I’m undecided between 2 and 3
1 and it is a cube.
Depends on the pillows. Generally, I want enough so that my neck is straight when I’m lying on my side.
1 big memory foam
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!
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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.
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.
If your answer is more than “one”, it usually means you don’t have the right pillow for your sleeping position. I have broad shoulders and I was a side sleeper. I used two pillows for the longest time, otherwise I had to twist my shoulder in while sleeping, or tilt my head towards the bed, neither being really comfortable for long time periods. Then I bought a thick foam one on sale in some random store I was at, and it made a world of a difference.
That’s the only correct answer.
I would use only one if I could find one I like that is thick enough. For a while I put two in one pillow case but the result was too oval in side profile.
I can’t deal with more than one.
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.
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
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.
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/
Paper thin pillows are the best pillows. I will shiv anyone who tries to lay a hand on mine!
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?
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
Five pillows and a police lock
What’s a police lock?
For me the stack goes:
- mostly flat pillow
- my arm
- another mostly flat pillow
- my head
Big thick squishy pillows (like memory foam) give me neck pain for some reason? I always get one of my boyfriends to “wear in” my pillows for me first 😅
Polygamy and polypillowy goes hand in hand.
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.
I have the flattest buckwheat pillow and it’s perfect.
One good latex pillow for me.
I had no idea that was a thing! Would they be good or bad for someone who hates memory foam?
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.
0 I sleep with blanket under my head. I can fold it as many times as I need to change the height. I can sleep well sideways without having the pillow right in my face like soft pillows. Also doubles as a facemask when there is to much light bordering me.
The only time I’ve slept on a blanket like this was in a police jail. Are you in jail?
Yea, his one call was to post this comment.
0 Pillows 1 Arm
Is it a sexy arm?
Can I be your sexy arm?
