Macy's or Penney's for me...Never got a bad one...Always wait for a sale...Penney's runs one that's buy one and get the second for one penny...that's my favorite.

My pillow is small size, filled with Buckwheat grains. It was on sale about 75 percent OFF, at Filene's Basement, a well-known discount store in Washington, DC.

Never get the buckwheat wet--not even damp. Double-case it at all times, with a heavy muslin inner case, to prevent sweat, oily hair, perfume, spilled foods... or any other hair product from messing up the actual pillow.

It is wonderful, especially a benefit to anyone who tosses and turns, sleeps light, and must re-adjust all through the night, has neck pains, etc. I don't think I could live without it, I travel with it. ---Oh, and did I mention I've been using it for almost 23 years?

I like my sobakawa cloud pillow. It really straightens my neck and helps me breath better. Be aware tho, get the bigger one because the "regular" size is the size of a travel pillow.

Since I bought it I have not woken up with neck pain!

I have a tempurpedic pillow, love it. won't ever use a different pillow. took a night to get used to it. also have a tempurpedic bed, omg, I love that thing.

Bluteddi,
That is hilarious. I TOO have done the same thing in the store with pillows. I thought I was the only one who did such a thing. hehe Glad to hear I'm not the only one.

We both have pillows that were 'fitted' to us by a chiropractor. I've never had a sore neck since and I take it with me whenever I travel. It's some kind of foam and it's shaped with a bit of a hollow where your head goes. It's quite hard but once you get used to it, very comfortable. I'm in Australia and it's a Denton's brand (I think mine is a Medirest...hubby's is a different style)...dont' know if you get them over there in the States.

I too am shopping for a mattress. I have fallen in love with a Tempurpedic. It will have to wait as it costs too much and I will have to save up. I also tried the tempurpedic pillow and loved it. There are several different styles. Not cheap $150 each. I talked the salesman iin to giving them to me with the mattress.

I have to weigh in on this discussion. The great pillow hunt is every bit as serious as the great iron hunt! I could have made a lot of quilts with the money I've wasted on pillows that didn't last, didn't work, etc. etc. A friend told me about latex foam (not memory foam) pillows and I found some in Big Lots for $13 each. My pillow problems are now over. I am a side sleeper and I first bought the medium density and that didn't work so I was fortunate that they had the light density also and it works perfectly. I've had mine for a couple years now. (I was buying pillows about every 6 mos.) The standard size latex foam typically costs around $50 but you can get them on sale when Kohl's and other places run the 1/2 off pillow sales. Walmart has them for $24, but site doesn't say what density they are. Anyway...here's a link. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Simmons-Be...i_sku=13283704

I've tried everything from feather to memory foam and nothing seemed comfortable. Then I found one at a yard sale filled with buckwheat hulls. It was covered with an ugly floral but I put it in a pretty cotton pillowcase and sleep like a baby. I like the way it molds around my head and it's so easy to flip when it gets hot. I have to sleep on a cool pillow.

I throw my feather pillows in the washer on gentle and wash them through a complete cycle, then I put them in the dryer with a couple of pair of old canvas tennis shoes. I have done this for over 30 years and do it about once every year or so. You do have to fluff the feathers as they dry. You can also hang them on the close-line, if you have one. Be sure that there are no little openings in the seams when you wash them.