Teach me about pillows

[Savij]

How long do you guys normally keep your pillows? I have bought a few from target and walmart and they all seem to suck. I buy the firm ones and they're ok for about a week. After that, they seem to provide zero support for my neck and the stuffing seems to be about 1/2 as thick as it originally was under my neck/head. I keep them for anywhere from 6 months to a year before I get pissed off and get a new one.

Is there some pillow maintanence protocol I'm missing? Should I be buying pillows from somewhere else? What kind do you guys use? Please, let me understand what I'm doing wrong.

 

[funboy6942]

Get the memory foam one from walmart, its the bomb, and I love it. I used to be a all feathers pillow guy, but Im glad I got this one in place of it. I used to have headaches all the time, but now with the new pillow its not near as often, or as bad.

Other then that, I never bought the cottn/polyester type ones, no matter how much you pay for one, they always go flat on me in about a month. The the feather ones I would keep till the lost too many feathers. Just be sure to buy a good cover on them, not pillow case cover but a regular cover, and it will keep your pillow fresh and not get the night funk and sweat all inside your pillow, and you wont have to wash it as often.

 

[SparkyJJO]

pillow gets 1/2 as thick, use a different one until it gets to 1/2 as thick, then use them together and voila, full thickness again

 

[sonambulo]

I have some fly ass Polo pillows filled with real down but I spent a goddamn fortune on them. They have a tightly knit fiber that holds in the feathers. Recommended if you have the cash or can wait for a sale.

 

[Auggie]

yeah, i just buy a few pillows, then have them on the bed. sometimes i'll use all three under my head, sometimes just one of the thicker ones. /shrug

 

[nageov3t]

king-size pillows from target (softest they have) + pillow protector.

I don't really have a hard rule as to when I replace them, typically 6-12 months or until they start looking beat-up.