I’m undecided between 2 and 3
I use one pillow that was sold as travel size, but I prefer it over a thick pillow.
One good latex pillow for me.
They are the opposite of memory foam. Your head does not sweat, or sink into the latex. You actually sleep “on” the pillow not “in” like MF. You also sleep at a controlled temperature so it’s quite comfortable.
I have a Dunlop one and I love it. I hear Talalay is softer but I have never tried one, also more expensive.
You cannot wash these pillows, so use a good protector on it. And never leave it in the sun. Heat is the enemy of latex.
I can’t deal with more than one.
People like you are inherently Satanic.
My neck aches if there’s more than one pillow under my head, I have four on my bed and often use the others to prop up my back if I’m watching tv or something, but sleeping on ones stomach limits the practical amount of pillows without discomfort
As a kid I used to sleep with none. As a teen a towel was enough. In my 20s I was happy with one thin pillow. Now in my 40s I have one average pillow and I feel like upgrading.
One good pillow is really all it takes for me. I swear by duck feathers.
Five pillows and a police lock
What’s a police lock?
That looks uncomfortable. :/
0 or 1. 2+ is incredibly bad for your neck and sleep. Or you just have paper thin very old pillows and you should replace them with a high quality pillow. I use a Coop brand pillow and it’s customizable to whatever thickness works best for you. Get a good pillow and use 1. Don’t use more.
https://www.eightsleep.com/blog/how-many-pillows-do-you-really-need/
pillows always made me feel uncomfy so I pretty much entirely stopped using them. Ill ball up a blanket if I want some support but often times I forgo it
I can’t even imagine what it would look like for someone to use more than 1 pillow. Like, how is their body not contorted into a horribly uncomfortable position?
Paper thin pillows are the best pillows. I will shiv anyone who tries to lay a hand on mine!
1 big memory foam
I used to have 3 but switched to 1. Makes my back and shoulders feel a bit better since my neck isnt so high anymore.
Two, with the bottom pillow pulled down a bit giving me 2 tiers.
I have wide shoulders and go to sleep on my side, so I need the height, but I tend to roll into my stomach, where 2 is too high, so I wake up on the bottom pillow.
Having 2 in a slanted stack just allows for the perfect height adjustment for neck alignment.
Holy shit!! This is the advanced pillow science I like to hear! I’m gonna try this right now!
Lol, glad you like it.
For some greater details, I’ve recently switched to shredded foam fill pillows. With the slant stack method, they kinda form into wedge shapes, adding support to keep the structure in place. The top sinks down to hold the pulled out bottom one out, and it keeps the bottom tier fluffy when I work my way down to sleeping in that.
I don’t think that’d work quite as good with traditional polyfill pillows or solid foam slabs. I do feel I’ve had less neck pain this way though, and it worked ok with the limp ass pillows I had at a recent hotel stay.
A third pillow is propped on the nightstand for when I want to sit up in bed. That one goes almost vertical against the headboard.
Similarly stack my pillows like this, but for sleep apnea. I realized it’s a lot easier to breathe through my nose as I sleep if my body is proped up at an angle instead of fully horizontal. For me the “top tier” pillow is also angled more vertically to aid the slantedness
I recently made an effort to switch myself from stomach to side sleep… and discovered this exact technique through trial and error, and for the same reasons!
I do a few modifications, though. In my case it’s specifically two thin soft pillows that give me the height I need. Also, I prefer them rotated vertically so I have a more generous chest surface on the lower tier. And if I go to sleep on my side (which is most of the time now) I don’t need the tiers so I’ll “roll up” the lower portion of the pillows to temporarily eliminate the lower tier. If I move enough at night the pillows unroll themselves right into my stomach sleep configuration. Or maybe I manually lift myself to let them unroll, not really sure but this has been working for me.
This has really been a fun thread and I’m glad I participated in it! With a post like this, I never know if the intent is serious or silly, but it’s been cool learning everyone’s pillow-tech.
The sleep pros may all say we should be using one thin pillow and all sleep on our back or whatever the general rules are these days, but I can’t for the life of me fall asleep on my back. I don’t sleep textbook perfect, so I’ve got to find a practical solution for me.
Depends on how thick/firm they are. My bed currently has 2 thin/soft pillows that sit between my head and the wall, plus one extra firm pillow between my head and the mattress.
A single pillowcube pillow.
To anyone wondering since it’s so often advertised, it does a good job as a pillow but it’s nothing revolutionary.
0 Pillows 1 Arm
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