Trying to track down a very specific pillow
January 29, 2025 7:32 AM Subscribe
My mother has back pain and finds this particular pillow helpful to sit on. I want to see if it's possible to find another one. It was ordered online about 10 years ago, and it's a contoured memory foam pillow. Dimensions are 20" x 12", 4" height at one end and 3" at the other. Images inside.
We've even visited a foam outlet store and were told that they don't carry that type of foam because it "traps farts". Pillow photos here.
We've even visited a foam outlet store and were told that they don't carry that type of foam because it "traps farts". Pillow photos here.
Back when I sold mattresses, we had "memory foam contour neck pillows" that were very similar to this. The sort of quilted pattern on the outer cover in your photos looks very similar to the Sealy branded pillows we used to carry.
posted by xedrik at 7:50 AM on January 29
posted by xedrik at 7:50 AM on January 29
It looks similar to this, which I own but do not love. My preference is for this, which is the best pillow I’ve ever used.
posted by dobbs at 12:09 PM on January 29 [1 favorite]
posted by dobbs at 12:09 PM on January 29 [1 favorite]
As a data point, my Tempurpedic pillow of roughly the same age and dimensions has a different style of cover. So you probably don't need to pay Tempurpedic prices.
posted by doift at 7:28 PM on January 29
posted by doift at 7:28 PM on January 29
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If you're looking for an exact precise match to this one pillow, that will be harder. If you unzip the casing and feel around, you may find a small branding tag sewn into an inside seam that will give you more info to track down. But in my (significant) experience of this kind of pillow, they're all about the same, only varying in density of foam. Which, as old as this pillow is, is definitely not going to be the same as it was when it was new.
posted by phunniemee at 7:45 AM on January 29 [3 favorites]