This little pillow has been surprisingly helpful in relieving the shoulder and arm pain that I used to wake up with every morning. I always thought a pillow was supposed to be something soft and cushy that you sunk into at the end of a long day. This pillow is more like snuggling with a rock in a pillowcase. I took out about half of the hulls and it still feels hard. There's no soft-sinking feeling. Instead, there's a feeling of waking up in the morning with happy shoulders, arms, and hands. I had no idea a pillow could make such a difference, but it really does. I've only experienced two problems and they're both minor. First, the pillow is hard enough to result in an occasional sore ear when side-sleeping. Second, it's just kinda weird.
The pillow is a well-made zippered case that has buckwheat hulls inside. There's no other interior liner or bag holding the hulls in the case. You'll need to use a pillowcase because the last thing anyone would want to do is take out all of those little hulls just to launder the zippered case. I just use one of my standard pillowcases, which is way too big, but it works in a pinch. The size of this little pillow, by the way, is absolutely perfect. I've assembled an army of every size/shape pillows and this is the one that truly fits.
There's no odor. It is easy to take hulls out (save them in a big bag so you can add them back later when the pillow loses volume) and make the pillow as thin as you like. You can shape the pillow so it forms to your head/neck and it holds that shape through the night. The pillow comes with a nice storage case. The seller, Beans72, was great about making contact after the sale to see how things were going. All in all, this is a wonderful, hard, comfortable, strange, and adaptable little pillow that I'm so glad I bought.
Edit: going on almost 4 years now with no problems. I've seen some other reviews where people found bugs after using the pillows for a while. I've had this pillow and purchased enough refill hulls from Beans72 that I've lost count, and none of them have had any bugs. Ever. I've checked very closely. They didn't have any bugs in the bag. They never developed any bugs during use. I don't want to make anyone feel bad because bugs in pillows are pretty horrifying, but I think there's a possibility that those bugs may have come along later. I don't presume to know about other people's pillows, or other people's homes, or other people's bug conditions. I just know that for many solid years, I have never had this issue with hulls received from this seller.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2015
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Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2017
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Amazing!
By Rebecca G on May 20, 2017
I had previously slept on a buckwheat pillow on a visit to Japan. It was one of the best night's sleep I had ever gotten! But when I came back to the US, I had a tough time finding affordable buckwheat pillows and so I gave up. Four years later, I am SO happy to have found this product and this seller. Since I adjusted the fill of the pillow to my liking, I've been waking up everyday with no neck aches! As others have said, you will need to remove a decent portion of the buckwheat hulls out of the pillow for it to work its magic, for the seller generously fills each pillow (but save them! Over time, you will use the extra to make it more full as the hulls "settle" and become less full). To figure out what amount of hulls was comfortable for me, I scooped out 5-6 cups of hulls out of the pillow on the first night, slept on it to test it, and then would scoop out another 5-6 cups for the next night and then give it another try - I did this until I found just the right fill. Also, see the attached photo for its size comparison to "normal" sized American pillow (if anyone is curious).
By Rebecca G on May 20, 2017
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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2018
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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2019
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Pillow Smaller than Advertised
By Nunya Bisnes on February 7, 2019
I was sent a pillow that indicated it was 14x20". But it is more like a child's size. It seemed significantly smaller and lighter than the two other 14x20 Buckwheat Pillows, I have owned for more than 15 years. I measured it after flattening as much as I dare from the center it measured 12x18" and the corners are just over 12" and about 19". Maybe if all the Buckwheat was removed, the pillow might get close to the advertised size...Maybe. Additionally was suppose to be between 4 and 5 pounds it did weight 4 pounds, in the specs on weight barely (hence the 2 stars). I just looks ridiculous how small it is and for the $$$ not acceptable.
By Nunya Bisnes on February 7, 2019
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