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.
posted by wheatlets to Shopping (4 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
I've got a Neck Problem and this is the style of pillow I've been sleeping on for probably 25 years. I've had many. This style of pillow is very easy to find, you will find many dozens if you google "memory foam pillow neck contour." There's also typically an option or two always available at Costco, and TJ Maxx/Marshall's/Ross nearly always has several available if your mom wishes to squish in person. So I'm not quite sure what the ask is here.

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]


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


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]


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


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