# MyPillow (pillow brand) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142 "2016-10-10T12:30:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142/21 "2016-10-12T13:18:33Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Tip: Flip it over. > mmm If I flip it over as often as I need to, then I can’t fall asleep, because I’m busy flipping the pillow all night. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142/22 "2016-10-12T14:22:22Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > If I flip it over as often as I need to, then I can’t fall asleep, because I’m busy flipping the pillow all night. Ah, to be young enough to sleep the whole night through at all… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142/23 "2016-10-12T19:06:50Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Same reason people buy a $6/week razor that’s marginally better with a sloppy shaving technique than a 50-cent blade that takes a little effort to learn to use right. Big Shaving has fooled us again. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142/24 "2016-10-13T02:47:06Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > This is another example of an unnecessary product being marketed to the laziness and ignorance of a market, like five blade razors and Swiffers. You’ll take my Swiffer from my cold, dead hands. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142/25 "2016-10-13T03:13:52Z")
I love my MyPillow. But I have no idea what these comments mean: > [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I just looked at a couple of pages on MyPillow and I have to say _meh_. > > As far as I can tell, it’s to be configured once, for one optimal sleeping position. I think most people have at least two positions they alternate between, so a pillow you can’t re-squoosh or turn for different support won’t end up being very comfortable. (I got rid of a fairly expensive shaped memory foam pillow for just that reason.) > [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Cute as always. > > Why buy an overpriced “build your own pillow” kit - with fabric and foam or coypu skins and spider silk - when you can just go buy a pillow of any desired quality, size and shape that meets your loft and density requirements? It’s a pillow. It’s not something you have to configure or build. You put it on the mattress and you put your head on it. Stays cool all night for me, and I’m a blast furnace. Most pillows do not stay cool for me. I’m a side sleeper, mostly, but with this pillow, I can actually comfortably lay on my back and even on my stomach. I do need to flip it about every third night, so the larger edge is again under my chin. If you like your pillow, it’s not like this is going to enrich your life. But if, like me, you were rarely satisfied with a pillow for more than a few weeks, this one’s worth a shot. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142/26 "2016-10-13T03:37:33Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You’ll take my Swiffer from my cold, dead hands. Dammit. Mine too. I’ve been in the Army, so I know how to mop. I hate buckets, and waiting for the mop to dry, and the Swiffer was really cheap. I can also lay finish with it without needing a separate sponge head. I don’t have a “MyPillow,” but a friend does, and says it isn’t the miracle it claims to be, but it keeps its shape through multiple washings, and for her, that makes it a great buy. Me, I tend to buy really cheap pillows, double cover them, so they don’t need to be washed often, and after a couple of years and three or four washings, I throw them out and buy new, cheap pillows. IME, expensive pillows don’t last much longer than the bottom-of-the-line, $3 at Walmart, ones. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142/27 "2016-10-13T03:46:20Z")
I have one. I got it from QVC about a year ago. I love it because it stays the way you put it. Meaning that I squish it up under my head just so, and it stays that way, whether I’m on my side or back. According to the inventor, this is due to different sizes and shapes of the filling, which “lock” together. Whatever, but it works for me. I also like that it’s entirely made in the USA, and it just seems to get better every time I wash it. If you get it from QVC, you can try it for 30 days and return it if you don’t like it. Actually, if you bought it now you would have until January 31st to return it for a refund (holiday return policy). ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142/28 "2016-10-13T04:38:46Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > My husband has had multiple spinal surgeries in the last 10 years, 3 this year alone. Earlier this year when we bought a new mattress, the salesguy had him try out a pillow that he fell in love with. To my mind, it was crazy expensive - $100 - but my husband said that since getting it, his hands no longer go numb at night. He’s a side sleeper. > > If you’d like, I can check the tag when I get home and PM you the brand, assuming we didn’t pull the tag (under penalty of law!!!) I’d like to know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142/29 "2016-10-13T11:04:45Z")
Was at Kroger yesterday and noticed there was a small display rack for MyPillow. Pillows were $49 and there was one on display. I picked it up. It felt like… a regular pillow, more-or-less. I did feel some squishy pieces inside. I didn’t buy one. But I might the next time I’m in there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mypillow-pillow-brand/768142.md?page=1)