How to find the best pillow size?

1. The importance of the pillow to sleep well at night

The pillow is a bedding accessory with unexpected properties. After the box spring and the mattress, it is the most important element for a good night's sleep. Here are the benefits of a good pillow for sleeping.

A. Cervical support

A pillow serves, first of all, to support the cervical vertebrae when you are lying on your back. So with a firm foam pillow, you have better support for your back and neck muscles. The neck pillow helps relieve pain.

B. An accessory with a soft and pleasant coating

The other main interest of the pillow lies in the softness and comfort of its cover. Whether it's satin or cotton percale, or even silk, a pillowcase provides a light and fresh feeling for sleeping.

C. A health accessory

Whether it is an ergonomic pillow or a hypoallergenic pillow with a healthy and natural filling (natural or synthetic pillow), this type of bedding accessory, when it is of high quality, remains very good for the health.

2. What size pillow for what type of sleeper?

Now that you know the characteristics of a pillow, here is a guide to pillow sizes to find out what width and length of product you need for you and your family.

A. What size pillow for toddlers (after 2 years old)?

For babies, you should definitely not use a pillow. The fewer accessories a crib has, the less risk there is of suffocation and accidents in general. In addition, a baby needs to develop his back muscles to properly support his head and a pillow would be a brake on this.

You can only use a pillow for your child's sleep from the age of 2. In terms of size, we recommend a pillow 30 x 40 cm (and therefore rectangular). It is perfectly sufficient in width and thickness for a baby.

Around 8 years, you can opt for a slightly larger pillow of 40 x 60 cm. It will be better adapted to his morphology and the size of his bed.

B. standard size pillow?

For an adult, a standard pillow is a 60 x 60 cm square pillow. This is the most common pillow size in the UK, as most individuals opt for a square pattern.

If you choose a rectangular pillow, otherwise known as an American pillow, the standard size is 45 x 70 cm, as it adapts to most body shapes.

C. What size pillow for tall people?

For tall people, the 65 x 65 cm pillow size for square-shaped models is best. It offers all the necessary comfort. With an American pillow, the big guys will have to turn to a 50 x 70 cm pillow.

D. What size pillow for back pain?

For back pain, it's more the thickness of your pillow that matters rather than its length and width. Ideally, try to have a pillow that is around 9cm thick (10cm if you are heavier). In any case, your pillow should not raise your head. It should hug the alignment of your spine.

3. Other criteria for choosing a pillow

Once you know what size pillow to choose, there are other criteria that you absolutely must consider. We present them to you.

A. The shape of the pillow

There are 2 main pillow shapes for sleeping: the square pillow and the rectangular pillow. In France, the first model is especially favored. Still, it's not so well suited for sleep, but much more for relaxation. Indeed, during the night, we tend to fold it up, and therefore increase its thickness, which breaks the alignment of the head and the spine.

On the contrary, a rectangular pillow provides better support for the neck. It is the best model for sleeping well, provided, of course, that you opt for a quality product.

B. The material of the pillow (case and filling)

The filling of a pillow is also a very important factor to take into account to have comfort adapted to your needs. Bamboo pillow, down pillow, feather pillow, the materials are not lacking and allow to offer more softness or more firmness according to your preferences.

For a feeling of softness: density between 65 and 75 kg/m3.

For a medium sensation: density between 75 and 80 kg/m3.

For a firm feeling: density of more than 80 kg/m3.

For the material of the pillowcase, cotton and silk offer incomparable softness.

C. The type of pillow

Last element to take into account: the model of your pillow. Ergonomic pillow, hypoallergenic pillow, bolster... There are a lot of different types of cushions. To make your choice, it is imperative to carefully study the characteristics (advantages and disadvantages) of the different models.

Here! Now you know which pillow size to choose. You just have to find a model with the dimensions adapted to your needs and which also corresponds to the quality criteria that we have presented.

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