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I like this pillow a lot. The cooling gel really is cool, though it eventually does warm up a bit with body temperature. I think it is just the right thickness for side sleeping - you put your shoulder in the notch, arm under pillow, it's thick enough not to feel your arm under the pillow, and the memory foam keeps my arm from falling asleep. And it's not so thick that you end up sleeping with your head at a 45 degree angle to your neck.I didn't notice any chemical smell.Definitely my new favorite pillow. I'm tempted to buy a dozen so I have a lifetime supply in case I can't find these any more in the future.

Not a fan of foam anything, nevermind a pillow. Had been doing well with buckwheat husk pillow for years, including keeping me cool and dry headed in the heat and humidity of a MN summer. This year began to wake with sore head and neck and generally not rested in mornings. I tried a number of pillows with different fillings but none gave me the comfortable sleep I craved apart from a memory foam pillow. I am a side sleeper so I found if I pushed in this pillow to make room for my shoulder it was comfortable, although by morning my head/neck was not supported since it wasn't a "moldable" pillow. I searched again and found this one. Made with a indent to fit my shoulder when lying on my side. Comfortable from the first night. Found there was a strong smell from it for first few days. My other dislike of foam is it makes me hot and sweaty, especially during summer. This pillow has the cooling gel on one side, which was cool to the touch when it arrived and when I laid my head on it. It's winter just now so I don't need to use the cooling side, it is comfortable, no neck/headache issues so far- had it for about 2 months now. I have not experienced summer with it yet so don't know how effective the cooling side will be but for now I have to admit it's a comfortable pillow. I put a regular size pillow case on pillow.

This pillow is a life changer for me. I have issues with insomnia, hot flashes and TMJ and am a side sleeper.First the bad, then I'll do the good.All memory foam pillows have a chemical smell from the manufacturing process. This pillow was sprayed with something, I assume lavender oil, to cover that smell. I had to air out the pillow for 2 weeks before I would even try using it. I can still smell the lavender, but am finally able to use the pillow. The first week the scent was so strong that it gave me a migraine. Please, for the love of your customers, STOP scenting these!Now, the good.The cooling pad works, quite well. This helps significantly with my hot flashes!The notch allows my head to fully lay on the pillow, and I don't have to jam my arm into an unnatural shape to hold the pillow in place. Any other pillow the top half of my head is on the pillow, and my shoulder puts pressure right where my jaw is, pushing my jaw out of place. This exacerbates my TMJ.Because I stay cooler, my neck and shoulders aren't in weird positions, and I don't hurt, I sleep better.Other than the smell, this pillow is perfect.

The pillow gets 5 Star Rating. The pillowCASE Zero Stars. Thus an overall rating of 3 Stars. The pillow works fine and provides firm neck support and spine alignment for me, a predominantly side sleeper with previous neck surgery. However, the pillowcase is a design disaster. It is tightly form-fitted in the same shape as the pillow with the cutout area for your shoulder, which makes it almost impossible to take off or put back on the pillow. It ripped when attempting to remove it because of the force required to try to slide it off the pillow. There is no way an average strength person would ever get it back onto the pillow even with the current rip in it from the removal attempt. Plan on using a standard looser fitting pillowcase from somewhere else once you need to remove the included one for washing, etc.

I waited the 72 hours to allow the pillow to fully expand before using. It doesn't come fully compressed, but I wanted to give this its best try. I tried this pillow for two nights. The pillow is very firm for me and made my ear hurt on whichever side I was laying on, so there was a lot of tossing and turning happening. I also noticed that the pillow is not as thick as my current pillow (my current pillow doesn't have the cooling gel so that's why I was trying something new).I really wanted the cooling gel to work. As someone in perimenopause I've read that the cooling gel can be a game changer for sleep. The gel warmed up with my face and stayed warm, even when rolling over to the other side. At first it was cool, but by the middle of the night it was pointless.I did like the little curved cut out, that part was fine. Although maybe it placed my head too much in the center which was why the cooling gel never seemed to be cool when rolling over?Overall, not a great two nights sleep. Will be returning and searching for something else.

This is one of my favorite “splurges” ever. I love the shape, that my shoulder is in it, but I can still hit my head on it. It has held its shape for 2 years so far! It is a little firm, but I prefer that.