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There are better pillows out there, friend

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I'm all ears for recommendations. I've wasted money on pillows that were great for one night and then started causing problems. =(

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- Personally I love the memory foam, harder pillow from IKEA I got for £15. It's so comfortable that other pillows feel like shit compared to it. It's not for everyone though
  
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- I went and tried the Purple Harmony pillow when there was a similar thread on Reddit ~1 year ago. It was fantastic! I wanted it sooo bad, but it was just too expensive. I did find out later that Purple runs sales a few times a year. Think the best was around Christmas and it was damn near 50% off. So, I've had it since Christmas and been very happy.
  
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- Use https://www.sleeplikethedead.com/ to look up what works best for you. I went with latex pillows ten years ago and they're still going strong, though starting to smell like latex recently. Probably time to replace them ...
  
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- I've got some generic memory foam pillow, best pillow ever.
  
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- I used to be a 2 pillow guy but I've moved down to one. I'm using a Nectar pillow now. It's pricey but so far so good.
  
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- I got some memory foam pillows from IKEA for like 32e piece for me and wife couple years ago. Still going good, wouldn't want anything else
  
  mjolkkloca ergonomic pillow
  
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- @Lt_Worf
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073HNLW8Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
  Worth every penny.
  
  @Matthew
  
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I'm on the buckwheat train. Tried different pillows and ended up with buckwheat. The pillow allows you to mold the shape to an extent which makes it extremely flexible. They also come in different sizes and good pillow sellers will either overstuff them or give you a bag with extra stuffing. You can open the pillow up (via zipper usually) to remove and add more buckwheat for even more customization. It's just extremely flexible overall.

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- Jumping on the buckwheat train. I was terrible at pushing all my pillows into the bedhead and waking up with a bent neck before picking up one of these. Another benefit is they don't get uncomfortably warm. It's really nice that I can wriggle to flatten it out for back sleeping, or fluff it up to the perfect height for side sleeping.
  
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- I've been thinking of getting one, are there any downsides you've noticed? Like how noisy is it cause I'm a restless light sleeper
  
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I tried Tempur. Slumbar worked for me as a side sleeper. They have the knee pillow too but it just ends up popping out. I just use the duvet.

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Right? My one pillow is just on the verge of almost too much, but I like few pillows and my neck is fucked up.

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The thinner the pillow, the better. Fuck hotels

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So... Do you just use the pillow case? 🤔 That would be quite thin.

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I have the purple pillow. It's great! Both sides are "the cold side" and, if needed, you could kill a man with it!

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- My wife has one of these. I don't like the weird texture it has and often refer to it as her "space waffle" pillow, which gets a laugh out of her.
  
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I bring a couple of pillows from home whenever I can. Doesn't work for flights, of course, but on shorter trips it's a godsend.

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- I use one of those bags with a pump to shrink my pillow to a tiny size for travel. Fits great in the luggage then.
  
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You should learn how to fluff your pillow

Your body posture also plays a part and if you have horrible posture that can contribute to pain

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I have the posture of an ice age caveman huddled for warmth.

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Side sleeper here. I put one thin one between my legs so they are parallel and the joints don't press against each other. I have a thick "hugger" so my top arm doesn't just hang unsupported and pull on my back muscles all night. The problem is my lower arm gets pressed on all night or I have to find the magic position for it that is comfortable.

Back sleeping means I have to get the neck just right but then I usually snore and I get wacked by my wife.

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Get one of those pillows where you can remove or add stuffing - Be your own Walter White.

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I can't handle that kind of pressure

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Life pro tip for side sleepers who need a super thick / fluffy pillow:

Buy a king sized pillow and put it in a normal sized pillow case that has one of those little flaps at the open end. The extra stuffing compressed to a normal sized pillow makes for the best thick pillow.

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Me in every hotel

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And wake up in the morning with a headache and can't move your neck.

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- Same. Hotel pillows are too thick for the head/neck. There should be 2 different pillows, a thick and firm one for hugging, and a thinner and softer one for the head.
  
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I'm a side sleeper but the human body keeps interfering (this arm is in the way). If I sleep on my back I snore and my wife wacks me.

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Tempted to buy a message table and sleep on it. Sleeping face down seems like the real solution here.

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- i have never found those things to be very comfortable on my face.
  
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- There was post in diwhy reddit how to make pillow to sleep face down
  
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Put bed next to wall, you sleep with back next to wall. That way the wall supports you and you can stay sideways big part of night.

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I just got one of those pillow cubes and use it all of the time because I hate myself

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Two is just right for sleeping on the side if the bottom pillow is super firm and the top pillow is super not firm.

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Where my no pillow gang at? You have an arm! Use it

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Wait are you being for real? That can't be good for your neck. I've fallen asleep like that 1 time when i got way too high on the zaza and i had the worst neck pain ever.

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- Haven't used a pillow in five years. Your spine is meant to be straight at night, so no pillow is the way to go. It is also helpful if you have breathing issues.
  
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- I find sleeping on my recliner actually feels the best because my head is kept aligned with my spine better. I've read that in the old days (like 1700s and such) they slept sitting almost upright.
  
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My pillow is so thin my wife is like "well just put a towel in the pillowcase"

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Yeah, way better for my neck

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I sleep on my back without a pillow.

But I still have a pillow so I can look at my phone.

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Seems more like a meme than a shit post

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And here I am with a half stuffed pillow because a full pillow makes me choke on my sleep

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You need to find the right pillow. This is important for good quality sleep. For instance I know that i need a thin pillow if I am on a soft bed but a thicker pillow if I am on a firm bed.

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I use a Costco memory foam on top of a really thin shitty feather pillow I've had forever. The memory foam is like a cm or two too short for my neck to be comfortable so the feather pillow is used to lift it up that extra bit.

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Neck support pillows entered the chat ...

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I have whiplash and two pillows is just right. I'm blessed.

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I got a buckwheat pillow and I'm never going back. It's perfect.

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I had a buckwheat pillow but the zipper broke six months in.

It's not fun cleaning up all the little shells at three in the morning.

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- Yeah that would be horrible
  
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But one folded over is just right.

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I use small pillows, sort of like the end pillow on a sofa, about the size of a shoebox maybe. It's all the support I really need and it's small enough to be able to shift it around easily into whatever shape or position you need. Give that a shot.

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I can recommend water pillows.

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Bolster pillow gang rise up.

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