What your pillow is filled with makes a difference in your health and comfort level.
These are common fillings used for body pillows, pregnancy pillows, breastfeeding pillows, cervical pillows, lumbar support pillows, nursing support pillows and standard pillows.
Filling Performance
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Organic Buckwheat Hulls
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Virgin Poly-Fill
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Foam/Latex
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Breathability
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High-Unique triangular structure allows for constant ventilation. Naturally Anti-Allergen.
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Low- poly fill has shown to cause dangerous levels of overheating, especially in children. Traps heat, cold and moisture
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Very Low-overheating and sweating common
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Temperature regulating
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Yes
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No/Overheating
Common
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No/Overheating
Common
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Flexible
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Yes-formable
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No/springy
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No/dense
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Weight
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Sensory-mimics being held, stays in position
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Lightweight-no structure
Falls away from you, easily rolled off
Does not form to body.
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Medium weight-bouncy
Pushes away from body, does not form to body
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Compression Factor
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LOW- forms to body and does not break down or flatten
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HIGH- easily flattens, does not maintain support, flattens out
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MEDIUM- compresses depending on weight, bulky and squishes down losing support
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Environmental Concerns
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None, Hulls are the exterior of the seed used for grain, excellent for soil and composting
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High concerns- contributes to a massive amount of pollution to process. 200+ years to decompose
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High if it is a standard foam, low-medium for enviro safe plant based foam. Processing contributes to environmental damage.
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Renewability
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Yes, replace hulls at any time
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No
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No
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Majority of standard pillows are made from synthetic material. Typically with foam or polyfill. Some may have an organic cover with a synthetic inside filling. Be sure to check the entire materials list to know for sure.
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