dimensions
80 x 76 x 10 "80 x 76 x 10 "
King Weight (lb)
94118
Cal King
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Cal King Dimensions
84 x 72 x 10 "84 x 72 x 10 "
Cal King Weight (lb)
94120

Certifications & Sustainability

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

Intertek Certified

Delivery

Delivery Cost
FREEFREE
Delivery Info

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.

Fulfilled by Amazon

Prices
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