Head Pillow Recommendation

flylow wrote:Thanks for all of the replies. I am intrigued by the buckwheat pillows. In my minimal research on the topic I also see millet pillows and combination millet and buckwheat. What are the pros and cons associated with each with regard to cpap suitability?

SleepGuy wrote:

flylow wrote:Thanks for all of the replies. I am intrigued by the buckwheat pillows. In my minimal research on the topic I also see millet pillows and combination millet and buckwheat. What are the pros and cons associated with each with regard to cpap suitability?

flylow, I am the person behind the regenesis pillow and wanted to try to answer this question since i've asked myself the same thing--and even bought some samples to find out. Millet is interesting but quite different than buckwheat hulls--it's dense stuff. The hulls are most interesting because in the semi-rigid pillow shell (with vertical side panels), they slosh around readily so you can get the elevation you want but once you've achieved the desired elevation, direct downward pressure kind of locks them in place so they stay put. I think that's what some people are trying to explain. The truth is that the pillow is very different from anything you've used before--even if you've used a "standard" buckwheat hull pillow in the past. Good luck in your quest for the best pillow for you!

PST wrote:My experience is different from most people's so take this suggestion with a grain of salt. I travel frequently, which makes me something of a pillow test platform. I found I liked big, fat, side-sleep pillows filled with ordinary foam. They are high enough to support my head sleeping on my side, and too high to be comfortable on my back, which I'm supposed to avoid. What I do differently, though, is completely avoid trying to hang my mask over an edge, or making a recess for it. I just nuzzle my face into the middle of the pillow like the old Quattro wasn't even there, and it seems to work for me. It kind of stabilizes the mask rather than knocking it out of place. I found a nice side-sleep pillow like this at Bed, Bath and Beyond, maybe the same one as Kiralynx, and it wasn't expensive. Again, I think I'm in a small minority on this, but if other solutions don't work, give it a try.