Pillow, pillows, PILLOWS!

I was also going to say Groove, great but then after a couple of weeks I have to change to something else.

I have a crazy rotation of 6 pillow's, groove (and dunelms brand, rubbish), feather, synthetic on and on.

Bought wool ones from the wool room, god they were truly awful, lumpy and bumpy could not get any sleep with them at all.

Like many sent a small fortune on pillow's trying to find the holy grail. Sad my years old very very worn feather ones from Fenwick had to be thrown away, they were perfect.

Has anyone tried a Groove pillow? Honestly, a game changer

Impoverished soulmate checking in here after years of extensive, expensive, research.

I'm a mostly side-sleeper with often severe neck and shoulder pain.

I don't like it, but do often have to drop to one pillow and that can help.

I've tried every kind, feathers, feather and down, pure down, man made options and wool. The best I've found is quite widely available from Amazon and other retailers. Martian Dreams brand, various filling options and you adjust the amount yourself. Excellent quality, reasonable prices and very good customer service to ensure satisfaction, including sending out extra filling material free of charge.

I have no link to the company, but have bought several for our house and also for family too.

As I lay awake, again, a couple of nights ago, I fantasised about opening a shop where you can try pillows before you buy them..about inventing a machine like the mattress ones, but for pillows, which measure your pressure points and preferred firmness levels and prints out a record of your pillow matches! Why is it so difficult? I've been struggling with pillows for years! Spent so much money! Conversely, my OH could sleep on a week-old folded naan bread and thinks I'm being a princess.

These are great, soft but supportive. No more painful neck
www.dunelm.com/product/dorma-dream-pillow-1000171671?defaultSkuId=30692647

I’ve always been a feathers and down person but considering wool next as I love my wool mattress from John Lewis as cool in summer and warm in winter

Too many choices!

I can’t get on with wool pillows but wool duvets are brilliant for night sweats, really help.

https://www.dunelm.com/product/dorma-sumptuous-down-like-firm-support-pillow-pair-1000120491

The first week I was genuinely too overstimulated by how comfortable they were that I struggled to sleep! 🤣

Pillows i’ve tried and returned: Tempur Cloud, Panda Bamboo, a latex pillow, something from John Lewis that was shredded, a cervical neck pillow from M&S , a Woolroom pillow, several feather and down styles and a few bog standard synthetic ones. I realised I don’t like soft but also don’t like memory foam style, they all felt like bricks even the Tempur.

I’ve finally settled on this, just one is perfect:

https://www.soakandsleep.com/products/soft-as-down-box-pillow?_pos=1&_sid=c504f8993&_ss=r&variant=tel:tel:56006686966092 56006686966092 tel:56006686966092 56006686966092

Memory foam. Get thee to a John Lewis and lie your head upon £60-£100 pillows. You'll look like a weirdo trying them out but it's so worth it. I take mine on holiday with me.

Pillows are uncooperative bastards, @TheBeaTgoeson1. One night they will arrange themselves in the perfect way under your head - completely comfortable, absolutely right - and the next night, you have the same pillows, and you arrange them exactly the same way, but it’s like trying to sleep on a bag full of spanner’s.

They are sentient, mischievous and cruel.

I bought these and sent them back, they were like pancakes

I stayed in a Hilton DoubleTree hotel recently and oh my gosh I had the best nights sleep ever. Have been researching pillows ever since. AI has advised this is due to a double chamber so recommended a few to look at. Ended up buying one from Scooms and I have been sleeping like a log although I will say I have slept so soundly that I have woken up with neck pain once or twice. Weighing everything up though, I’d rather have the sleep!

My lifelong search too!

Best I’ve had have been an Ikea feather one which lasted decades (!) and is now being used for my daughter (not firm
enough for me now) and the most expensive pillow I’ve bought, my current Tempur Cloud (the firmer one as I need that, but you can get soft if that’s your preference).

I struggle so hard with pillows! I pick one up, think 'ooh, that's nice and soft', get it home and it turns into 'stuffed with gravel' in the middle of the night. I was on here yesterday wondering if there were any facilities for 'trying before you buy' because I need at least several hours sleeping on a pillow to know whether it's comfortable.

The discards end up as dog beds. So far I've only found the Premier Inn pillows that are any good (tried feather, memory foam etc etc and - gravel, all of them).

Agreed. It's like trying to find a good foundation cream. I wonder if there's a business where pillows could be hired for a night, and samples of foundation sold, for a small fee.

Do you have a link to the one(s) you have @Smallwins please? Just recovering from an excruciating shoulder/neck issue that I blame my evil pillow for!

I have an Emma hybrid pillow. It has several different pillows in it and you can have as many or few as you like. I have had it a couple of years and it hasn't gone flat. You can try it for 30 days too and return it if no good!

I would love to find a comfy pillow. What I would NOT recommend is Elviros Cervical Memory Foam Pillow for Neck Pain Orthopedic Neck Pillow for Shoulder Pain Ergonomic Head Neck Support Pillow for Side/Back/Stomach Sleepers.
It promises supreme comfort, but it is soooo uncomfortable to sleep on.

Quidco Panda pillows for me too (ir crom Amazon), threw out all other pillows in the house. They somehow manage the soft but supportive/keep shape brief. I'm a side sleeper.

After suffering from neck pain for years i was recommended the Dorma Tencel blend memory foam pillow from Dunelm and it has been an absolute game changer, perfect alignment of head and back now means i don’t suffer from a stiff neck anymore and they are very reasonably priced too

Dunlopillo is perfect for me too so I'm not happy to read that they're no longer the same.
I've had mine for a while and it's still good as new but it's a worry for future replacement.

This was me. Until I bought the Simba hybrid pillow with an extra bag of filling cubes. You can fill to your required level and it’s a really comfy pillow that gives both support and that sink in feeling.

@101trees yep I’ve tried shredded memory foam too