11 Best Body Pillows, According to Experts

For a physique pillow that helps *and* retains you cool all through the evening, this one from Honeydew Sleep Firm is a must have. It’s hand-crafted with a comfortable, quilted, OEKO-TEX Customary 100-certified cowl and options 100% CertiPUR-US-certified virgin gel foam fill that doesn’t warmth up when you sleep. It’s an all-around favourite of Jake Schaake’s, DC, MS, a chiropractor at Palm Well being in Missouri. “It manages to remain cool and is nice for somebody with pores and skin sensitivity or allergy symptoms,” he says. He additionally likes the versatile I-shape and the truth that the discreet zipper permits you to add or subtract fill to search out your splendid firmness. The duvet is detachable and machine cleanable, and the model even gives a 60-day money-back assure should you don’t prefer it (however you’ll!).

Fill: CertiPUR-US licensed virgin gel foam

Form: I

Dimensions: 13” x 49”

Cowl: Bought individually

On the lookout for a physique pillow that does all of it? This one by MedCline may be your greatest wager, because of its adjustable reminiscence foam fill and versatile J form. “I really like pillows made with reminiscence foam,” says sleep marketing consultant Christine Stevens. She factors to this one as a favourite particularly for its reminiscence foam fill, calling it “very snug.” The physique pillow’s versatility extends previous the form, too, because it is available in two completely different sizes and features a detachable, washable cowl. It’s particularly designed for facet sleepers and may help alleviate strain in your neck, backbone, and hips all through the evening.

Fill: Shredded reminiscence foam

Form: J

Dimensions: 22” x 50”

Cowl materials: Included

As somebody who just about solely sleeps on Parachute sheets lately, this down different physique pillow is a must have. Whereas, in contrast to a few of its opponents, it doesn’t include a canopy, its host of supportive options greater than make up for that. The fill is 100% hypoallergenic microfiber and it has a comfortable cotton sateen shell to maintain you cool and cozy when you catch your zzzs. Consumers say it “stays puffy” and is “very comfortable and cozy but agency and supportive.”

Fill: 100% hypoallergenic microfiber

Form: I

Dimensions: 20” x 54”

Cowl: Bought individually

Deal with your self and your rising bump to full physique help, courtesy of this Pharmedoc physique pillow. “C-shaped pillows are perfect for front and back help, which is helpful throughout being pregnant,” says Dr. Schaake. This one not solely sports activities a C-shape, however a detachable cotton jersey cowl as effectively, which the model ensures will nonetheless be comfortable even after 300 washes. It’s completed with plush, pliable polyfill—and, to not point out it’s racked up over 14,000 five-star ratings. Good evening’s relaxation, certainly.

Fill: Polyester

Form: C

Dimensions: 30” x 57”

Cowl materials: Cotton jersey

A physique pillow that not solely does good, however feels good? That’s effectively, good. (Really, it’s nice.) Welcome to the Buffy Wiggle Pillow, which does the entire above in a singular, noodle-like silhouette. Its breathable cowl is crafted in Tencel lyocell, and it’s stuffed with recycled, airblown fiber that saves a whopping 55 bottles from the landfills. Tall sleepers will like its elongated size, and the bendable form is pliable for a lot of completely different sleeping positions.

It’s a favourite of W+G commerce editor Francesca Krempa, who mentioned it relieved her tight hips and painful decrease again. “On nights after I can’t get snug as a result of my hips are screaming? I fold that dangerous boy proper up and provides it an enormous ol’ sprawl, making me appear like a Daddy Lengthy Legs making an attempt to take a nap,” she writes. “Loopy seems apart, it provides my hips prompt aid and, in flip, full physique aid, too.”

Fill: 100% Tencel lyocell

Form: I

Dimensions: 8” x 82”

Cowl: Bought individually

Dr. Schaake prefers this U-shaped physique pillow for anybody in search of full physique help. “It maintains its firmness and offers off a luxurious really feel,” he says. The supportive form is right for quite a lot of sleepers, together with pregnant ones. It’s designed with a luxe detachable velvet cowl and comes together with your alternative of fill (pure latex or cooling gel, which is right for warm sleepers). The model additionally recommends quite a lot of methods to form it, together with twisted, wrapped, or tucked, so you’ll be able to get pleasure from help all through the day and evening.

Fill: Cooling gel or pure latex

Form: U

Dimensions: 28.5” x 55”

Cowl: Included

Ache doesn’t simply exist in a single a part of my again. No, I’m fortunate sufficient to have discomfort all the best way from my shoulders all the way down to my glutes. Enter this I-shaped physique pillow from Pluto, which has rapidly grow to be one in every of my go-tos for an excellent evening’s sleep. The title fits it—the super-soft, quilted pillow is certainly puffy, because of its 9-inch loft peak, however concurrently squishes down comfortably all through the evening after which springs again up come morning. Whereas it doesn’t include a pillow cover, they’re offered individually in quite a lot of fairly hues.

Fill: Polyester

Form: I

Dimensions: 21” x 54”

Cowl: Bought individually

Physique pillows aren’t simply in your physique—they’re in your neck, too. This one from Coop Residence Items isn’t an precise physique pillow, because it’s, effectively, a daily pillow. However it’s snug and supportive like a full physique pillow simply the identical. I particularly love that the reminiscence foam fill—which is CertiPUR-US- and GREENGUARD Gold- licensed—is totally customizable—so whether or not you’re a again, facet, or abdomen sleeper, you’ll be able to select how puffy you need the pillow to be. It even comes with additional fill to offer your pillow additional oomph if wanted.

Fill: CertiPUR-US licensed hypoallergenic reminiscence foam

Form: Rectangular

Dimensions: 19” x 29”

Cowl: Bought individually

Eco-friendly. Aesthetically pleasing. Snug for all kinds of sleepers. This Brentwood Residence physique pillow delivers on the entire above. It’s designed with a stupendous quilted cowl and crafted with CERTIPUR-US Licensed charcoal-infused reminiscence foam and a gel fiberfill to assist cut back pressure for facet sleepers, pregnant girls, and other people recovering from surgical procedure. It is available in two completely different sizes and weights for versatile consolation. It additionally has a hidden facet zipper, so you’ll be able to simply zip off the outer cowl and toss it within the washer. Not solely that, however the fill is adjustable, too. It definitely checks a variety of sleep-friendly packing containers.

Fill: 65% CERTIPUR-US charcoal graphite reminiscence foam, 35% polyester gel fiber

Form: I

Dimensions: 17” x 48” (small), 17” x 56” (massive)

Cowl materials: Bought individually

Fairly truthfully, this physique pillow had me on the phrase “cuddler.” Whereas fact be advised, I don’t all the time want cuddling with an precise particular person, I all the time love the snuggliness and coziness of a cuddly physique pillow. Fortunately, this Bearaby one delivers. I’ve tried it each in entrance and behind my physique and slept blissfully each methods. By some means, it really seems like somebody is hugging me when it’s positioned at my again! The Melofoam fill is satisfyingly squishy, molds to my physique whereas I’m zonked out, and helps alleviate strain all through the evening. Whereas I want the I form, it may also be twisted right into a knot, and you may add an non-compulsory Sweater Cover in quite a lot of eye-catching shades.

Fill: Melofoam

Form: I

Dimensions: 8” x 75”

Cowl materials: Bought individually

Simply because this Snuggle-Pedic physique pillow is budget-friendly, doesn’t imply it isn’t supremely snug. “This can be a nice reasonably priced choice with high-quality materials and a flexible measurement and really feel,” Dr. Schaake says. The outside is made from breathable, cooling bamboo rayon, and it’s stuffed with shredded reminiscence foam that conforms to your again, hips, knees, and legs as you sleep.

Fill: 100% reminiscence foam

Form: Rectangular

Dimensions: 20” x 54”

Cowl: Bought individually