For Christmas, I wanted a new pillow. I asked for either a memory foam or Sobakawa pillow thinking it may help me sleep better and toss and turn less. I received the latter.
Christmas night, I tore the pillow out of the box and tried it out. It came with the bonus pillow case which saved me when the little styrofoam beads began to leak out of the pillow--a week after I first got it. I can't seem to find a hole anywhere and just assumed they work their way out of the seams. It can be messy when taking the pillow case off to wash it as the beads go everywhere, including all over the inside of the washer and onto your clean clothes.
I was surprised by the size of the pillow. The box seemed a lot larger than what I pulled out of it. Also, the commercials on television show the woman lying on what appears to be a full-sized pillow. The Sobakawa pillow was actually much smaller. My head fits right in the middle of it, leaving a few inches left on both sides that tend to fold up around my cheeks. I did feel the extra supposrt but only when my head was perfectly situated in the middle of the pillow. Sleeping on my side was not very comfortable with the pillow.
It definitely took a couple weeks to get used to sleeping on the pillow. My back and neck ached twice as bad as using my regular pillow until I adjusted. I really didn't feel much of a difference with my body between the Sobakawa pillow and my regular TJ Maxx cheapie pillow.
As for the claim that the pillow stays cool, I really didn't feel any difference I still woke up with sweat on the nape pf my neck and my hair damp and matted.
Rotating the Sobakawa with my regular pillow seemed to work the best for me in terms of comfort. It's sort of like rotating your shoes so your feet don't hurt. Overall, I would give the $19.99 Sobakawa pillow a B-.
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