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.
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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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