I got those once. They’re okay, but the white, rectangular ones are better.
Whatever was last on sale at one -Mart or the other.
On the other hand, some people are just born to be suckers.
I doubt there has been any major advances in pillow science in the last few years. We’re probably buying pillows of pretty much the same quality that we were buying ten or twenty years ago.
But somebody in marketing found out that you could raise the price and some people would assume the higher price reflected better quality. And once the marketers found that people were gullible enough to pay $150 for a pillow, why sell one for five dollars? The high end prices dragged up the low end prices.
Seconded.
This whole “replace them every 3-4 months” thing has me shell-shocked. The only time I’ve ever replaced a pillow was when it came out of the washer all lumpy. Normally they wash just fine. Most of them I used for 8-10 years before I finally accidentally put them in with the wrong load, or accidentally bleached them (the synthetic down responds badly!) or they just finally went kaput.
I am feather-lergic and a side sleeper. So just the right pillow is mandatory. But the majority of them have been $10 Walmart or Target, or (back-when) KMart specials. When my back was healthy, that was all I needed.
When my back got really bad, I bought a couple of these http://www.sleepright.com/side-sleeping-pillow/ and I absolutely love them. It’s the breathing channel they carve into the memory foam that makes them so amazing. I sleep much better with one. I think I paid about $65 each at the time. My one dislike is that they can’t go in the washer, so I keep the hypo-allergenic covers on plus a regular terry cloth sip cover and then the normal cotton pillow cover. There is no sign of them needing replacement. I’ve had them about 8-9 years now.
A coworker recently bought a new mattress, and also bought two $300 pillows. That was the worst I’d ever heard of up 'til now - that Scandia link is scandalous! I asked him what was so special that made made them worth that much money and he couldn’t tell me. He said “But they were %30 off!” He’s a procurement professional, and I started checking his audit files much more closely after that conversation! He gets the five-figure deals from now on.
ETA: I will, however, be willing to pay just about anything, when someone finally makes one of these that is wide enough for two people.
God, I wish that gadget had been around when I had frozen shoulders about seven years ago. I can only sleep on my side, but side sleeping was impossible with the pain in my shoulders. That thing has a hole for your shoulder to drop down into, which is just what I needed at the time. I had to make do by lying on awkward piles of pillows.
Am I to assume you guys agree with me?
It’s the Grey Goose of pillows!
Talk about the power of suggestion. I got scratched in the face yet again by my down pillow last week and that plus this thread got me buying new pillows last night! Two for $30 at Kohl’s*. They’re a down substitute but I think they are too full. I was sleeping with two smushed-down feather pillows and these two new ones togther is too high. But one is too low. They also feel like they might be too hot in the summer. They’ll do for now but they’re not perfect.
*Plus “pillow encasements” :rolleyes: on sale for 3.99 each.
I’ve gone camping and realized I forgot to bring a pillow. I just rolled up a pair of jeans and improvised a pillow. Slept well.
For me, any pillow is fine. I’m a bit surprised by all the pillow extremists who have posted.
I use a corduroy pillow. I thought they were popular, they’re certainly making a lot of head lines.
Go to Amazon and type in “memory foam pillow” and you’ll have pages of options for a quarter of what you’re paying now. Or cheaper. I use a contour memory foam pillow. Got the first one thrown in for free with a memory foam mattress purchase a half dozen years ago. It was starting to wear out and I happened to see that Aldi had them as their “special of the week” for something like $12. Bought one to test out and it was great and haven’t noticed a difference in the last 6 months of use.
That pun made me wale.
Do they get hot? Do you look for ones with some special “cooling” feature?
“Pillow Extremists”. LOL! 
It doesn’t have a special cooling feature or blue gel or whatever that I’ve seen on other pillows. It’s Aldi so it’s pretty much just a standard memory foam pillow. I don’t think it gets hot, but I’ve never been one who has to flip the pillow to the cool side anyway.
And what’s the deal with the pillows people wear around their necks on an airplane?
Do they count towards your carry on limit? Are they really that great that people don’t care how goofy they look? 
I wear my around my neck on my way onto the plane so it doesn’t take up carry-on space. Why is it goofy to wear a comfortable pillow around your neck? It’s not like there’s room to cradle your neck any other way in coach.
I once had a total stranger use my shoulder, in a sorta cuddle maneuver. I didn’t wake her, preferring to see her surprise when she awoke spontaneously when we hit some turbulence.
All I know is that I hate the big fluffy ones, like the ones you have at most hotels. Other than that, I have no clue. For me to sleep well, I just need a flat, firm surface and a pillow with a decent amount of firmness, but not too thick. I’ll usually stack two of them. I have more expensive tastes in other things, but not mattresses and pillows. My wife did buy one of those memory foam pillows for me, but they just don’t feel right to me. I guess after spending 40+ years with regular cheap pillows, that’s what I’m used to and prefer. I personally don’t “get” the $200 pillows and $1000+ mattresses, but I’m sure folks don’t “get” how I could spend $50-$60/lb on a steak (as an ingredient I still have to prepare for myself) from time to time.