If your current down or down-alternative pillow seems comfortable at first but sinks too low while you sleep, or if you wake up with pain in your head, neck, and shoulders, you might like a memory foam pillow instead- they are firmer, and they keep their shape. These generally come in four types of foam- shredded, single slab, layered, and contoured. We tried memory foam pillows and picked our favorite of each type, but the one most popular with our testers was the adjustable shredded foam Sleepsia Memory Foam Pillow.
I personally prefer memory foam pillows. As a side-sleeper, I like a fair amount of height and a very firm pillow to keep my shoulders and arms from getting sore, and in testing for this guide, I had some of the better nights of sleep I can remember. I also co-wrote our main guide to bed pillows. Our picks are the pillows I would spend money on myself.
For this guide, I built on the research from our main guide to pillows. We talked about the pain caused by using the wrong pillow for your body and neck shape, and he explained the proper alignment for the neck during sleep. He also shared what to look for in any good pillow.
Memory foam pillows are best for people who sleep on their side or back and don’t get enough support from down and down-alternative pillows. We do not recommend most memory foam pillows for stomach sleepers unless you can customize the fill or you specifically need more height. Although some of these pillows are adjustable, most of our picks are pretty lofty; in our testing, the extra-firm, extra-high support didn’t feel comfortable to most stomach-sleepers.
When choosing a pillow, you should maintain your body’s natural alignment. “In the neck, we have a natural curve called the lordosis,” he said, “and you want the pillow to accommodate for that.” In testing, I’ve found that the most supportive pillows make my head feel like it’s comfortably floating and not pulled in any one direction. If you like the feel of memory foam but need a smaller, softer pillow, we have more options in the Competition section. To see the pillows we tested with other fills, read our main guide to bed pillows.
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