Bean Products Kapok 14" x 20" Japanese Pillow - Breathable, Eco-Friendly and Durable Organic Cotton Fabric Bed Pillow - Soft and Supportive Pillow for Sleeping, Made in The USA

I love my Bean Products kapok organic pillow. It came packaged well and arrived on time. I needed to remove some kapok to size it for me and examined the stuffing to be sure it is mold free. One review speaking about mold did not say what brand they ordered, but this brand had clean and dry kapok that's fluffy. I sleep so well on this. My PT told me my old pillow was too thin and I wanted something without foam that would be non-toxic, non-allergenic, and natural. I've had this for several months now. I do plump my pillow each night at bed time and then, when I roll over, I might sometimes give it another quick one. I am sensitive to smells, and never detected anything from this, which I had worried about given some reviews that didn't name the specific product. I highly recommend this pillow for it's comfort and ability to be plumped up over and over and over, just like new. Be sure that you get Bean Products and be careful about reviews that don't name the manufacturer.

Kapok is unusually resilient. It does not pack down or lump up like most other materials. You only need to fluff it up and it will be like new again. I first experienced kapok as a material used inside zafu (Zen) meditation cushions. It really is the best material for this use, in my opinion. For use as a pillow, some may not like it. It feels different than cotton or feathers or foam pillows. After a few days of use I became accustomed to it, and now would no use anything else.This pillow came stuffed with lots of kapok, and would be almost firm enough to use for meditation. It would have been great for a pillow to prop myself up for reading in bed; but it was too firm to place under my head. I removed about 1/4 of the kapok, and the loft and softness is now perfect. The quality of the workmanship is outstanding.Kapok is a plant-based fiber, obtained from trees in Asia. When new it has a slight vegetal or grassy smell. I like the smell, but it goes away after a week or two of exposure.

My second purchase of the Japanese size pillow from Bean. Very high quality organic cotton cover, and can zip open to take out some of the kapok if it''s too thick. When I learned that back in the 1960's my uncle used to buy only Kapok pillows because he was so allergic to things, I was interested in trying it out. A very find, silky filling naturally from the Kapok pod. Bean company delivered a day early from my selected day. I will be buying as Christmas gifts.

The quality of the pillow is fantastic. I thought to use it on the plane as a travel pillow and to also do double duty as a lightweight pillow to sleep on. It came very stuffed with the most delightfully soft and silky kapok “cotton” and easy to remove excess kapok for one’s neck needs.It was a bit lumpy and high for my very sensitive neck even after removing half of the stuffing (gave me a neck ache / vertebrae grinding headache) so I tossed the idea of using it as a head pillow and instead a firm-ish lumbar support on the sofa.After having used the pillow my face and eyes started burning and my nose started to run. It was too much for my environmental allergies even though I had sealed it in a dust mite proof cover.I really didn’t want to expose myself to another allergic reaction so I put on a dust mask and gloves and disposed of the pillow and excess kapok.I really had high hopes and am trying another Beanpillow (millet) and am also considering buckwheat to replace my current ancient buckwheat pillow.

I saw these kapok filled pillows recommended on ABC Good Morning new cast and was excited to find and order 2 queen size ones. I used one for a week before opening the other. Within four days of sleeping on it and this is with fluffing it each day lumps started to form. I have trouble falling to sleep and staying asleep then when you add lumps in the pillow it just gets me angry and have even more trouble with sleep. I of course ate the cost of the one I used, but returned the one that I did not open. I will go back to searching for a good goose down to replace my old good down pillows.

I love that these pillows are all natural fibers and plastic-free. The material is very nice and supportive, but I have noticed that over the course of a night the front part will flatten out and the material will move to the back. I usually flip it over and fluff it up every couple of nights. It is not too soft and not too firm, but just doesn't hold a shape super well. I haven't tried removing some of the material, but I think that might help.

This is the first expensive (>$10 pillow) I have ever bought. It arrived very overstuffed, but I just took out about half the filling and now it is perfect (saving the filling for future). It is not too hot. It had a bit of a industrial smell when I opened it but that quickly aired out. I used to need two pillows but the fill on this supports my head enough that I only need one. Feels like a luxury hotel pillow! I bought one for my husband and he is very happy too. I love that it has the zipper and eco-friendly filling so I can refill it and compost the old stuffing rather than contributing to a landfill with more polyester (plastic based) pillows!