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Blackpuddin

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17,923 posts

217 months

Sunday 9th February
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Don't know if I've got a particularly heavy head but I'm awakened every night by a sore ear on the side I've been sleeping. I then have to turn over to the other side. This is repeated several times a night.
I can't sleep on my back so the only solution I can think of is a pillow that will support my nut but not get compressed/hard. I don't get on with the cheap foam ones, which are too hot, or with the shaped 'support' pillows that are crazy uncomfortable for me.
Anybody else got this issue and can suggest a good pillow? Or is it just me. TIA for any suggestions.

bergclimber34

823 posts

5 months

Sunday 9th February
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Very interesting subject, I am a three thin pillow man, used to be 2 until a neck issue and a [physio suggested 3.

I find I get a sore ear at times yes, but I also find a yawn more initially on my right side than my left, no idea why!

phil1979

3,616 posts

227 months

Blackpuddin

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Sunday 9th February
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It is a weird one. I'm on three thins at the moment too, rotating them to try and find the Goldilocks combo not just daily but often in the night as well. Tried one soft and one hard, one on top then the other. Still looking for an answer. So jealous of people who can just drop their head on the pillow and that's it for the night!

Blackpuddin

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Sunday 9th February
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phil1979 said:
Well I'll thank you now for the suggestion, that's quite an investment but I'm at the stage where I'll consider anything.

phil1979

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227 months

Sunday 9th February
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I've had 3 of them over the last 20 years or so. As they're latex, they dont go manky, and last ages. If you don't like really high pillows, go for the slimmer version. You only need one pillow. They stay nice and cool, too.

Blackpuddin

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Sunday 9th February
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I do need a high pillow or I get back pain, the latex ones I'm looking at now all seem to be categorised as 'slim', still looking. Thanks to all thus far.

DorsetSparky

271 posts

22 months

Sunday 9th February
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Panda bamboo pillow. Doesn't get crazy hot, so comfortable and supportive. I now can't sleep on anything else.

shirt

24,008 posts

213 months

Sunday 9th February
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Blackpuddin said:
phil1979 said:
Well I'll thank you now for the suggestion, that's quite an investment but I'm at the stage where I'll consider anything.
good pillows are very much a case of the quality being remembered long after the price is forgotten.

down is king, but a good alternative would be a hybrid. plush upper but with the benefits of memory foam for suppport.

Sporky

8,109 posts

76 months

Sunday 9th February
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I used to get sore ears. Then I took a memory foam pillow and cut out a circle in the middle so my head is supported by my ear is over the hole. Ta-da. Still works with pillowcases on.

Blackpuddin

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Sunday 9th February
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Sporky said:
I used to get sore ears. Then I took a memory foam pillow and cut out a circle in the middle so my head is supported by my ear is over the hole. Ta-da. Still works with pillowcases on.
I've often thought it odd that nobody makes one like that, My ears are far from juglike but there must be folk like the King who struggle with this.

Sporky

8,109 posts

76 months

Sunday 9th February
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They do!

There's the Pillow With A Hole, but the filling compresses down to nothing in a month or so.

https://thepillowwithahole.co.uk/shop/

Also the M-Line Athletic, but it's expensive and the hole is too small and has uncomfortable edges.

https://www.podobrace.co.uk/shop/product/m-line-at...

Mine is an Otty pillow that came free with a mattress many years ago, and I think it's better than either of the above. Once you've cut the hole, of course.

Mobile Chicane

21,448 posts

224 months

Sunday 9th February
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!00% pure goose down.

Spendy, but worth it.

98elise

29,147 posts

173 months

Sunday 9th February
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Mobile Chicane said:
!00% pure goose down.

Spendy, but worth it.
Like most things it depends. I decided to treat myself to goose down pillows and I really don't like them. They look huge fluffed up, but by morning they are very thin. They are the most expensive pillows I've bought yet the IKEA pillows they replaced are better.

Blackpuddin

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98elise said:
Mobile Chicane said:
!00% pure goose down.

Spendy, but worth it.
Like most things it depends. I decided to treat myself to goose down pillows and I really don't like them. They look huge fluffed up, but by morning they are very thin. They are the most expensive pillows I've bought yet the IKEA pillows they replaced are better.
Yeah I've tried them and didn't get on with them for the same reason, ie no bounce-backability.