Asklemmy

I’m exclusively a very hot side-sleeper, so dialing in my pillow setup has taken decades.

I use three different types of pillows: a real down pillow for my head (this one was expensive, but seriously worth it), a faux down pillow for hugging (keeps its fluffy shape all night), and cotton-filled pillow for between my knees.

The fillings are what matter most to me, and the real down pillow for my head is the most recent and best addition imo. It has made a massive difference to my comfort over the memory foam one I had been using previously. I splurged for a Parachute down pillow because the high quality is immediately obvious, and it’s hands down the best pillow I’ve ever bought.

Buckwheat pillow. Nice and firm, cool, and malleable.

I punch out a divot for my head so it has kind of a neck roll when I sleep on my back, or if I'm reading on my side, I punch a divot for my ear so it's not squished against my head.

Had it for like 15 years, I miss it whenever we visit my in-laws in another city.

pillow under my head, pillow between my arms/elbows, and a pillow between my knees. 3 pillows total

I use a bath towel folded twice the short way. Nice and flat for back sleeping. I can make it thicker for side sleeping by folding the end under as needed when I roll over. But I use a CPAP so I don't roll much at all.

One hard pillow as I sleep on my side and need the neck support. And then one bean bag tube type thing to rest my wrist on so that my arm doesn't have to be entirely horizontal—more comfortable that way.

I just use the duvet to go between my thighs/knees.

Body pillow, 3x king size pillows, 2x standard size memory foam pillows, a few square throw pillows, & a 10ft x 10ft blanket.

Pillows arranged into a U shape with my head in the curve. I essentially create a little nest/fort to keep the world away.

I tried several pillows made of different materials different brands and everything else. But after all that I concluded the most comfortable I was when I used no pillows.

The big pillow is lying to you. You don't need a pillow for comfortable sleep \s

2 pillows stacked on each other most nights. Sometimes I just have the one. Very rarely I will have none because for some reason that is whats needed to sleep

A good foam pillow under my head, a bit of my blanket between my knees. Sometimes I think about getting one of those knee pillows but so far I haven't bothered.

I won't go back to a down-filled pillow. Those will inevitably stop supporting my head during the night.

Three pillows. One thicker one leaned up against the headboard at a very slight angle, almost vertical. Then two thinner pillows, first one at what would be a 45 degree angle overlapping the thick pillow, then the final one overlapping that one.

Only way I have been able to find comfort in pillows in the last 5 years or so

Two thin pillows stacked and oriented vertically. Thinness is key because they're easy to fold or roll to "make" pillows of various shapes and thicknesses, to support whatever position I feel like lying in.

An adjustable, removable fill, cutout, side sleep pillow. https://a.co/d/aXcI4Wx

I’ve even bought one for my step mom. The brand is amazing, and removable fill is the way to go.

I am sleep on my belly but slightly to the side, I have firm memory foam pillows that isn't too high for my head. The second pillow is between my legs with one going under and the other over to support the leg on the side I am facing. I used to hug a third pillow but currently hug plushies.

I'm a freefall sleeper so even no pillow works, otherwise a pilloe has to be flat and manoeuvred under my chest to stop my neck bending.

Freefall sleepers may have a slightly lower life expectancy but I'm like 'meh'. Sleeping is nearly half my life.

I have a similar set-up, except the pillow that goes between my knees is long enough to also hug and then I usually arrange a corner of my blanket on top for extra height.

When it comes to the pillow I rest my head on, I've found that the best possible filling is little memory foam cylinders for some reason. Not shredded memory foam, which I've also tried, but cylinders. They're about the size of a finger except thicker, and make the pillow very adjustable - a concept that I always thought should make no sense since memory foam is supposed to keep its shape, and yet I've never had a better pillow.

1️⃣ long one of memory foam pellets . Very particular about pillow stuffing material , must hold it's shape so can comfortably rest head on it without sinking . Gone thru some bad long pillows before

3 pillows, one in the middle that's lower and 2 on the sides to keep my giant head from shifting too much to one side so my neck isn't put under pressure.

mostly no setup. 1-2 pillows scattered on bed if not on floor, I use them according to hugging needs at that point.

I sleep on my stomach; I have a low memory foam pillow under my head, and a body pillow on either one of my sides, lifting my shoulder, hip and knee.

I don't sleep flat on my stomach, just kinda sideways. I feel so comfortable in this position that when I'm travelling and I don't have two pillows for myself, I prefer prefer to sleep with a pillow just under my shoulder and arm and nothing under my head.

Either no pillow or the flattest firmest one in the house under my head.

This is gonna sound stupid but I have a collapsed pillow that's like 10+ years old and I love it