Cooling Gel & Memory Foam Pillow

I bought this pillow about a month ago and I've been using it the whole time. I had read various reviews criticizing these pillows for being even hotter than normal pillows, so I wasn't sure if it would be any good. It works just as intended, and it's great. The smell they warn you about was really mild. If I hadn't been warned I probably wouldn't even have noticed it.It comes with its own mesh breathable pillow case, but I took that off and just used a normal one, and it hasn't had any negative impact. The memory foam is a very soft (a little softer than I would like). The cooling gel really does feel cool to the touch. It's only on one side, so my girlfriend can use it too (her head gets cold). The pillow seems to be holding up very well. It's a little thinner than a normal pillow, and a lot heavier, but it's definitely thicker than other memory foam pillows I've seen.The cooling gel is a novel feeling, bordering on weird. When you first lay your head on the pillow, it feels remarkably cool, even cold. As it adjusts to your temperature, it feels sort of like the pillow is wet or something, I can't really describe it. It took me a few nights to get used to it, but I really like it.Now, what this pillow can't do: cool you down if it is really hot. If your room is 90 degrees, you are not going to be comfortable, despite having a "cooling" pillow. It is a pillow that feels cool, not a refrigerated pillow. If you want a cooling pillow because you have an uncomfortably hot room, use common sense and do not buy this. It will not help. If you expect a item sitting in a hot room to magically cool off, waste your money on something else.

This pillow is still under testing and I will update review accordingly in next few days. Here is what I have so far:Pros:1) Pillow is EXTREMELY soft. It really is and feels very nice and comforting.2) Pillow has no virtually odors out of the box. The box is nice, as comes very protected and not in a plastic bag.3) Not as expensive compared to others seen. There is a Hydrolux pillow here that is like 50-bucks+ and this one has SAME cooling surface made by Hydrolux (also sold on Amazon), and it is considerably cheaper! LOLCons:1) Pillow is VERY thin, definitely NOT 4" thick as shown here. It is more like 2" - 3" tops. This may pose a problem for proper neck support and it seems now that I have to add a 2nd thin pillow below it (keeping the green surface towards my head) because I am a side sleeper and this is WAY to thin.2) It is a bit expensive for me to have to add 2nd pillow below it to have decent support/height, so that is a con.3) Cooling surface does not stay cool all night, of course. But it helps a bit to help fall asleep in 20-30mins before it warms up to your normal body temp.4) Not washable, so Lysol is as good cleaning as you can give it. :-/Thoughts so far (to be updated):This is not as expensive as some other pillows and it is extremely soft, which is nice. The only pillow system I know that will stay cool all night is SelectComfort with the material that runs either cool or hot air through pillows and mattress, but these cost like $ 3 Grand, so this is as good as it gets in its price range.Will update more later this week after a few more nights of sleep. :)3 WEEK UPDATE OF PILLOW NIGHTLY USE:After 3 weeks using the pillow, I had no choice but to buy a cheapie & thin 5-buck pillow at local store to place under this pillow. I have broad shoulders and I am a side-sleeping male, so the lack of thickness of this pillow and the fact that it is very soft (head sinks into it) formed me to do this. That is disappointing of such an expensive pillow (I am used to $15 pillows max).As for the cooling features, as stated before, it is cool for no more then 10-20minutes. Maybe I am just now used to it, but the cooling gel area seems much less effective as of late.All in all, it is a nice pillow if you sleep on your back. It is very soft and comfortable, but cannot be used by side sleepers, unless you are a 90lbs female. Males should take note and have a small pillow to place under it and test, as might have problems with neck and lower back pain if the two-pillow set-up is either too high and will have shoulder pain if 2-pillow set-up is not used.I reduced star rating from 3 --> 2 due to the fact that it is not a standalone product and price-usefulness has hurt its rating.

First let me say this is a good pillow. It is comfortable, but the reason I bought it was to stop the constant pillow flipping. I bought two at once, don't do that. Get one to see if it meets your needs. If you're a deep sleeper, and fall asleep quickly, this pillow is ideal for you. If however you are more like me, a light sleeper with hormonal hot flashes, it's not such a great deal. The cooling effect is wonderful, but short term. The worst thing is, once it warms up, it keeps that part of the pillow warm like a thermal carafe does coffee. I still end up flipping my pillow several times a night, which can be really annoying for your partner. Again, it's soft and comfy, but just doesn't live up to the hype.

love this pillow. its cool to the touch even if you have been laying on it all night. it cradles you head. it erases pressure points. feels like dough. its a comfortable sleep for sure. but the pillow is like 4 to 5 inches thick which is a bit to much for me. still love it thought.

I love this pillow. I have purchased three of them. 2 for my apartment and 1 that I leave at my mom's house when I visit her. I used to get muscle strain in my neck from sleeping and I never have that problem after using this pillow. It's semi-firm - just enough to support, but soft enough to feel comfortable. DISCLAIMER: there is a plastic odor when you first take it out of the packaging. However, I left mine out for a few days before using it and it dissipated quickly. I am very sensitive to chemical odors and this pillow has posed no problems.

This 'cooling' pillow does not feel cool at all to the touch. I have had cooling pads before and liked them very much. I wanted to try this pillow, I even tried using it with out the nylon zipped cover using a cotton pillow case but that didn't work either. It was a waste of money.