This pillow is the top of the top, crème de la crème. I used to think it was normal to toss and turn in the middle of the night, but the innovative shape and the quality of the materials of the Dosaze Contoured Orthopedic Pillow stopped that for me. The innovative shape really works wonders to keep my neck and back aligned, and I was so surprised by how much deeper my sleep was with this pillow. When testing this pillow, I woke up so much more well-rested.

This pillow is great if you are a back, side, combination back and side, or stomach sleeper. Because the center of the pillow is a different height (lower) than the sides, you can sleep in the center as a back or stomach sleeper (who usually require lower heights) or on the edges of the pillow (which are higher) as a side sleeper. If you are a combination back and side sleeper, you can sleep on the edges of the pillow when side sleeping or roll to the center of the pillow when sleeping on your back.

It also provides the perfect combination of comfort and support – the foam isn’t too firm nor is it too soft. I would describe it as firm enough to support my head (so my neck stays aligned and my head doesn’t sink too much into the pillow, but also soft enough so that my ears do not hurt when I use it.

This pillow distinguishes itself from other pillows for neck pain in four ways (1) the quality of the materials (2) the innovative shape (3) the fact that it works for all sleepers and (4) the customer experience.

1. Quality Materials – the foam in this pillow is CertiPUR-US certified, unlike many other pillows. The cover is also made of bamboo, unlike other pillows which tend to use 100% polyester or other scratchy materials. This memory foam has the perfect ILD (indentation load deflection). The foam is not too firm nor is it too soft.
2. Innovative Shape – the innovative contour of this pillow is amazing. It does wonders to align your neck and back and keeps your neck in place throughout the night. This reduces neck pain, tension headaches, and even alleviates snoring and sleep apnea (because your airways won’t get blocked). Other pillows have tried to copy this shape, but I found this one to be the best, by far.
3. Actually works for all sleepers – the shape of this pillow is ideal for two reasons: (1) it aligns your head and neck and keeps it in place and (2) if you are a combination sleeper (and sleep on your back and side), you can sleep on the edge of the pillow (which is higher) when you side sleep and you can roll into the middle of the pillow (into the contour) when you sleep on your back. Stomach sleepers (who usually stay on their stomachs) can sleep in the contour.
4. Customer Experience – I had the best experience purchasing this pillow. The Dosaze team was incredibly responsive when my pillow got lost in the mail, and sent me one free of charge. They also offer a 60 day sleep trial and 3-year-warranty.

This pillow is seriously a case of you get what you pay for – with high quality materials, an innovative shape, and incredible customer service and experience, this pillow is the best option for all sleepers.

And don’t take our word for it, other review sites have come to the same conclusion on the Dosaze pillow being the best pillow. You can even check out the Dosaze pillow reviews on the site itself, if you don’t believe us.

Best known for their mattresses, Sleep Number also has a great array of pillow products. Their ComfortFit Pillow is made of a blend of memory foam and down alternative fibers. The main selling feature of the pillow is that it is adjustable – the ComfortFit pillow comes with three removable foam inserts that allow you to personalize the support and height of the pillow according to your sleeping needs.

I personally enjoyed the ability to customize the loft of my pillow. While testing the pillow, I often had either 1 or 2 inserts in the pillows. I’d use 2 when I was sleeping on my side, and 1 when I wanted to sleep on my stomach. I felt the pillow was very comfortable in either position, but over time, it became a bit of a hassle to constantly swap in and out inserts. While it wasn’t too complicated to do so, it felt like doing a chore over time.

From a comfort perspective, this pillow was great for me overall. I felt well supported when I was sleeping, but only when in specific positions. As I mentioned above, I felt supported while on my side and on my stomach, but I didn’t feel that way while sleeping on my back.

If you’re looking for a trusted name in the industry, this is a good option. However, we feel as though there are other, better designed pillows in the market. This company specializes in mattresses, and while their pillow offering is good, it isn’t the best available, especially for the price.

I really wanted to like the Tuft & Needle Pillow because it felt great coming out of the box. The materials felt premium, the pillow was very squishy and soft, and the fabric looked cool and breathable. While I personally slept decently well on the pillow the first night, I didn’t find myself wanting to reach to sleep on it over time.

My main complaint with the pillow is that is it too soft! Now I understand that soft is subjective, but after sleeping on the this pillow for some time, I felt my head completely sinking into the pillow. I was struggling to find support with the pillow. I had to readjust my position every so often to find the “sweet spot” again.

But if you’re someone who loves soft pillows, then this would be a great candidate!

This memory foam pillow is a combination memory foam and bamboo. The pillow is a good level of firmness – it isn’t too firm and it not too soft. It definitely provides enough support for your head.

The pillow also sleeps relatively cool – the bamboo fabric makes it breathable compared to other pillows. It is overall a good pillow, but we had two primary issues with this pillow.

1. Price / Value – this pillow, while on the lower price end, doesn’t feel like value relative to what you’re getting. The materials don’t feel very premium. In fact, the pillow felt “cheap.” If you’re budget-conscious, I think this is a good option, but I’m on the lookout for the best pillow on the market, and this just didn’t seem to feel like the best.
2. No specific neck pain reduction features – this is a great overall pillow, but it doesn’t do too much too help reduce neck pain. It’s advertised to reduce pain, but I didn’t feel much benefit compared to others like the Dosaze on my list.

My experience with the SayBrook Pillow did not start off on a great note. My pillow took forever to inflate. It was stuck with no structure or support for the longest time, and personally left me quite peeved.

After a few days, the pillow did inflate and become somewhat usable, but the experience was very underwhelming. This memory foam pillow definitely has a memory and once you are sleeping it continues to sink well beyond a minimum loft for me. I often found myself flipping the pillow over in the in middle of night to find a side that didn’t compress, which was quite a frustrating experience.

The Pillow Cube was a pillow of extremes. On one hand, it was truly incredible how cooling this pillow could be. On the other, it was was incredible how slippery a pillow could be! Still, if someone really prioritizes cooling and wants orthopedic structure as a bonus, the Pillow Cube is for you.

There were two things that I really liked about the Pillow Cube: It’s construction and its cooling. On the flip side, I wasn’t a fan of how slippery it was or how the shape didn’t keep my head on it. As the name suggests, the “cube” portion of it refers to its shape, as well as its “ice cube” temps. When I say this pillow gets cold, it gets frigid. In fact, this was the most cooling pillow I think I’ve ever slept on before. For many, that’s a selling point, but to others, it may not be. My wife, for example, gets too cold simply from using this pillow.

While the cooling was great, the material they covered it in was extremely slippery. It slipped on the bed, my head slipped on it, and it literally slipped out of two sheets I placed on it during the night. Additionally, the cube shape of it was novel, but I don’t think it was the best for keeping my head in the same spot through the night.

If you want a cooling pillow that provides solid support, despite being a bit slick, check out the Pillow Cube.

The Layla Kapok pillow is another solid pillow for general use – it is adjustable and can suit the needs of many different kinds of people. Our primary issue with this pillow is that it doesn’t specifically help with neck pain.

I would recommend this pillow for a general audience (or maybe for your guest room, if you really like your guests!), but not for someone who is specifically dealing with neck pain.

I found that my neck was moving back and forth on this pillow, and so I would wake up with a “crink” in my neck. This was the case both when I was sleeping on my side and when I was sleeping on my back. For someone looking to alleviate neck pain, this pillow is probably not the best option.

Some other minor complaints I had with the pillow are the following:

1. The gray cover is visible through most pillowcases, and looks a bit off
2. While the cover does feel cool, it isn’t the most smooth, and you can feel the textured pattern on your skin when sleeping
3. The adjustable fill can get messy and there isn’t a ready place to store it

The Marlow pillow is a new pillow brought to market by the makers of Brooklinen, the sheets company. After sleeping on this pillow, I think it is a solid pillow for the right person.

The way this pillow works is that there is a zipper that you can either zip or unzip to adjust the height/firmness of the pillow. If you happen to enjoy one of the two levels, then this pillow could be a good fit for you. However, if you don’t then it might not work for you. That being said, it is easier and less messy to adjust this pillow than it is to adjust other adjustable pillows.

How often are you going to adjust your pillow once you get it? Once you find that ideal level of firmness, you probably don’t have to adjust it again. That also brings me to my next issue with the pillow – if you don’t happen to like one of these levels, then it will not help you at all with reducing your neck pain. These levels might be too high or too low for you.

Another issue I have with this pillow (and most pillows to be honest!) is that I am a combination side and back sleeper (as most people are!) and that most pillows only have one height throughout the pillow. One consistent height might be okay if you only sleep on your back or side, but if you sleep on both, you need a pillow that has multiple heights. In my opinion, this is a great benefit of the contoured orthopedic pillows that have a dip in the middle (for back sleeping) and are higher on the edges (for side sleeping).

Marlow does offer an extremely generous return policy / warranty. You’re able to return the pillow within 365 days (so you can definitely try it for a long time to see if it suits you, although you’ll probably know sooner than that). And the pillow has a 2 year warranty in case it gets damaged.

This pillow is a lower quality version of the Dosaze Contoured Orthopedic one. It is smaller, made of lower quality materials (fill and cover), and not as comfortable. I found that the memory foam in this pillow (which was not CertiPUR US certified), was not as comfortable as the memory foam in other pillows. The cover is also a bit scratchy (as it is 100% polyester).

I found that this pillow is okay for back sleeping, but less good for side sleeping. The contour of the pillow works okay if you sleep on your back (although again it was a bit too shallow for me), but when you sleep on your side the pillow is not thick enough to fill your shoulder gap, which can cause alignment issues. I also found that the foam on this pillow is noticeably firmer than that of other pillows. This does a lot for providing support, but does not do much in terms of providing comfort.

While this pillow is a bit cheaper than other alternatives, it is not the best product in terms of quality and might need to be replaced more quickly. The foam is not CertiPUR-US certified. Add to this the fact that the pillow only has a 3o day trial period (and sometimes it can take that long to really get used to a new pillow) and does not come with a warranty, and this pillow is kind of a gamble. This cheaper version might work for y0u and it might not – and you don’t have that much time to decide.

The SlumberCloud UltraCool pillow is advertised as having NASA technology infused into the pillow to make it cool and refreshing at night. I did indeed find the pillow to be very cool during my testing period with it. The pillow felt cool to the touch, but like most pillows, it did heat up over time, so I’m not sure how to accurately evaluate the technological claims behind the pillow. It felt cool to the touch, but it wasn’t cool throughout the night.

Other than the cooling properties, I felt the pillow was just another average pillow. It didn’t do anything poorly, but it didn’t do anything great either. The pillow came off as flimsy at times, and many reviewers have stated the pillow is too thin.