SleepGuy wrote:lytepole wrote:Hi SleepGuy -
I'm going to give you honest feedback based on someone who has never tried any "CPAP pillow" which I hope will help.
After reviewing your illustration, I went and looked at the pillow on Amazon. My next step was to also look at memory foam contour pillows and I actually placed a contoured memory foam pillow in my cart, but haven't purchased yet. It is immediately obvious how the memory foam contour pillows would help with the proper alignment as per the illustration. It may be helpful to a novice buyer to have a corresponding actual picture of your pillow in use with a back sleeper obtaining the cervical curve you reference or short video clip showing how to obtain the desired alignment. The other real pictures are all side sleepers or just the pillow, which leave an uninformed buyer having to fill in the blanks of how to get what looks like a rectangle into the shape recommended by your illustration.
I know a lot of people here love your pillow, but I haven't tried it yet, so I hope that my feedback might help you know how novice CPAP pillow users might view things.
lytepole, thanks for your feedback. I am working on more content. Did you see the video review? The guy who did that I think did a fine job explaining how the pillow works, how it's adjustable. My only comment on the video is that he has it oriented with the zipper "top" edge at the bottom view so you can't really see the gusset sleeping edge or the profile.
The pillow is really different than a pre-contoured pillow for many reasons. For one thing, memory foams build up heat. Also, they don't adjust higher than their cut. If it starts too shallow, then you have to put a towel or another pillow under it. Third, they really don't provide all that much support. It's kind of like an illusion because all of the support just melts away from the place that has the most pressure on it--plus it also pushes back, so you end up with a large pressure point wherever your body is pushing down the hardest on the pillow.
The CPAPfit doesn't do any of that: It's like a shapeable sleep platform that provides firm support right where you need it without pressure points....
I am thinking motion graphics will ultimately be the best way to demonstrate the pillow....Maybe that's where I need to focus some investment....
Hi SleepGuy - here's some feedback on the illustrations:
Like Afib - I was confused about the color of the 'airspace area' that is showing in pink. I also would suggest leaving it as white space, or something that clearly indicates there is no support in the neck area with a regular bed pillow. I am also thinking it might make more of an impression if the arrow colors were red and darker blue, as opposed to the lighter colors. For those that are just assessing the product visually, the brighter colors might catch their eye long enough for them to make the intended associations.
As for the side sleeper illustration - the pillow pictured looks exactly like the shape of a contoured foam pillow. Potential buyers might be confused by this, and think a less expensive contoured pillow would work just the same. I would suggest your illustrator try drawing the CPAPFit pillow - maybe take a photo using it, and draw from that image? See if you can show how the Fit cradles head, neck, shoulders, and provides a 'nook' for a mask.
Lytepole - I have both a contoured foam pillow and the CPAPFit pillow. The contoured pillow does not provide the alignment that SleepGuy's illustration is showing. The contoured foam pillow cannot be lowered toward a mattress with the depth that the CPAPFit pillow can. Think of it this way.. a contoured foam or memory foam pillow is designed to stay in the same shape you buy it in. When you lay your head on one of these types of pillows, the pillow will only lower to a certain point, and is not able to be shaped to lower any further. These types of pillows do want to 'spring back' because the material used in them promotes keeping the pillow in its specific shape.
With a buckwheat hull fill in the CPAPFit pillow, you can easily change the shape of it to fit your head (or any other part of your body, for that matter), even to the point of your head laying on the mattress, with your neck being supported to open/ extend your airway. This pillow isn't designed to stay in one shape; its designed so that the user can change the shape to fit their needs.