Prime Day Pillow Face-off: Fancy Purple Harmony or Basic But Beloved Beckham?
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A few years ago, my parents came to stay with us over the holidays and complained that all the pillows in the guest bedroom were flat and uncomfortable. I didn’t want to spend too much money on something I wasn’t sure would be to their liking, so I ordered ourless expensive best-in-class pick pillows, the Beckham Hotel Collection down-alternative pillows from Amazon, to arrive the next day or so. They were happy with my choice and so was I. The pillows were soft with the perfect amount of loft: not too high, not too low. I usually sleep with a pillow filled with shredded memory foam, but when I tried the Beckhams, I was a little jealous. No wonder it’s in our roundup of best pillows and also on the Strategist best-seller list. It’s a great value on a great product. For Prime Day, they’re even cheaper at 50 percent off. You really can’t beat two pillows for $40.
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Those who need a bit more from their pillows might scoff at such a simple design. And to those I say, consider the Purple Harmony Pillow. Beloved by at least seven Strategist staffers, it’s made with a Talalay latex core and a thin layer of Purple’s proprietary GelFlex grid, the combination of which gives it a nice bouncy feel. It’s also the pillow that seemingly does it all. It’s our top pick forbest latex pillowandbest pillow for back sleepers, and it’s also among our favorites forside sleepers, forpeople with neck pain, andpillows that are cooling. It’s an expensive pillow, though; over $200 full price. But for Prime Day, it’s on sale for 25 percent off, bringing the price down to $156.
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If you need more convincing, here’s what some of our editors and writers report. Deals editor Sam Daly says that “it maintains its shape a lot better (and longer) than down-alternative pillows” and also prefers it to memory-foam pillows, “which always seem to hold onto heat.” Writer Bella Druckman agrees, saying, “I also never feel like there’s a ‘hot’ side of my pillow. It’s very effective at cooling.” Writer Kitty Guo likes that it’s “very springy”: “I hate when your head leaves an indent on the pillow — the Purple just bounces right back.”New Yorkfeatures editor Julia Edelstein also likes how the Purple “cradles your head without sinking further and further or feeling hard the way memory foam ultimately does.” Plus, she says, there’s no weird smell, and because it’s latex, it’s good for people who have dust allergies.
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