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The picture I linked is of a buckwheat pillow. Had no idea they were a thing before today.
What about silk or bamboo pillow cases?
I've only ever really used cotton pillow cases and cotton stuffed pillows. I recently upgraded to a foam pillow that I'm enjoying.
I use a buckwheat pillow with a mulberry silk pillow case. I live in Miami and I like a cold pillow, and that's the coldest combination I could come up with. they also have those blue gel cooling pillows, they're pretty uncomfortable, but I keep one under my buckwheat pillow, also in a silk pillowcase, so that I can flip my buckwheat pillow and the cool gel can draw the heat off so the other side is always cool for me. and silk pillowcases work a lot better than satin
I have a buckwheat pillow. I find it extremely comfortable, it reduced my neck pain. It is hard, but molds to the shape of your neck in a very comfortable way. It doesnt get lumoy in the same way a traditional pillow does.I have replaced it once now, first set lasted about 2 years. I personally greatly value that it is renewable material. The up front is kinda high, but the cost to replace the stuffing is low. I think it'll be comparable to a cheap regular pillow after one more replacement, which I think it's definitely durable enough to get to I also bet im paying a but more for hulls than i needed if i was willing to shop around. It's also cool cause you can clean the pillow itself quite easily by just emptying the hulls out. It stays cooler than a standard pillow.
For downsides, it is like sleeping on a beanbag. I've heard some say it's "loud" in that your ear is pressed right up against it and you can hear the hulls(?) Move around if you move, nit a problem for me, but people with sensory issues beware. I found that the grain made a texture that overtime annoyed my cheek, but a second pillow case was enough to fix that problem for me. It's quite heavy, I like this because it neans it moves less, but my wife finds it annoying.
I got one, had my wife get one after trying mine and I'm thinking of a gettibg a 3rd at some point. I got mine from comfy comfy and I would recommend their contour version as it seems to keep the hulls distributed more evenly than the standard.
I've tried feather down pillows and ๐คง
I had a buckwheat pillow once and it was kind of crap. Honestly it doesn't really matter what you get if they're comfortable. You just got to replace them regularly. Like once a year. Washing them can help with allergy issues, but that foam is never going to return to its original state no matter how well you wash and dry it. You could always try getting something more organic so that you don't end up filling a landfill with foam all the time, but I mean we're already scrotum deep in microplastics (look it up) so I don't know if it matters at this point.
Silk pillow cases are really useful to people with curly and coilled hair! Cotton pillow cases makes that kind of hair super frizzy, but a silk case can be softer on the hair meaning your curls are still intact in the morning :) Often people will use a silk wrap or hear wear instead of a silk pillow as they can ve cheaper and keep your hair more secure. It's personal preference but can really help reduce frizz! Hope that helps
Edit: bloody spelling
Buckwheat pillow with a thick flannel cover. Belly sleeper and my pillow travels everywhere I do.
Buckwheat, in my opinion, takes a good 6 months for it to be properly broken in, but once it is I have a good couple of years of amazing sleep.
That looks more like dirt than buckwheat.
Durable asphalt pillow!
They are buckwheat hulls. It would be disastrous to stuff your pillow or mattress with something mice find delicious.
I have the Purple Harmony pillow. It took some getting used to, but yes, it's worth it. I use a silk pillow case because of my hair: 4C hair is dried out by cotton and people recommend not sleeping on it as a result. My hair has never been longer though, so I think that's true too.
I also got a purple pillow on a friend's recommendation. I'm a really hot sleeper, and a side sleeper, so I need a lot of pillow and it was hard finding both of those things in one pillow for me. It's been great, I like it a lot. The main downsides are it's heavy as shit (the pillow probably weighs like 8kg, it's wild), the weird rubbery texture takes some getting used to, and the little mats they give you that go under the pillow to make it taller get bunched up if you move the pillow too much.
Other than those minor complaints, I've really loved it. It stays very cool, while still being springy and contouring.
I haven't really experimented with other pillowcases, but I have been meaning to, if anyone knows of something nice.
Had to go check then out when you said yours was EIGHT KILOGRAMMES. Crazy pillows.
I haven't ever weighed it so that might be a bit of an overestimate, but not by much lmao, it's ridiculously heavy
I feel it's important to note the Purple-brand mattresses and pillows all come coated in a white plastic powder. Sometimes a lot of it.
Breathing in micro/nano plastic powder is not good.
Purple claims it's safe, inert, and non-toxic. The reality is that breathing in powdered plastic is not safe.
I would recommend using a well-sealed allergy-type pillow cover for any purple pillow, at a minimum.
They come with a big thick zip up cover, if that's the kinda thing you're looking for. I don't really remember noticing any powder on mine when I got it, but it's entirely possible I just didn't notice.
I really like my water pillow.
Me too! Kind of astonished that nobody else even mentions them. I remember them being pretty hyped about a decade ago and I am still happy with my second water pillow so far.
Probably the same reason waterbeds fell out of style.
They're more trouble than they're worth.
I understand the issues with waterbeds, but for pillows I really don't see the trouble: You don't have to heat them or otherwise maintain them, except changing the water every few years, which is done in 3 minutes: unscrew, old water in the sink, new water in from the tap, close it up again.
The issue with either is from the risk of popping/leaking: if your pillow leaks, your entire mattress might be fucked. The risk vastly outweighs the improvement
Ngl I know nothing about water pillows I'm just using conjecture from having used a water bed.
If you have pets of any kind it's inevitable that somethings gonna pop.
In modern times it's important to keep in mind that the stiffness can be different independent of the type of filling.
That is, I'd pick filling primarily by allergies, and then by personal preference. They all feel marginally~moderately different, and some you'll just associate with "nicer". For me personally that's memory foam, for example.
Then independent of that, pick a stiffnes and, importantly, a shape that works for you. I sleep worlds better on a very stuff shaped pillow that perfectly matches my neck size and length.