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Offtopic perhaps, but last year I purchased a mattress online from https://www.tuftandneedle.com/ https://www.tuftandneedle.com/. Not really expecting anything

by bmelton 12y ago

Offtopic perhaps, but last year I purchased a mattress online from https://www.tuftandneedle.com/ https://www.tuftandneedle.com/. Not really expecting anything, but having heard enough praise for their customer support, I figured I'd take them up on their money-back offer and give it a shot. It's damned fantastic, though the entire experience was foreign as hell to me. I was able to order it online (for $700, I think, for the King model), have it delivered on the day I selected. While nobody set it up for me, it came in a box that just sort of fully expanded as I cut it open. I don't have any particular insight on Casper, but it seems like, to me at least, T&N sort of proved the market, so unless my timeline is off, Casper seems like far less of a gamble than the first entrant to a market would be.

toomuchtodo 12y ago
Seconded for Tuft and Needle. Its such a great mattress, I'm giving them away as big gifts now, and family members who get them love them. +1
- bmelton 12y ago
  I stopped short of raving about the actual mattress, because I didn't want to come off as a shill... but yes, the mattress is phenomenal. My wife finds it just too stiff for her comfort, so we got a topper for it, but it is otherwise just as good (if not better) than any hotel I've ever stayed in. The only oddity I've noticed (not a complaint, but different) compared to traditional mattresses is that there's no bolstering on the sides, but understanding how it's made, that's expected. It is different tho, as pushing on the edge of the mattress, historically, has always yielded resistance, while my Tuft & Needle mattress is just as soft there as everywhere else.
  - toomuchtodo 12y ago
    > I stopped short of raving about the actual mattress, because I didn't want to come off as a shill That's fair. I'm more than happy to throw my receipts into Imgur for anyone who thinks I'm a shill. Awesome mattresses, A++ would buy again.
    - maxerickson 12y ago
      Any evidence you provide is more or less worthless in making such a determination. It would be a weird thing to do, but even something like creating fake bank statements isn't particularly hard. (I'm not implying you are a shill, just commenting on the utility of links to imgur in verifying anything)
      - toomuchtodo 12y ago
        How sad is it when nothing is trusted online :(
        maxerickson 12y ago
        It's not about the trust, it's about the verify. (So I would probably take a receipt you posted at face value, but it would be impossible for me to verify it)
smacktoward 12y ago
Yeah, T&N was definitely first. (Though not so first that they conclusively proved the market, IMO -- whether the mass market will take to ordering mattresses direct is still something of an open question.) The biggest distinction between T&N and Casper seems to be on the types of materials they use. There's some interesting technical details (some provided by the Casper founders) in this thread from last year at Mattress Underground: http://www.themattressunderground.com/mattress-forum/general-mattresses/15385-casper-mattress.html http://www.themattressunderground.com/mattress-forum/general...

by bmelton 12y ago

toomuchtodo 12y ago

Seconded for Tuft and Needle. Its such a great mattress, I'm giving them away as big gifts now, and family members who get them love them. +1

bmelton 12y ago
I stopped short of raving about the actual mattress, because I didn't want to come off as a shill... but yes, the mattress is phenomenal. My wife finds it just too stiff for her comfort, so we got a topper for it, but it is otherwise just as good (if not better) than any hotel I've ever stayed in. The only oddity I've noticed (not a complaint, but different) compared to traditional mattresses is that there's no bolstering on the sides, but understanding how it's made, that's expected. It is different tho, as pushing on the edge of the mattress, historically, has always yielded resistance, while my Tuft & Needle mattress is just as soft there as everywhere else.
- toomuchtodo 12y ago
  > I stopped short of raving about the actual mattress, because I didn't want to come off as a shill That's fair. I'm more than happy to throw my receipts into Imgur for anyone who thinks I'm a shill. Awesome mattresses, A++ would buy again.
  - maxerickson 12y ago
    Any evidence you provide is more or less worthless in making such a determination. It would be a weird thing to do, but even something like creating fake bank statements isn't particularly hard. (I'm not implying you are a shill, just commenting on the utility of links to imgur in verifying anything)
    - toomuchtodo 12y ago
      How sad is it when nothing is trusted online :(
      - maxerickson 12y ago
        It's not about the trust, it's about the verify. (So I would probably take a receipt you posted at face value, but it would be impossible for me to verify it)

smacktoward 12y ago

Yeah, T&N was definitely first. (Though not so first that they conclusively proved the market, IMO -- whether the mass market will take to ordering mattresses direct is still something of an open question.) The biggest distinction between T&N and Casper seems to be on the types of materials they use. There's some interesting technical details (some provided by the Casper founders) in this thread from last year at Mattress Underground: http://www.themattressunderground.com/mattress-forum/general-mattresses/15385-casper-mattress.html http://www.themattressunderground.com/mattress-forum/general...