buying a new pillow

[Frank Merton]

Any more than one pillow under my head and I start to feel nauseous. Must be the weird neck angle.

Now that would be a problem; too stiff a pillow can lift my head too high and I wake up with a "crick" (I don't know if that is an Americanism -- someone tell me -- it means a painful stiffness) in my neck. The best course I find is just to put the pillow under the neck, holding the head level with the torso. (My how analytical I'm being here!)

 

[Greebo]

"Crick" is fine. FWIW I get around that problem by having one pillow under my shoulders and another further up, making the slope longer and shallower.

 

[Frank Merton]

"Crick" is fine. FWIW I get around that problem by having one pillow under my shoulders and another further up, making the slope longer and shallower.

That works, especially if you have a tendency to get heartburn during the night.

 

[Greebo]

That works, especially if you have a tendency to get heartburn during the night.

I don't, just a shoulder problem which needs reminding not to recur.

 

[wayward bob]

i just bought goose down pillows well they're a mix of feather and down, mostly feather in an inner core for support, then mostly down on the outside. not allowed to sleep on them until we get our new mattress which will be may some time, but i gave one a quick go and woah is it puffy equivalent in size/support to more than 2 of our current (ancient, mostly feather) ones.

but a big up for the price and speedy free delivery to duvet & pillow warehouse. i got a wool fleece mattress topper too which feels yum, but still have to wait to actually kip on it.

("new" bed will be a present to ourselves for our 20th anniversary )

 

[Me76]

I need to buy pillows.

Our current set up is a shaped pillow at the bottom with a 'I don't know what it's made of but it was really cheap 10 years ago' pillow.

We are both getting really bad necks so we are ready to start from scratch. There is far too much choice though. I have no idea where to start.

I'm thinking around a tenner a pillow?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I've been thinking of replacing my pillows. Got feather/down ones but they're a bit flat and knackered, so would like some new ones.

 

[Pickman's model]

I've been thinking of replacing my pillows. Got feather/down ones but they're a bit flat and knackered, so would like some new ones.

a bit like your sense of humour

 

[farmerbarleymow]

a bit like your sense of humour

 

[spanglechick]

Ok, so I buy one fairly spendy new pillow at a time. The replaced goes to my husband (claims he doesn't care, it's my money). Then the oldest two become the underpillows if suitable.

Anyway, if been going with pocket sprung pillows last couple of times (unparralelled bounce-back, but when they do go, they're lumpy). This time I bought a "side sleeper" pillow - instead of a pouch stuffed with pillow stuff and sewed on four edges, it is a three-dimensional fabric shape, then stuffed. Instead of coming to an edge, it has "walls". Honest to Jarvis! Early days but I'm very pleased.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ok, so I buy one fairly spendy new pillow at a time. The replaced goes to my husband (claims he doesn't care, it's my money). Then the oldest two become the underpillows if suitable.

Anyway, if been going with pocket sprung pillows last couple of times (unparralelled bounce-back, but when they do go, they're lumpy). This time I bought a "side sleeper" pillow - instead of a pouch stuffed with pillow stuff and sewed on four edges, it is a three-dimensional fabric shape, then stuffed. Instead of coming to an edge, it has "walls". Honest to Jarvis! Early days but I'm very pleased.

Ooh, that sounds interesting as I'm a side-sleeper - do you have a link?

 

[spanglechick]

Not ATM as on holiday with strangled wifi powers...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Not ATM as on holiday with strangled wifi powers...

No problem.

 

[felixthecat]

I do what moose does - I have a regular ikea man made pillow replacement scheme here. Me and feather pillows don't get on.
They end up more dustmite than filling anyway if you keep them for too long.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Found one box pillow:

http://www.marksandspencer.com/duck-feather-and-down-boxwall-pillow/p/p22328490

 

[AnnaKarpik]

Will your normal pillow cases fit?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Will your normal pillow cases fit?

Should do - the measurements are about the same as my existing pillows, only these are a bit squarer. I'll find out tomorrow when I collect the four I've ordered!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I do what moose does - I have a regular ikea man made pillow replacement scheme here. Me and feather pillows don't get on.
They end up more dustmite than filling anyway if you keep them for too long.

Dustmites make for handy snacks in the middle of the night.

 

[spanglechick]

I had no problem with my existing pillowcases. They are TALL, though. Two together might be a bit mountainous.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I had no problem with my existing pillowcases. They are TALL, though. Two together might be a bit mountainous.

I went to the shop and fondled one this afternoon - they do seem a lot bulkier than normal pillows, but I bought some new pillow cases that should easily be large enough to fit. Sometimes you need big pillows though to read - so looking forward to that as I have to use all four of my current ones to read in bed.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

These are the new pillow beasts - two foot high in total.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Forgot to mention the other day - M & S sell the box pillows in manmade fillings too, for those who don't get on with feathers. The manmade ones come in different degrees of firmness - the very firm version was a bit like a piece of furniture rather than a pillow, but some people might prefer that.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'm in bed and first impressions are that these pillows are amazing.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A bloody good nights sleep on the new box pillows - many thanks for the top tip spanglechick.

Two together are great for reading/pissing about on the phone, but a single pillow is all that is needed to sleep on your side. And for the first time in ages, my neck and shoulders felt fine this morning, rather than the usual aches and pains.

 

[Epona]

I really recommend John Lewis tbh, I know it is unlike me to recommend something pricier, but I was given some gift vouchers and spent them on really nice pillows and OMG they are amazing.