Memory foam pillows [View all]
Hubby bought one last week. He's having neck and shoulder issues and decided he needed a new pillow to sleep on at night.
He decided he didn't like it, although he didn't say why. He offered it to me to try.
He's pretty fussy about pillows, whereas I can rest my head on just about anything passing for a pillow and fall asleep on it.
The first thing I noticed was the smell. It's like a chemical smell, and since your head goes right on it, you smell it all night long. I actually woke up in the middle of the night because the smell was so irritating, and tossed the darn thing aside and retrieved my old cheap bargain store pillow that I had before.
I decided to look this up on line and see if the smell irritated anyone else, and found a whole bunch of sites where they discuss the chemical smell on these pillows and how it gives some people headaches. I guess the jury's still out whether or not it's harmful to breathe it in all night long, but the manufacturer says the smell goes away in several days, which was disputed by quite a few of the pillow owners in the reviews I read. A number of them said they got rid of them because the smell gave them headaches and/or sinus problems.
The other reason I didn't like it was because it felt like sleeping on a block of plastic foam, and, I can't imagine using it in the summer time when the weather is hot. I'd be waking up in a pool of sweat.
So, I guess I've discovered that there is a pillow I can't stand. These things are sold in all the stores and seem to be very popular right now. Has anyone else had a bad experience with these things?
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