Is the Pillow Cube the Secret to a Good Night’s Sleep?

Ginger and I had less success with the memory foam-based Pillow Cube. It comes in three sizes, so I bought the smallest, for people shorter than 5 feet 3 inches tall, and Ginger got the standard size for 5-foot-4-inch to 6-foot-3-inch people. The pillow kept my head and spine aligned when I lay on my side atop my medium-firm Casper mattress, but when I flipped onto my back, my head was pushed slightly forward, with the 90-degree edge digging uncomfortably into my neck. Were I to move around less, it’s possible I’d like the Pillow Cube more, but as it stands, I’m simply too mobile of a sleeper to use it.

Ginger, on the other hand, found that the standard size was too tall for her shoulders, which made for awkward positioning. She doesn’t necessarily place the blame on the pillow, but rather her mattress, an almost 10-year-old Sealy Activsleep Ortho Posture Mattress pillow top. “Out of curiosity, I brought it to my office, where I have a leather sleeper sofa that I use as an extra bed for guests,” she says. The sofa is only a year or two old, and the cushions are firm, so when she lay down on it with the Pillow Cube beneath her head, “I was able to position my head and neck in a way that I envisioned immediately. I had that aha moment—oh, this is how it’s supposed to work! So I suspect this pillow may be more effective when used in combination with a firmer mattress.”