Pillow Talk

The cleanest pillow I make, and the people I tell not to buy it
Our tree-tapped latex pillow is the most certified thing we sell. It passes OEKO-TEX Standard 100 at Class 1, the tier written for products made for babies, and the rubber tree it comes from is FSC certified for responsible forestry. When people ask which of our pillows is the cleanest on paper, that is the honest answer. And there is a group of people I tell to skip it anyway. Clean and safe are two different questions If you have a latex allergy, none of those certifications help you. A... Read more...
Six natural pillow fills, and the honest way to pick one
There is no best pillow fill, only the one that matches how you sleep. A plain map of cotton, wool, kapok, buckwheat, latex, and buckwool on feel, heat, certification, and lifespan. Read more...
Your airway and your neck want opposite pillows. One does both.
Asthma wants a clean surface, neck pain wants firm support. Why the buckwool hybrid answers both, and how to route to buckwheat, wool, or kapok. Read more...
Your CPAP mask keeps breaking its seal. The pillow is usually why.
Why a fixed pillow breaks a CPAP seal at 3 a.m., and how an adjustable buckwheat pillow you shape to the mask fixes it. Read more...
Non-toxic is a claim. The certification is the receipt.
Off-gassing is a specific thing, not a vibe, and natural fills do not do it. Here is what off-gassing really is, why a grown fiber has nothing to release, and the two certifications you can look up instead of trusting the word non-toxic. Read more...
The pillow you keep
The story everyone tells about natural pillows is that they go flat. It runs the other way, and the reason is a zipper. Read more...
Pick your pillow by how you sleep, not by the fill
Your sleep position sets the pillow height first, and the fill second. How side, back, and stomach sleepers should choose, and why an adjustable pillow settles it. Read more...
The pillow certified to a tier built for newborns
Slow-pour Dunlop latex, tapped from FSC-certified rubber trees and certified to OEKO-TEX Standard 100 Class 1, the strictest tier, written for products made for babies. Read more...
The pillow that changes its mind when you change yours
One pillow, two fills: firm buckwheat on one side, soft organic wool on the other, each chamber adjustable. For sleepers whose neck needs something different night to night. Read more...
Why your neck hurts on a pillow that sinks
Most pillow fills compress and your head sinks until your neck bends. Buckwheat hulls flex, then lock. The physics of firm cervical support, quieter and cooler. Read more...
The pillow fiber that is mostly air
A kapok strand is a hollow tube, 80 to 90 percent air, the lightest natural fiber on earth. Why it feels like down, resists dust mites, and is never called organic. Read more...
The Two Natural Pillows Dust Mites Can't Settle Into
If you have allergies or dust mites, organic wool and wild-harvested kapok resist them by the structure of the fiber, with nothing sprayed on. How to choose between them. Read more...