If you’ve ever woken with a stiff neck or a pinched nerve, you’ll know the vital role the right pillow plays in your sleep.
Memory foam pillows, which offer a whole range of support and squishiness depending on your needs, are the solution to problems from neck pain to headaches, snoring to frozen shoulders.
They’re better for side-sleepers than feather or down pillows, because they have enough structure to keep your cervical spine in line, and they’re perfect for vegans who don’t want animal products in their bedding.
Because pillows are personal, we tested these memory foam pillows with a variety of sleepers. We included front, side, and back-sleepers, as well as larger and smaller reviewers: your height can determine what kind of profile will feel comfortable for you.
As well as subjective testing- which pillow felt the most comfortable- our testers monitored their sleep quality on their fitness trackers. This isn’t an exact science, but it did indicate which pillows made us toss and turn, and which sent us straight to sleep.
If you are choosing a memory foam pillow purely for comfort reasons- because you prefer a harder surface or less cushioning- your options are wide open.
A shredded memory foam pillow, like The Sleepsia Company, is the closest we found to a puffy down pillow; a solid foam pillow, like Panda’s, is harder and smaller, with a lower profile.
If you suffer from serious neck, shoulder, or back pain or are recovering from an injury, it is important you have a conversation with your GP, physiotherapist, or equivalent before you buy. You will need to pick one of the slightly pricier, specialist pillows below- look for a firmer pillow with more support.
Thankfully, this doesn’t mean compromising on comfort: some of these pillows had as much comfy loftiness as the most expensive down pillows we’ve slept on. Some, particularly the injury-specific ones, will come in a shape that’s impossible to match with a pillowcase.
The pillow will arrive in its own, washable case, and all the ones we tested were soft and comfortable.
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