How To Choose A Comfortable Down Pillow
A quality down pillow will cushion your head and neck with gentle support while being very adaptable to the specific shape and weight of your head, neck and shoulders.
The correct firmness for your pillow will help to give you a comfortable, restful sleep. It will keep your head, neck and spine aligned while sleeping, reducing stress and unwanted aches and pains.
Choose your pillow based on your sleeping style. For example, if you sleep on your stomach, a soft pillow, with less down, will let your head and neck rest closer to the bed. If you sleep on your side, a firm pillow, with more down, will keep your head and neck elevated and aligned with your spine.
For a Pillow You Can Dream On
A Standard Size pillow is the best size choice for a sleeping pillow, for most people.
A standard size pillow is a better fit for your head than the larger queen and king size pillows, when sleeping. King size pillows are great for bolsters, ie; for support when you're sitting in bed, reading or watching T.V., and for sleeping with and hugging, like you might hug a body pillow or a very good friend :)
Other Considerations
- If you are petite with smaller shoulders and sleep on your side, or if your sleeping position changes throughout the night, a Medium firmness would be a good choice.
- If you sleep on a very soft bed, you may sink into the bed more than your pillow does. If so, you may want to consider a softer pillow.
- The size of your pillow case can affect the way your down pillow feels.
- How many pillows should you use? Can you have too many?
The Fill Power (or quality of down) you choose will effect the feel, and perhaps the longevity, of your pillow. Watch the video below, and here's some more things to keep in mind when choosing the Fill Power of your down pillow.
This video shows the difference between our Cascade Made™ 700 Fill Power, 800 Fill Power & 900 Fill Power Medium Firmness Goose Down Pillows.
Our Perfect Fill™ Service
All Plumeria Bay® down pillows come with our Perfect Fill™ service.
If you decide you would like to add more down, or maybe take some
out, anytime within the 1st year of your purchase, just send it
to us and we'll add or remove as much down as you'd like.
We charge only for any down
added (the price between the firmness you have and the firmness you'd like), and return shipping. Any down removed will be returned to
you in a separate cotton storage bag. Please read about our Perfect Fill™ service for more information.
Down Pillows Get Softer With Use
Down pillows will "break in" with use, becoming softer with time. How much softer will depend on how clean the pillow is kept, how the pillow is used (some people use their pillow like a punching bag, others are more gentle), etc. Following our simple pillow care pointers will help you to keep your pillow fluffy and supportive for a long and restful life.
Feather Pillows Compared to Down Pillows
Some people prefer a harder feeling pillow, with less "cush" compared to a down pillow. Feather pillows, or pillows filled with a blend of feathers and down, are firmer with more of a "hard packed" feeling compared to a down pillow. Feathers do not have a fill power measurement.
Gussets and Down Pillows
We're seeing a lot more pillows, especially feather pillows but also down pillows, made with Gussets. We feel that the sidewalls created by the gussets do not add any functional support or loft to a down pillow, and that the extra seams provide another point of potential failure and places for the down to leak from. Here's more about gussets and down pillows.
Other choices for a firmer harder packed pillow include Latex, or solid memory foams like Tempurpedic®. Pillows can also be filled with cotton, pieces of cut foam, microbeads, kapok... the list does go on. We think a good goose down pillow is without compare for sleeping comfort.