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[phoenix]

Hi scarlett113,

Ah, but the quest for ultimate comfort never quite ends, right?

I certainly agree with this and for some people the quest for a level of “perfection” that can only be based on personal experience and very subjective perceptions can also be a costly “hobby”! It’s something like the quest for a “perfect recipe”

Now I’m convinced I need a different pillow. Every latex pillow that we had before we got the mattress is much too soft/thin and does not support enough when I’m on my side. The firmer ones that came with the mattress (the solid SleepEZ pillows) were good at first, but they are just too firm for me, and I’m now waking up with a stiff neck. It just feels like there is very little give in the pillow. So, I’ve looked over a lot of the pillow discussion, and noticed that you really like the zoned Malouf latex pillow and many seem to like the LaNoodles pillow. I’ve slept on a solid latex foam pillow for many years, but generally ended up sleeping with my arm underneath it to bunch it up a bit. This is not as easy to do with the latex foam mattress, plus it’s just not good for me to do, so I’d like to get away from that. I also noticed that SleepEZ carries a shredded latex and noodle latex pillow, but the noodles looked like they were different sizes as opposed to the Cozy Pure version, which seems fairly uniform, so I was unsure how that would affect the performance of the pillow. Would it likely make it firmer? I sleep on my side and back, so I would like something somewhere in the middle firmness, maybe soft with a high loft? As many have noted on here, the search for a pillow almost seems more daunting than a mattress. I feel like I’m more likely to be a bit more picky about pillows. Any words of wisdom? Thank you so much!

A suitable pillow is an essential part of good alignment for the head and neck and upper body because the gap between the head and the mattress and the curve of the cervical spine needs to be supported just like all other parts of the spine. Like mattresses … there are certain “needs” that depend on body type and sleeping positions but with pillows more than mattresses, personal preferences play a more important role because the face is much more sensitive to textures, temperature, smells, and other more subjective “feel” based properties of a pillow. There is more about choosing pillows in the pillow thread here including a number of links to some additional forum posts and topics that discuss various pillows as well in post #3 in the topic.

In very general terms … a shredded latex pillow that has different sized pieces that includes many smaller pieces would probably feel a little firmer because the pieces will pack together into a smaller space but this would also depend on the specifics of the pieces and the different “feel” may be beneficial or detrimental for different people. General “broad brush” comments may also not be accurate when it comes to the properties of a specific pillow.

I don’t have any personal experience with any of the SleepEZ pillows so other than saying they use good quality materials I can’t really make any meaningful comments about how they would feel to me and of course someone else could also have a different opinion than I do about the “feel” or properties of any specific pillow because each person’s needs and preferences in a pillow can be very different and “feel” is so subjective as well.

I agree with you that choosing a “perfect pillow” can be more difficult and subjective than choosing a mattress.

Phoenix