Are there any pillows using shredded latex that are all Dunlop? So far every one I have found is either all Talalay, or a mixture. Need a firmer, more supportive pillow (although don’t like the solid foam, prefer the adjustability of shredded) and assume Dunlop would be better.
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Hey botn,
I’m pretty sure someone out there makes a shredded Dunlop pillow, but it might not be the only way to achieve the results you’re after.
Take this pillow, for example – we know it’s Dunlop because it’s certified organic, and only Dunlop latex can hold that certification. It looks like this one and this one are also made from Dunlop latex.
As you can see, there are plenty of certified organic shredded latex pillows available. Here’s a partial list from my pillow search.
Through my research, I’ve learned that randomly shredded foam isn’t as comfortable as uniformly cut foam. Many types of shredded foam can be hard and lumpy, regardless of the material. Check out this video on the Saybrook Memory Foam Pillow website to see what I mean.
Here’s an image comparing 3 different popular shredded memory foam pillow fills:
While the blue foam isn’t perfectly uniform, it’s much closer than the other two. In this next picture, when the foam is isolated, the blue foam looks more consistent, whereas the middle one has more air bubbles, making the fill need to work harder to maintain its structure. Which is why they add the other fibers into the fill of the pillow.
Keep in mind it was easier for me to present the example of how foams are cut/shredded with these memory foam samples as the pictures were easily available, but if you were to look at some pictures of latex cuts and shreddings, you would see a similar difference
As you can see, different shredding of latex foam from a variety of manufacturers.
From all my pillow experiments, I’ve found that pillows with more uniform fills tend to be the most comfortable.
That said, I don’t mean to say that a pillow with mixed-size pieces can’t be comfortable! The best example of a shredded pillow that works well for this is the CozyPure noodle pillow. The noodle-shaped foam pieces make the pillow less lumpy and help it distribute the filling more evenly when you rest your head on it. It creates a surprisingly comfy sleeping surface, almost like the pillow is solid, but without the same “push back” and bouncy bobble heard feeling you get from a solid latex pillow (whether Dunlop or Talalay).
Sometimes when I lie on my CozyPure or the noodle pillows I’ve made myself, they provide a soft, cuddly feel—almost like memory foam. But they’re lighter and softer against the head, giving more of a supportive, “floating” feel.
I also tried a latex/wool Baa-Noodle CozyPure pillow. Despite it being well-filled, it was too soft for me right out of the bag. Luckily, I had ordered extra noodles and could adjust the pillow to the right firmness and loft. Now, it’s one of my top 3 go-to pillows, depending on how I’m feeling.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thank you for taking the time, that’s very informative. Do you like the Saybrook? I’m not wedded to latex, or would experiment with multiple additional pillows. I’m looking for the perfect world of a pillow that is very supportive (doesn’t feel squishy and like I’m falling into it the way solid latex feels to me) while at the same time not feeling like concrete as some memory foam pillows do for me anyhow.
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Saybrook is not one that I have tried yet. But from the reviews I have read from users (not review sites) it seems to be a favorite in the cut memory foam category. My Brooklyn Bedding shredded latex, which is not quite the perfectly symmetrically cut foam, it is a combination of memory foam and latex, offers a nice supportive surface, but had just a tad too much bounce for me.
Another nice pillow you might like that I did not mention in the post was the malouf dough pillow. It is supportive, and lies somewhere between latex and memory foam, and not real bouncy. The activedough version is more bouncy. But if you want a pillow that allows you to adjust the fill. The saybrook may be an nice option.
Thank you much appreciated. I also read some good reviews for the Sleep Foundation shredded memory foam pillow, Coop Home Goods gets mostly good reviews too but I tried one long ago and at my desired height it felt just too hard and heavy. Any thoughts on Kapok, or combinations of foam and Kapok such as Layla?
Do these pillows have a return policy?
I tried the Arc4Life pillow with a dent in it and I love it for back sleeping! UltraBed/BackScience manufactures it.
John
We use and like Eli & Elms Side Sleeper pillow “Fill: 75% Cooling Dunlop Latex Noodle and 25% Ultra Fine polyester Fiber”