Comments on: Buckwheat pillows

Question: Buckwheat pillows

mkultra — Fri, 20 May 2005 20:47:22 -0800

My neck is killing me. Where can I find a buckwheat/soba pillow in NYC? Bonus points for somewhere not overcharging for "organic ultimate lifesaving pillows".

By: undertone

undertone — Fri, 20 May 2005 22:01:00 -0800

You can actually make a neck pillow pretty easily with a tube sock and some rice. Just fill up the sock and tie it off or sew it shut. You can heat the thing in the microwave for a couple of minutes and it'll retain heat for a long time. Supposedly, it will also retain cold for a long time but I've never used mine cold.

By: Netzapper

Netzapper — Fri, 20 May 2005 22:41:07 -0800

Make sure to use a hardcore, high-quality sock... otherwise you could wind up with rice all over your bed. As I found out once.

By: cerebus19

cerebus19 — Sat, 21 May 2005 06:01:27 -0800

When my neck hurts (as it often does), I find Thermacare wraps to be very helpful. They're especially nice since you can have one on all day at work under your shirt, and nobody can tell.

By: spacewrench

spacewrench — Sat, 21 May 2005 09:04:15 -0800

To answer the question, you can often find those pillows at Korean (and maybe other Asian) grocery/general dry goods stores. Sometimes you see them in round-eye stores, too. Those are usually the "As Seen On TV," "Organic Buckwheat Hulls" type, but if they're overstocked and letting them go cheap, who cares?

By: mert

mert — Sat, 21 May 2005 09:39:25 -0800

Why dont you go to a chiropractor?

By: trevyn

trevyn — Sun, 22 May 2005 02:22:24 -0800

I can't say that my neck was ever "killing me", but I find that the viscoelastic ("memory") foam pillows are more comfortable than the buckwheat hull pillows, which are in turn more comfortable than regular pillows.

By: Tacodog

Tacodog — Sun, 22 May 2005 04:11:20 -0800

A friend's wife tried one of those shell-filled pillows. He said she hated 'em. Too noisy.

By: thinkpiece

thinkpiece — Sun, 22 May 2005 15:33:51 -0800

I got mine at Takashimaya on Fifth Ave in the fifties -- they have a GREAT travel department with good neck pillows, and on the home decor floor, beautiful buckwheat pillows. This store is a fantastic secret for lots of cool stuff, far cheaper than it's location/image would suggest.

By: bingo

bingo — Sun, 22 May 2005 17:21:15 -0800

I just saw one today at a hardward store on Broadway, somewhere betwixt 100th and 110th.

By: tristeza

tristeza — Mon, 23 May 2005 11:31:11 -0800

I had severe neck pain for months, I bought one of the contoured memory foam pillows for $20 at Target and I've never looked back since. It saved my life.