Hullo Buckwheat Pillow – Standard Size (20×26), Organic Adjustable Cooling Pillow for Side & Back Sleepers, Firm Neck Support – Breathable Cotton Cover – Made in USA

This pillow is filled with magic. I was skeptical of the whole concept of a buckwheat hull pillow, and was worried about some reviews that mentioned strange odors and noises and having to get acclimated to the new feel of the pillow. I'm here to tell you--take the leap of faith! For what it's worth, I had no problem acclimating. These are natural, organic hulls (not chemically fermented), and the pillow case is a superior organic cotton quality. The craftmanship is excellent. It's a little heavy, and sounds like a sand bag, but the moment you rest your head on the pillow, you wonder how you lived without one for so long. No odors with this pillow, and you'll sleep like a baby. There's a slight noise when you shape the pillow to fit your head, but nothing to complain about (and definitely nothing to keep you up at night over). But above all else, this pillow got rid of my neck and shoulder pains. I had a high quality memory foam pillow and it just wasn't doing the trick anymore. I was waking up with bad neck pains and stiffness, sometimes needing acupuncture or medicated rubs. This pillow gives you so much support that you wake up feeling completely balanced. I know it sounds like this is too good to be true and that I'm "selling it," but I really can't speak highly enough about how amazing this pillow is. Try it. Love it. (And if you don't, you can return it! Win-win!)

When I first got the pillow, the first thing I noticed, was how heavy it was. The first night was not what I would call comfortable, between the extra firmness of the pillow, the noise of the buckwheat hulls, and the weight, I felt myself waking up to adjust during the night. After a couple of nights, I was ready to send the pillows back, same with my wife. Here is where the miracle happens, after a couple of more nights, my wife said that wow she had grown to actually like the pillow. It was however still to stiff for me. I then took to the internet to see if there was nay solution. The manufacturers website indicated that you can control the firmness by taking out some of the hulls. Genius, it seems so obvious now, but not having to deal with a pillow that was customizable before, I was frustrated. So I removed about a quart of the hulls. Magic, it was like a completely different pillow more suited to my side/stomach sleeping style. Another plus, the hulls have not compressed like other stuffing materials and remain firm, so that if I want to read in bed, I do not have a divot where I lay my head. If you do, just pick the pillow up and re-distribute the hulls. So several months in, both my wife and I are happy...and you quickly get used to the soft shushing noise the hulls make.

Buckwheat pillows are great for a lot of folks. I enjoy the pillow, but I sleep on my side, and need to put my arms up under my pillow around my head to sleep. When I do that, it's very difficult to find a perfect way to position the pillow, but that's not the pillows fault. If I don't put my hands under my head, it supports me absolutely perfectly and I love it other than the fact that my arms start hurting because I'm trying to rest them on my side which doesn't work. Long story short - if you like Buckwheat pillows, you should enjoy this. EDIT: It's been about 8 months since I bought this, and I'm here to change my review to 5 stars. After some initial adjustment, I've been sleeping incredibly comfortably with this pillow every night. I can't even imagine going back to a regular pillow now. This has given me the best night's sleep I've ever had for months and is still in great shape. After 7 months the hulls had flattened out a bit and I added some new ones to make it more firm, but with the size and adjustability of the pillow, that was totally optional - it would have been just as comfortable either way. Just a great product.

This buckwheat hull pillow item description photos show one thing, but when a pillow is order received, the pillow received is totally different. Item photos show the buckwheat hulls being half hulls, fully intact, which is what should be contained inside a (true) buckwheat hull pillow. However, the pillow sent out to a customer, as in my case anyway, the pillow contains bits and pieces broken up pieces of hulls that are smaller than pea size. No way! A true buckwheat hull pillow should contain hulls about ¼ inch size, as actually being shown in the description, not bits and pieces and broken up hulls pieces smaller than a pea. A true buckwheat hull pillow should never fell hard when laying your head upon, no matter the amount of hours. These bits and broken up hull pieces will in fact become hard, and hard to sleep upon! A pillow containing bits and pieces of hulls will in fact become hard, causing discomfort and making for an adjustment and many adjustments throughout a night of sleeping. However, if the hulls are of the proper size, as in a (true) buckwheat hull pillow, there should not be much adjustment(s) throughout the nights sleep. Just a fist adjustment to become comfortable for a good restful relaxing sleep. Even a (true) buckwheat pillow having the full ¼ inch size hulls, will take several nights to become use to sleeping upon a buckwheat hull pillow though, but it will become comfortable as time goes. I learnt the hard way ordering this pillow because I took it that this pillow will contain the hulls as being shown in the photo descriptions, the fully ¼ inch hulls, but my pillow ordered and received contained only bits and broken up pieces of hulls. Nothing but false advertising! I returned the pillow and am awaiting for a full refund. My pedigree in saying what I have is from having a (true) buckwheat hull pillow for over 40 years, 3 of them in those 40 plus years, because they will become worn out after years of use, but I was hoping to replace my last one with a new on, as in when placing my order for this pillow, even with its (premium price), but when I opened the box and lifted out the pillow and felt what that pillow contained, I knew right off that this was not and is not a (true) buckwheat hull pillow. Yes, it contains buckwheat hulls, and they can call it a buckwheat hull pillow, but it is not a (true( buckwheat hull pillow, and as said, only bits and broken up pieces of buckwheat hulls are contained, not what a (true) buckwheat hull pillow should contain (the ¼ inch size) buckwheat hulls. That is a (true) Buckwheat Hull Pillow! Order this pillow at your own risk. I learnt the hard way. I took for granted what this business manufacturer tried to convey with its shown descriptions on Amazon to be what they call a buckwheat hull pillow. Not so! They finally ran into someone who does in fact know the difference! However, I guess if I would have contacted Hullo, I would have found out for sure, but, why would they not mention their pillow(s) contain small broken up pieces? And, why do they show and portray their pillows to contain actual ¼ inch size hulls? Which is what their photos do show. Here again; false advertising by this Helix company known as Hullo, and they really know nothing, nothing of what a (real and true) Japanese sobakawa pillow (Buckwheat Hull Pillow) really is and what they actually are and about! What a shame and a discredit to this wonderful pillow! My story about a Japanese sobakawa pillow can continue, but I believe I got the point across to any future customers!

Good for sleeping on my back for a nap for an hour. But not for a night's sleep, as I can't sleep all night on my back. Half the night maybe, but not 8 hours straight thru. When I sleep on my sides the rest of the night, this pillow is not manoeverable because even using 4.5 lbs out of 13, it's still too heavy. I still plan on keeping it for a spare room, so my review is mixed. What I need it for is to get my ears out of play. Waking up with sore ears is a No-No. This pillow does the job for that.

Searched the internet for review and previously bought a cheap one that came with mites and totally regretted it. The Hullo one had very clean buckwheat husks without any buckwheat dust unlike a previous cheaper mite infested pillow. Pay more to get better quality is definitely recommended especially for a pillow you sleep on everyday.

Pillow is good size and the hulls are of good quality. But I have tried multiple times to contact customer support to receive extra hulls for the pillow and haven't gotten any response.

We slept very well since we got this