USA-grown, pre-polished hulls
Buckwheat hulls shift under your head until they find its shape, then wedge against each other and stay there. Your neck keeps the same line at hour eight that it had at hour one.
Buckwheat is the firmest and steadiest pillow we make, which is why people with neck pain and people who sleep hot both end up here. The hulls flex, interlock, and hold, so your head stays level instead of settling lower through the night. Ours are pre-polished and air-jet cleaned, which makes them far quieter than the buckwheat pillow most people have tried once. If the firm feel is more than you want, the Buckwool Hybrid puts organic wool on the other side.
The full hull pillow for the firmest hold, the hybrid that gives you wool on the second side, and a bag of hulls for the pillow already on your bed.
Pure pre-polished hulls that take the shape of your neck and keep it. This is what people buy after they have tried every foam pillow on the shelf and still wake up stiff.
Best for side and back sleepers who want the steadiest hold we make
A buckwheat chamber on one side and an organic wool chamber on the other, split by an internal cotton divider. Flip it for the night you are having. It weighs about 8 pounds in a Standard.
Best for the buckwheat hold with a softer surface against your cheek
The same pre-polished USA-grown hulls, in a bag. Open the side zipper, pour some in, and the height you liked is back.
Best for a buckwheat pillow that has settled lower than you want it
Why the last one went flat
Every foam and fiber pillow runs the same cycle. It holds at first, warms up, packs down, and by morning your head is lower than your shoulder and your neck has spent the night bent.
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You press it with your hand and it springs straight back. A hand is not a head, and a minute is not a night.
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Body heat softens foam. The surface that carried your weight at bedtime is softer an hour later.
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Your head drops below your shoulder. The neck holds a bend, and the muscles work all night instead of resting.
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Morning stiffness reads like a bad mattress or a hard week. Often it is eight hours at the wrong angle.
Hulls do not soften when they warm. They move once, find your shape, lock against each other, and hold it until you move your head again.
Inside the pillow
A raw buckwheat hull is a rough pyramid with pointed edges, and those edges catch on each other every time you turn over. That catching is the sound people remember from the buckwheat pillow they tried once and sent back.
Ours go through a pre-polishing and air-jet cleaning process that breaks the pyramids into individual flat sides. The hulls slide past each other instead of snagging, and movement noise drops by up to 68 percent. What is left is a soft rustle like dry leaves, and most people stop hearing it inside a week.
How it holds your neck
Press your head into buckwheat and thousands of hulls move at once, then wedge against each other and stop. The pillow has taken the shape of your head and neck, and it holds that shape under weight for as long as you lie still.
This is the steady hold physical therapists tend to ask for when someone wakes with a stiff neck. Your head stays level with your spine, the muscles let go, and the first ten minutes of the morning feel different.
Make it yours
It arrives full, about a third more than most people keep, because it is easier to take some out than to wish you had more. Open the side zipper, scoop hulls into a bowl, and stop when your head sits level with your shoulders.
Side sleepers keep more, because the gap between ear and shoulder is wider. Back sleepers keep less. Sleep on a height for three nights before you change it again, and give the pillow a few weeks before you decide.
Buckwheat pillows look identical in a photograph. The difference is what happened to the hulls before they went in.
| What matters | Circadian | Typical buckwheat pillow |
|---|---|---|
| What happens to the hulls first | Pre-polished and air-jet cleaned, pyramid edges broken into flat sides | Usually raw hulls straight from milling, edges intact |
| The sound when you turn over | Up to 68% quieter than standard hulls, a soft rustle like dry leaves | The crackle people remember from the one they tried once |
| How the hulls are cleaned | Air-jet cleaned and UV sterilized, with no chemical treatment at any stage | Often left untreated, and sometimes heat-treated instead |
| Where the buckwheat is grown | Grown in the United States, and we will tell you the state | Frequently imported with no country of origin given anywhere |
| Whether you can set the height | Side zipper, arrives full, take hulls out until your head sits level | Commonly sewn shut at one fixed height |
| What the cover is made of | Organic cotton, washable, with a zipper down one side | Often a cotton and polyester blend, sewn permanently shut |
| What happens once it settles | Pour in a bag of fresh hulls and keep the pillow you have | Replace the whole pillow, cover and all |
| How long you get to try it | Sixty nights, which is long enough for your neck to tell you | Frequently thirty days, and sometimes nothing once it has been slept on |
Take the full hull pillow. It gives the firmest, steadiest hold we make, and it will not let your head drop out of line while you sleep.
Buckwheat Pillow ›The Buckwool Hybrid keeps a buckwheat chamber on one side and puts organic wool on the other. Flip it to suit the night.
Buckwool Hybrid Pillow ›Buckwheat runs coolest of anything we make, because air moves through the gaps between the hulls all night. The surface never builds the warm hollow that makes you go looking for a different patch of pillow.
Buckwheat Pillow ›A bag of hulls brings the height back. Open the zipper, pour some in, and set it where you want it.
Buckwheat Hulls ›Less than you would expect from ours. A raw hull is a rough pyramid, and the pointed edges catch on each other, which is the crackle people remember. Ours are pre-polished into flat sides, which cuts movement noise by up to 68 percent. What is left is a soft rustle like dry leaves, and most people stop noticing it within a week.
They give the firm, steady hold that keeps your head level with your spine, which is usually what an aching neck needs. The hulls flex to your shape and then interlock, so your neck holds the same line at hour eight that it had at hour one. If firm is more than you want, the Buckwool Hybrid gives you that hold with organic wool on the other side.
Three to five years, and then you refresh the hulls rather than replace the pillow. The cover outlasts the hulls by a wide margin, so a bag of fresh hulls through the side zipper gives you the pillow back.
Wash the cover, keep the hulls dry. Unzip the side, empty the hulls into a bowl or a spare pillowcase, machine wash the cover cool and hang it to dry, then pour the hulls back in. Water ruins hulls, so they never go in the machine.
Ours are UV sterilized before they go in, and dry hulls hold no moisture for mold to work with. Keep the pillow out of damp and it stays clean. If it ever does get wet, spread the hulls in the sun for a few hours before they go back.
They are the firmest pillow we make, and for most people who buy one that is the reason. Two things soften it. Take hulls out through the side zipper until your head sits level, and if you want a softer surface against your cheek, the Buckwool Hybrid keeps the buckwheat hold on one side and gives you organic wool on the other.
Enough height that your head sits level with your shoulders, and no more. Side sleepers keep more hulls because the gap from ear to shoulder is wider. Back sleepers keep less. Set it on the first night, sleep on that height three nights before you change it again, then give the pillow a few weeks before you judge it.
The hulls are USA-grown and go in with no chemical treatment, cleaned by air jet and UV light, and the cover is organic cotton. Our finished-product organic certification covers the cotton and wool pillows rather than this one, so we describe the buckwheat pillow by exactly what is in it instead of borrowing a label that was issued for something else.
Buckwheat, if your shoulder is broad and your neck ends up bent. Foam feels supportive when you press it, then warms under your head and lets you settle lower across the night. Hulls do not soften when they warm, so the height you set at bedtime is the height you still have when the alarm goes.
Every Circadian pillow opens at the side so you can take the height down to yours. Sixty nights to be sure, and it is handmade in our New Jersey workshop.
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“I have owned more pillows than I have owned houses and I have owned 12 houses.” This is by far the only pillow to use if you don’t want to wake up with sore shoulders or neck. I have replaced all the pillows in my house with this pillow.
I have compressed discs in my neck, and I have spent hundreds of dollars over the past 6 months trying to find one that will help me sleep. Every pillow I bought caused me to wake up in even more pain than the night before!! The buckwheat pillow is life-changing!! I have slept through the night and wake up with no pain!!
I was leery to try another expensive pillow without some sort of trial period after being very let down by a different company's natural fiber pillow… I don't hear anything at all with the buckwheat! It does stay fresh and cool as well, but most importantly it actually holds my head/neck up and in place. Which allows me to actually get rest instead of always adjusting.
I've been a buckwheat pillow customer for the last 7 years and I can say that Circadian has the highest standards of quality paired with incredible customer service. Very very impressed and would not hesitate to send anyone their way.
I have spent years searching for a pillow that feels supportive and comfortable all night. I have finally found it. I absolutely love the Buckwool pillow. I removed a bit of the material to get it to exactly how I want it… I rarely wake up with neck pain now.
I find myself switching between the two and loving the feel of both. I haven't woken up with a sweaty head with either and that's an amazing feeling especially in the AZ summer. The buckwheat side is a lot quieter and more comfy/soft than others I've tried in the past.
I have tried at least 10 different pillows in the last 3 years. Nothing has worked out except for this wool pillow. I have chronic neck pain which has been greatly reduced. I am very happy with my new pillow.
I have pretty bad chemical sensitivity (housebound most of the time)… I try to only buy totally safe, non-toxic products. I found this pillow to be very safe and non-toxic, and the packaging was fragrance free which is always a huge plus.
I ordered this pillow to replace my very old (but beloved) down pillow and I'm so glad I did. It is heavenly!… I advise you to heed the recommendation given by the quiz. I ordered cotton initially despite the quiz giving me kapok as a result… the quiz was right.
The quality craftsmanship and materials is evident… when I asked if extra stuffing were available for the second one I'm using as a knee pillow, they not only pointed me to the right place on their site, but also created a new, smaller 1-lb. refill size based on my request.
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