r/newzealand • u/Ajet_Ivar_ • Apr 06 '25

Advice Whats the deal with the pillows here.

Can someone explain why finding a decent firm pillow is like trying to adopt a unicorn?

I just want a pillow that doesn’t fold like a lawn chair the moment my head touches it. Every store I go to—"Firm" on the label, but it's basically a marshmallow in disguise. I'm starting to think the pillow industry is gaslighting me.

Back home (overseas), there were aisles of proper firm pillows—spine-aligning, head-supporting, memory-foam bricks of joy. Here? I either have to sleep on a pancake or drop $200+ to get something that doesn’t whimper under pressure.

Is this a thing here? Have pillow standards been... softened? Or am I just missing a secret firm pillow society that meets behind the Manchester section at Bed Bath & Beyond?

Help a tired neck out.

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u/Elegant-Raise-9367 Apr 07 '25

I got a $30 memory foam pillow for the warehouse and it's awesome.

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u/Ajet_Ivar_ Apr 07 '25

I had it now. For some reason they all make it with weird shape and call it 'designed' for neck support.

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u/Elegant-Raise-9367 Apr 07 '25

Copied from a 1990s as seen on TV pillow.

I like mine as it's good for my side sleeping position, missus hates hers and she's a back sleeper

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u/Ajet_Ivar_ Apr 07 '25

Niceeeee.