Organic Buckwheat Pillow – Queen Size
- Manufactured in the USA using 100% Organic Hulls and 100% Natural Unbleached Cotton.
- May relieve common sleeping problems such as; tension, muscle pain, stiff neck, headache and stress
- Will conform and adjust perfectly to your head, neck, and spine. Will NOT collapse like foam.
- The buckwheat hulls allow air to circulate throughout the pillow. Cooling it off quickly.
- The Buckwheat pillow is a natural alternative to anyone with foam and feather allergies.
Product Description
Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate that you are taking the time to look here. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ In Japan when we want pillows we go to a pillow maker. Unfortunately for me, while living in this country I found it virtually impossible to find an authentic Japanese buckwheat pillow, so I decided to create and manufacture my own based on my own lifetime experience. I have been using… More >>
Organic Buckwheat Pillow – Queen Size
I wasn’t prepared for how HEAVY these pillows are – They are comfortable for sleep, but they are truly a lump on your bed. If you are a fan of light and fluffy down pillows, this is not for you. I bought them for their benefits in absorbing moisture. I am not sure I would purchase again, only because they are clumsy to handle (getting pillow cases on and off) and arranging on the bed.
Rating: 2 / 5
I would 1st like to say that the company is helpful and nice. I bought this pillow cause of the reviewers saying they had a bad neck and it helped them.
I guess they really don’t have a bad of a neck as they thought. All this did was flair up my neck problems to the point I got zero sleep 1st night and neck pains all day long the 2nd night. (I no longer use the pillow)
They are generous with the buckwheat they give you (very generous) I removed about 80% of the buckwheat by night 2. The thinner pillow helped a lot. However, this is just not my kind of pillow.
CONS:
The buckwheat makes noises in your ears if you are a side sleeper. (sounds like popcorn or rice crispies in milk) any time you move.
The pillow does conform to you no matter if you sleep on your back or your side. However, what these other users dont tell you is you have to wrestle with the buckwheat to get it laid out nice and neat inside before you are comfortable. If the wheat is lumped up real high it stays bulged until you tailor the wheat to shape to your head better. .. this is a pillow at bed time.. i don’t need more at the end of the day just to sleep.
Also someone said that these pillows are “cool” to sleep on. I am Mr. Air conditioner and even in this ice box I call a home, the pillow gets sweaty just like all other pillows. When you try to flip this pillow in your 1/2 awakened sleep state.. I can tell you its not as easy as any other pillow.. since the buckwheat goes spilling inside the case every which direction (plus its weight fights you and I am a strong person) Its just unwieldy and wonky weight inside.. so no quick flips. I had to grab it at the top edges to flip it around .. then pat the wheat back down to human levels…
As i said this isn’t for me… Think twice about this if you never used buckwheat before. Especially if you have neck problems.. its very unhealthy.
Rating: 2 / 5
It states that this pillow May relieve common sleeping problems such as; tension, muscle pain, stiff neck, headache and stress and it will conform and adjust perfectly to your head, neck, and spine. Will NOT collapse like foam.
It did neither. I have to agree with the one who rated this at 3 stars and said it was way too big (I don’t know why she gave it so much). The cotton on this pillow is rough, I’m of average size and weight and not petite like most reviewers who complain, but I think it has to do with the density of the pillow itself, not the size of the person. The pillow is just too hard and stiff that I couldn’t sleep all night.
It DID NOT ADJUST to my neck and head, it left a gap between my neck and the pillow and when I “punched” it to conform to my neck, it was still too hard. It was like sleeping on a rock! I rarely ever get headaches. This pillow did it for me. Needless to say I am a cranky person right now and I bought the pillow hoping I would have neck support because I used to own a buckwheat neck pillow and it was perrrfect, but that was many ions ago and I have no idea what became of it. I have four young children to take care of so I need a proper rest. I almost gave it to my husband who had back and shoulder surgery, glad I tried it out first. What ticked me off the most is that it cost so much money I was sure it would be of high quality. I really don’t understand why this didn’t work out but I suspect it’s because of the texture of the cotton and the size and shape of the pillow, and the amount of buckwheat in it.
Cons:
too hard,
too heavy,
does not conform to head/shoulder/neck even after adjusting the buckwheat therefore causing stiff neck,
the pillow case is rough to the skin (although you can just put another case over it),
price
Pros:
Buckwheat
Rating: 1 / 5
I am still wresting with this pillow, literally and figuratively, after a week. I removed about 1/3 of the hulls after the first night. Pillow is extremely heavy and over filled. To flip it or move it I seem to have to wake up to do so. I have not given up on it yet and will try to get use to it. May update review at future date… UPDATE threw it out of bed. too heavy and hard…… the search for a perfect pillow goes on…
Rating: 1 / 5
“Wonderful” as the sleeping experience may be, the pricing – especially the “shipping & handling” is unacceptable. That is the reason for two stars. With tax, and excluding Amazon Prime, each of the queen size pillows will cost nearly $80 EACH.
There is also a bunch of hype about “certified organic” and the “poor me I’m the victim of intellectual property theft” by this business. Amazon is about advertising products, not airing business or personal problems related to the sale of the product. Get over it!
First, ALL buckwheat is grown organically since the plant [one primary variant is: Eriogonum compositum, there are several others] has no significant pest issues (animal or plant, i.e. molds, fungi, etc.). Most buckwheat growers do not spray their crops with any persticides or herbacides.
Buckwheat is typically roasted or water processed to remove contaminants or other debris. It’s my personal opinon that the roasted process does a better job of delivering a higher quality product. Furthermore, its a matter of semantics as to the “certified” label. No roasted buckwheat may be labeled as organic regardless of the quality. There is simply no economic justification between the costs of organic labeled and not organic labeled. The organic label will cost from ~ $7 per lb to as much as $12 per lb before ship / handle / tax. In bulk over 25 lbs, I have seen it as low as $5 lb. But for the roasted, the price is $5 / lb AND UNDER – to as low as $1.25 per lb. Remember, buckwheat hulls are a ‘waste product’ to get the buckwheat kernels for food – similar to rice and rice hulls. So, here are the practical numbers if you are a DIY’er like me:
10 lbs roasted buckwheat hulls(makes for a firm queen size pillow) – $25.50
1 queen size Egyptian organic cotton (muslin) zippered pillow case – $7.49
Shipping for hulls: $11.50 or less
Tax is my State from the suppliers: $0
Shipping for the pillowcases: $5.95
Total cost for two firm queen pillows: $ 83.43
i.e. about HALF THE PRICE for two this product.
Time to make pillow: 5 minutes.
Do the math. Do the research. Make your own judgment. Sleep better!
Rating: 2 / 5