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I just want a nice pillow. Any advice?

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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 19/03/2023 15:53

I’m so sick of the fuckers. They’re all shite.

Fancy posh quilted one was like sleeping on a bag of rocks after 5 months. Super posh memory foam one was like sleeping on a slab of bread.

Dd has has informed me she hates her goose feather ones (as do l) so I’m sort of stuck in a shit pillowgate situation.

Please recommend me a nice comfy pillow that doesn’t lose its shape and cause the pillowcase to twist round it. Is this rocket science?😭

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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 19/03/2023 17:35

Personally I like Silentnight bounceback pillows. Nothing else works!

Do they bounce back though?!

love the sound of silk ones

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Stickmansmum · 19/03/2023 17:38

Linen bundle. Finally after 30 yrs have found pillows that are perfect. I’ve a medium and a firm so depending on mood and need to sit up I use one or both.

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lemoncurdcrumpets · 19/03/2023 17:44

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 19/03/2023 17:35

Personally I like Silentnight bounceback pillows. Nothing else works!

Do they bounce back though?!

love the sound of silk ones

It’s more that they aren’t squishy and saggy in the middle which I hate

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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 19/03/2023 17:46

@lemoncurdcrumpets do they do the twisty thing? Where the pillowcase twists round the pillow.

l grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. We never had feather pillows, but we never had shit twisty ones either. I want what we had then.

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MindPalace · 19/03/2023 17:48

Medium Tempur.

Have had one for years, my family were dubious but DD2 finally got one last year, DD1 for her birthday in Jan, and DH ordered one today. We all love it.

Nothing else compares.

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JuneOsborne · 19/03/2023 17:48

Latex pillow here all the way (dunlopillo) but they've stopped making them in Britain. So when this one goes, I have no idea what I'll do.

I've tried the Tempur, not for me, very solid.

All other pillows are shit.

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PinkLemonadee · 19/03/2023 17:49

What pillow cases are you using? I have basic cotton ones on a range of pillows and they never slip!

Are the premier inn at home as chunk as they are in the hotels? They're too thick for my neck!

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CaringIsWaring · 19/03/2023 17:53

@Fuctifin0 @ArseInTheCoOpWindow

I've got a silk pillow and it is good - but I found that over time (a fair time I'll grant you) it started to go a bit flat and has less whoof than the Big Softie from the Secret Linen company at the same age.

I got the silk pillow from the White Company but I think it was a predecessor of this one as the one I have doesn't have that cross stitching on the outside. It is a great pillow though and I'd happily have one again.

www.thewhitecompany.com/uk/Ultimate-Silk-Surround-Pillow/p/ultimate-silk-surround-pillow?swatch=No%20Colour

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YorkieTheRabbit · 19/03/2023 17:56

I need a new pillow too, just to make it more difficult, I want a king size not a standard pillow. We’ve a super king bed and standard ones just aren’t big enough. My current one is annoying the hell of of me, too flat in the middle.
I’ve had memory foam in the past, which was like a flat brick, and feather which seemed over heavy but went flat too quickly.
I fully admit that I’m quite rough with pillows.
I just want a not too soft, not too hard, not flat, not too high, bouncy pillow which is king size. Just call me Goldilocks 😂

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WrinklesShminkles · 19/03/2023 18:01

Latex pillows - I've been using them for years. They're expensive but last a long time. They shouldn't be washed so you need a pillow protector. The Dunlopillo ones are now called Relyon.
I got our last ones from here

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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 19/03/2023 18:06

I use cotton pillowcases and they twist like mad on the shite pillows. The slab like one keeps them in place.

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CaringIsWaring · 19/03/2023 18:07

@YorkieTheRabbit

The Big Softie that I like comes in King. Mine is a standard medium though so I can't vouch for the King size one for sure.

www.secretlinenstore.com/products/the-big-softie-microfibre-pillow

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lemoncurdcrumpets · 19/03/2023 18:17

No idea what the twisty thing is, so I guess not!

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TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 19/03/2023 18:18

@Picoloangel

'Scientifically Proven to Reduce Neck Pain and Improve Sleep Quality'

I wonder who 'scientifically proved' this?
I believe Victor Frankenstein was a scientist and look at his work... very shoddy, needlework who wouldn't dare show to your Granny.

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Picoloangel · 19/03/2023 18:22

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles 🤣 tbh I didn’t rely on any scientific claims I just love it and it’s extremely comfortable.

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BertieBotts · 19/03/2023 18:25

My pillowcases move around because I fidget excessively in my sleep. I think it's that rather than the pillow. I also find that my duvet rotates so it's either sideways or the popper end is at my face. It's done that for as long as I remember. Both DS1 and DS2 sleep like me. When I gave DS3 his own blanket at around 16 months old he astonished me by keeping the blanket on all night. Even when he's ill and moves around the bed he moves the blanket with him. I did not know this was a thing babies could do! But no I think I just bred two sleep-wrigglers like me.

Ikea have some pillowcases which are like tiny bedsheets, maybe that would work better for you? But they are designed for slab pillows.

I do find if I change my pillowcase every couple of days it doesn't twist as much. And a tight fit also helps.

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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 19/03/2023 18:26

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 19/03/2023 18:18

@Picoloangel

'Scientifically Proven to Reduce Neck Pain and Improve Sleep Quality'

I wonder who 'scientifically proved' this?
I believe Victor Frankenstein was a scientist and look at his work... very shoddy, needlework who wouldn't dare show to your Granny.

😂😂😂😂

Just ordered the Premier Inn ones. I wait with bated breath….

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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 19/03/2023 18:28

I’ve just been upstairs to find a picture if twisted pillowcase. And all the feckers are on as normal.

This is a conspiracy to prevent interlopers arriving😡

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Tootlingalong · 19/03/2023 19:43

Too late now but I also would have recommended dunlopillow (now Relyon). These are amazing pillows, very supportive but soft and last many years without flattening. I'm only on my third and I've been using them for over 15 years.

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dinmin · 19/03/2023 19:53

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 19/03/2023 17:18

So I’m narrowing down to Premier Inn and Big Softie.

Thanks for the help. Ive still got to go through a few more nights in my current deconstructed crap pillows. But there is hope!

Please come back and update!

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OhBeAFineGuyKissMe · 19/03/2023 20:06

Please report back I am tempted as well.

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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 19/03/2023 20:22

I will indeed.

Just had king conversation with Dd about our hatred of twisty pillows.

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Curlygirl06 · 19/03/2023 20:26

Many years ago I had a pillow from QVC that had an air pocket insert in, like the water pillow. Omg that was the best pillow ever but the air pocket thing has sprung several leaks over the years and it's unrepairable now. Dream Wizard it was called if I remember rightly. Anyone know where I can get a new insert from? Tried on and off for years! Thanks.

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GymNewbie · 19/03/2023 20:28

Soak and sleep ones.
Omg i was the same as you. I got the 4 for me and dh. Honest they're amazing. Plump lovely don't lump was about £70 for 4 on offer

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