The Pillow: Just How Important is it?

Hey everyone, whoever has been following or just interested parties. :thinking: I received the first horsehair pillow at the end of September. My current favorite 2 pillow combination was a king tempurpedic soft and conforming as my base pillow and a tempurpedic ProCloud hi as the upper pillow and had been very happy and comfortable for quite some time. I have been itching to re-live my younger days, so to speak, (Prell shampoo, adidas superstars, puma clyde’s, wigwam socks {some I still have from 8th grade because they last that long! They kept moving from dresser to dresser every time I moved}) and now the horsehair pillows ( I stupidly got rid of my original ones in college as I did not know what the hell I was doing at the time). Anyway, enough nostalgia, as I know someone else’s memories are boring, like home videos.

I have been sleeping on the horsehair pillow for a couple of weeks now, and I must say, I sleep deep, comfortable, soundly, and any other synonymous adjective and adverb you want to throw in there. I can not explain if it is just my mind playing tricks or if it’s the power of my own persuasion. Or the fact that the actual pillow provides a more breathable, comfortable sleeping surface. Perhaps it is just that the pillow is so darn comfortable. My sleep has been “all that,” plus another step beyond. The pillow was so comfortable, I ordered and received another pillow. Plus, i ordered an extra 1kg of horsehair fill, as I wanted the pillow to have just a bit more loft. Of course, I overdid it and added too much, so I had to back off a bit to found the perfect loft for my side sleeping. I still use the tempurpedic king soft and conforming as the base of the two-pillow stack but will be experimenting with my king 100% wool pillow as the base to see if there is any major difference. I have a feeling that the firmer wool pillow will give a little more spring to the horsehair.
Horsehair is hard to describe. It is nothing like any other material fill. The horsehair is soft but firm and springy at the same time. It does not push back like latex, and it doesn’t sink like viscoelastic memory foam. It is not stiff or firm in the way a 100% polyurethane cervical pillow feels. It is not as fluffy as a down or compressing like a feather pillow either. It just feels great. I used the second pillow and made a T with my regular pillows and slept with the second pillow under my shoulder down to my lower back as if it were a topper. It just conforms and supports beautifully. It makes me want to get a king-sized horsehair mattress topper now.
Just the next step in the journey to the perfect night’s sleep.
How is everyone else doing with their new pillows if you have updated them recently?
All the best for a good night’s rest. :sleeping_bed:
Norm

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