Sleeping Pillow

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davecpap
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Re: Sleeping Pillow

Post by davecpap » Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:28 am

spinifex wrote:I was reading this thread with great interest and decided to research for some pricing.
Blew me away when all the links returned with a price of $189. Bit out of my leage at the moment.
What pillow could possibly cost AU$189 ??

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Re: Sleeping Pillow

Post by carbonman » Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:32 am

spinifex wrote:One site had a link to make your own. Use 4" thick foam rubber, 16" x 24", use a marking pencil and cut some foam away. Have not checked the price on the foam as yet, but definitely worth a shot.
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I tried every cpap pillow out there.
I finally made my own.
It's a memory foam pillow that I find on sale, $20.
Make the cutouts w/a sheet rock utility knife.

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Re: Sleeping Pillow

Post by a guest » Wed Nov 17, 2010 10:45 am

I copied Carbonman's idea and it works well. As I already had an old foam pillow and knife it cost me nothing but a little time. Thanks Carbomman! And thanks too for all your special photos that you share with us.

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Re: Sleeping Pillow

Post by xenablue » Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:27 am

spinifex wrote:I was reading this thread with great interest and decided to research for some pricing.
Blew me away when all the links returned with a price of $189. Bit out of my leage at the moment.
One site had a link to make your own. Use 4" thick foam rubber, 16" x 24", use a marking pencil and cut some foam away.
Have not checked the price on the foam as yet, but definitely worth a shot.

Jon
$189??? Even in AUD doesn't make sense. On their website the largest Regenesis pillow is USD$49.99. It does say they don't ship internationally, but when I send a 7lb package to my son in Australia, it's only ever $20-$30.

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Re: Sleeping Pillow

Post by Jersey Girl » Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:39 am

Dori,

The extra large is NOT too heavy when I make the bed. In fact, I use just one hand at night to adjust the buckwheat hulls, lifting the pillow to adjust before I go to sleep. I found the extra large to be about the same size as my standard pillow. It DOES take a little getting used to at first - it is firmer than some people like, but within a week I found that I loved it and now I won't use anything else!

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Jersey Girl

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Re: Sleeping Pillow

Post by chunkyfrog » Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:41 pm

I carved a butterfly shape out of regular salvage sofa cushion foam.
Too thick for this new mattress.
I have 2" memory foam that I hope to layer for the 3-d pillow--extra wide so I can claim my side of the bed.

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Re: Sleeping Pillow

Post by DoriC » Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:26 pm

Ah yes, I remember fondly the first time I sliced/diced a $20 foam pillow from Walmart with Carbonman's encouragement. I used an electric carving knife and it wasn't really too hard to do. We used it for a long time until I became a "snob" and ordered a "special" cpap pillow.

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Re: Sleeping Pillow

Post by plr66 » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:15 pm

spinifex wrote:I was reading this thread with great interest and decided to research for some pricing.
Blew me away when all the links returned with a price of $189.
Jon
Jon, I'm another who is not sure how you turned up such a high price. For example, my favorite PaPillow is about $65 at cpap.com here in the US, and even with shipping from US could not come to $189.
https://www.cpap.com/productpage/papill ... illow.html.
You probably need to try different search entries.
You might also need to shop at a WalMart or similar for an inexpensive memory foam contoured pillow. In the US they run anywhere from $12-25 for an inexpensive version, and accommodate a FFM or any other mask very well when you sleep on your side (as is recommended) on the edge of the pillow.
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Re: Sleeping Pillow

Post by rubymom » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:58 pm

Swear I posted this earlier, but don't see it.

Overstock.com sells it and ships to Australia. Price: Today: AUD 58.80

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Pr ... oduct.html