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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.
I tried a buckwheat pillow but found it better for sitting on than for resting my head. Can you not take yours with you to the other city?
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pillow under my head, pillow between my arms/elbows, and a pillow between my knees. 3 pillows total
I hate my knees touching when I sleep too! What pillow do you use for knees?
I don't know the brand and the tags have long since worn away, but personally I've found good luck with a "standard" size memory foam pillow. Memory foam tends to get too warm under my head but hasn't been an issue for a knee pillow.
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.
Interesting, I don't think I've encountered someone using a towel long term.
I use a CPAP, too, but toss and turn so much that I think the arm flick to adjust the air hose during the turn has become reflexive.
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 horizontalβmore comfortable that way.
I just use the duvet to go between my thighs/knees.
how do you keep the arm with that tube thing? can you give a geometry/sketch/ascii?
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
This
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.
I've heard that before and tried it myself, but I've always found that whatever custom shape I make unravels itself as I sleep, waking me up.
It's not perfect, but having thin pillows that are a bit worn/broken-in can make then less likely to spring back into their flat shape. The way you place them can also help⦠for example, rolling downward toward the mattress instead of up, rolling the bottom one and placing the top one across it to hold the roll in place, or placing two half-rolled pillows in a, uh, "69" orientation so the pillows keep each other's roll in place with friction. Depending on how you sleep you also might be able to train yourself to shift position/roll over without lifting your head, but that's more of a challenge.
Well, you definitely seem like an authority on the subject!
I don't think I've stuck with this approach for more than a consecutive week or two, so perhaps I need to give them more time before they get comfortable.
An adjustable, removable fill, cutout, side sleep pillow. https://a.co/d/aXcI4Wx
Iβve 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.
Also a weighted blanket year round with an additional blanket in the winter
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've never read that term before.
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.
1οΈβ£ long one of memory foam pellets . Very particular about pillow stuο¬ing material , must hold it's shape so can comfortably rest head on it without sinking . Gone thru some bad long pillows before
Iβm 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 itβs hands down the best pillow Iβve ever bought.
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.
You know, I named my cat "Hex," short for "Hexadecimal." I don't think I'll be introducing you to her.
mostly no setup. 1-2 pillows scattered on bed if not on floor, I use them according to hugging needs at that point.
Chaotic.
like my life
Well, in the interest of randomness, please do tell me about your username.
I've no idea
... All right.
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.
See, either of those options just sound like neck pain to me, but thank you for the answer!
It's the solution to neck pain, for me.
Well, fair enough - I'm glad you found something that works for you.
This is gonna sound stupid but I have a collapsed pillow that's like 10+ years old and I love it
Nice! I had one of those but I think it eventually decayed too far to keep using.