The Purple Pillow Review: Control Neck Pain While You Sleep

If you are looking for a new pillow there are many to choose from on the market. It is not easy, however, to choose the one that is best suited to your needs. Factors you may consider are your sleeping position, any neck pain you may have and whether you like to sleep with your head on a soft cloud or something firmer.

The Purple Pillow is purple! Let’s get that fact stated immediately. However, apart from its color, it offers many benefits that our review of the purple pillow will explain. Manufactured by the Purple Mattress company that we have reviewed recently, this pillow has a unique construction. Like the mattress, all the Purple Pillow reviews you will read will be sure to comment on its unique construction.

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Purple Pillow Construction

The Purple Pillow Filling

The foam used is 2% polyester and 98% Hyper-Elastic Polymer™ formed into a grid structure. When you lie on the pillow, it sinks to accommodate the pressure applied to it. This means that the Purple Pillow is good for all sleeping positions: Side, back and front. When you remove the pressure, either by turning or moving your position on it, the pillow rapidly recovers to its original shape. Somewhat like memory foam, but perhaps with a faster response.

The foam itself is not cooling, but when molded into a grid structure, as this is, then there is plenty of air in the body of the pillow to keep it cool. Added to that, the breathable pockets of air in the structure promote a flow of air from the bottom to the top of the pillow. This prevents the accumulation of pockets of heat and keeps you cool throughout the night.

The Air Booster: Your Personal Loft Adjustment

The Purple Pillow as delivered is fairly thin: its dimensions are 24” x 16” x 3”. However, it incorporates an Air Boost system that you can use to inflate your pillow to your desired height or thickness. This lies at the bottom of the pillow below the purple foam grid. It is recommended that you start with no inflation, and then add air slowly until you reach your optimum comfort level.

Fundamentally, this means that the Purple Pillow provides fully adjustable loft, so you can adjust its thickness to meet your own personal needs. Without this feature, the pillow would be only around 3 inches thick. If you fill the Air Boost layer to 75%, then you will have a pillow that is 7.5 inches thick. You can have anything in between, or take it beyond the 75% air fill (not recommended by the company but you can do it).

This feature is of benefit to all types of a sleeper. Side sleepers can adjust the loft to provide support for their head and shoulders – if you have particularly wide shoulders you need a higher pillow in order to keep your head and neck Cervical vertebrae) level with the rest of your spine. Back and stomach sleepers are best with a lower pillow, although some back sleepers may prefer a slightly higher pillow with more loft that front sleeper.

The Cover

The cover is in white with a purple zipper to enable you to remove the interior part of the pillow. It is made from a blend of 92% polyester/bamboo fiber and 8% spandex. The cover can be machine washed on a cold setting and tumble dried. This is an important feature of any pillow. Since few allow machine washing of the entire pillow, the ability to machine wash the cover is extremely useful from a hygiene aspect.

Purple Pillow Pros and Cons

There are no other significant aspects of the Purple Pillow. It feels good to lie your head on, and the Air Boost facility enables you to expand the height of the pillow to suit your personal preference. Although you may feel a small degree of cradling when you lie on it, it is not much and you soon get not to notice it. The edges of the Purple Pillow are quite firm, but not uncomfortable.

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Who May Not Like the Purple Pillow?

This review of the Purple Pillow has explained the construction of the pillow, and how it can be adapted to suit any type of sleepers. However, not everybody will like it, largely due to its dimensions. 24 inches x 16 inches is not large considering most pillows are larger than this all round. Those who like a large pillow may find this too small for them. However, it is large enough for one person and its adaptability to all three common sleeping positions is enough to overcome this perceived issue.

Its primary benefit is its Air Boost feature that allows you to change its thickness, and its cooling properties. This is an excellent pillow if you want a pillow to provide good neck support and help reduce or prevent neck pain. It offers an excellent night of sleep and also more than adequate support for your neck.

Purple Pillow Reviews: FAQs

Here are some of the frequently asked questions that our readers ask regarding the Purple Pillow.

Purple Pillow Review: Conclusion

This Purple Pillow review has explained the reason for the name and identified the pros and cons of this popular pillow. If you have a need for a pillow suitable for the three sleeping positions, namely side, back, and stomach, then this pillow is suitable for all three. The reason for that is the unique Air Boost feature that can adjust the loft of the pillow to make it suitable for all three types of a sleeper.

Yes, it is possible to adjust the loft of other types of pillows. The most common are shredded memory foam pillows where the amount of foam can be reduced or increased via a zippered cover. Rather than take this approach, Purple has decided to use an inflatable vinyl layer at the bottom of the pillow. Air can be pumped into this to increase the thickness or loft of the Purple Pillow.

The standard loft is just 3 inches, but it can be inflated to a maximum of over 7 inches. Most Purple Pillow reviews focus on the Air Boost, and rightly so. It is the one feature other than the color that sets this pillow apart from the competition. If you suffer neck pain while sleeping, the Purple Pillow may help you, or alternatively visit our post “Is it Possible to Ease Neck Pain From Sleeping.”