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The Pillow Advice Thread

Arc

Arc

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
4,511
Era please help me.

I need new pillows. The comfiest pillows ever. I don't care how much they cost. I'm a side sleeper and I just don't know what to buy, I'm overwhelmed. If this was a graphics card I would compare performance, look for the sweet spot in value with the feature set I want, but buying pillows is much harder than buying computer parts. It's the wild west out there.

I don't want to buy anything from the Trump bootlicker guy, but at least he's got some branding that I can recognize. I'm looking for the pillow equivalent of a Ryzen 3700X, just that perfect sweet spot of price to performance. Please, Era, save me from these gross old pillows I've been uncomfortably sleeping with for years. I just don't know where else to look.
 
Djalminha

Djalminha

Alt-Account
Banned
Sep 22, 2020
2,103
As a side sleeper, make sure that your neck is straight when you rest your head, make sure it provides the proper height. Everything else is secondary.
 
Obi

Obi

Member
Oct 27, 2017
601
Shredded memory foam pillows are pretty great. This is the one I have. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EINBSJ2/
You can add or remove fill to get just right amount of lift. Smells terrible for a week or two though. And every now and then it clumps up and I need to tumble it in the dryer.
 
Finale Fireworker

Finale Fireworker

Love each other or die trying.
Member
Oct 25, 2017
14,711
United States
I can tell you that Casper pillows were duds and don't waste your time with those. They started out great but they degrade so rapidly. I really regret the purchase.
 
Choppasmith

Choppasmith

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,414
Beaumont, CA
Was thinking of making this thread myself. I got a MyPillow almost a year ago (I heard all the glowing praise from family members long before I heard the creator was an asshole) and now it's flat and customer service won't get back to me on a replacement.

Back sleeper here.
 
buttzilla

buttzilla

Member
Sep 9, 2020
1,392
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zou

zou

Member
Oct 29, 2017
743
the iso cool pillows used to be perfect until they started producing cheap shit to save a buck :/
 
Wingfan19

Wingfan19

Layout Designer
Verified
Oct 25, 2017
9,753
Bothell WA
Obi said:
Shredded memory foam pillows are pretty great. This is the one I have. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EINBSJ2/
You can add or remove fill to get just right amount of lift. Smells terrible for a week or two though. And every now and then it clumps up and I need to tumble it in the dryer.
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2nd! I have 3 of these pillows. My g/f and I use them for her place and she has one at my place. I also need a 2nd smaller pillow under it due to where I put my arms when I sleep,
 
Matrix Monkey

Matrix Monkey

Member
Dec 30, 2017
567
I'm also a side sleeper. Went from a standard pillow to this:

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Best pillow I've ever had by far. Obviously I haven't tried every pillow and this was my first memory foam one so there may be something better out there.
 
Septimus Prime

Septimus Prime

EA
Verified
Oct 25, 2017
8,500
I have this from Costco:

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I actually prefer it over Tempurpedic's pillow.
 
TMC

TMC

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,248
Obi said:
Shredded memory foam pillows are pretty great. This is the one I have. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EINBSJ2/
You can add or remove fill to get just right amount of lift. Smells terrible for a week or two though. And every now and then it clumps up and I need to tumble it in the dryer.
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Yup, got one of these a few weeks ago (but the more expensive gel infused one) and couldn't be happier. I was in the same boat as the OP. This is the one.
 

Hound

Member
Jul 6, 2019
1,838
So glad OP made this thread. My memory foam pillows are retaining too much heat, I was looking at a Purple pillow as an alternative to keep cool during the summer. Does anybody here have any opinions on those before I pull the trigger on a $100+ single pillow?
 
BriGuy

BriGuy

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
4,275
I have terrible luck with pillows. Every type of memory foam, every kind of cooling technology, every odd ass size and shape... they all start out fine and then either get too soft or too hard.

Eventually I went back to a goose down filled pillow and it was surprising how comfortable it was. Even if it gets beaten down, it just needs a quick fluff and it's good as new.
 
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Arc

Arc

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
4,511
kamineko said:
Yep yep yep. This is it
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Bessy67 said:
This is what I have and I would definitely recommend it.
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TMC said:
Yup, got one of these a few weeks ago (but the more expensive gel infused one) and couldn't be happier. I was in the same boat as the OP. This is the one.
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echoshifting said:
This is what I have too and I love them. Life-changing.
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Hell yeah, a consensus. Ordered.

Thanks everyone!
 
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