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Can anyone recommend a soft pillow?
The boring background....
I have a lovely soft comfy pillow at home, but it is old and starting to get smaller/breaking down (maybe I am inhaling the fibres).
It really should be replaced, but I don't know what with.
Lots of microfibre pillows have a habit of going flat very quickly so they are not suitable.
Do not want a feather pillows either.
The boring background....
I have a lovely soft comfy pillow at home, but it is old and starting to get smaller/breaking down (maybe I am inhaling the fibres).
It really should be replaced, but I don't know what with.
Lots of microfibre pillows have a habit of going flat very quickly so they are not suitable.
Do not want a feather pillows either.
missdiane said:
What puts you off with feather?
More prickly than goose 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmx1vMouUt8
I have these:
http://www.johnlewis.com/230132052/Product.aspx
I know they are feather and you said you didn't want that but outside of foam and feathers I'm not sure what you can fill a pillow with.
http://www.johnlewis.com/230132052/Product.aspx
I know they are feather and you said you didn't want that but outside of foam and feathers I'm not sure what you can fill a pillow with.
I accept foam, just not memory foam.
Maybe I should make my own.
Reading this will still not persuade me to have feather or down
'Down is the soft layer of feathers closest to birds’ skin, primarily in the chest region. These feathers are highly valued because they do not have quills. Most products labelled “down” contain a combination of these under-feathers and other feathers or fillers. While most down and feathers are removed from birds during slaughter, geese from breeding flocks and those raised for meat and foie gras may be live-plucked. In countries where this cruel practise continues, up to 5 ounces of feathers and down are pulled from each bird every six weeks from the time that they are 10 weeks old until they are up to 4 years old.
Plucking geese causes them considerable pain and distress. One study of chickens’ heart rates and behaviours determined that “feather removal is likely to be painful to the bird(s),” and another study found that the blood glucose level of some geese nearly doubled (a symptom of severe stress) during plucking.'
Maybe I should make my own.
Reading this will still not persuade me to have feather or down
'Down is the soft layer of feathers closest to birds’ skin, primarily in the chest region. These feathers are highly valued because they do not have quills. Most products labelled “down” contain a combination of these under-feathers and other feathers or fillers. While most down and feathers are removed from birds during slaughter, geese from breeding flocks and those raised for meat and foie gras may be live-plucked. In countries where this cruel practise continues, up to 5 ounces of feathers and down are pulled from each bird every six weeks from the time that they are 10 weeks old until they are up to 4 years old.
Plucking geese causes them considerable pain and distress. One study of chickens’ heart rates and behaviours determined that “feather removal is likely to be painful to the bird(s),” and another study found that the blood glucose level of some geese nearly doubled (a symptom of severe stress) during plucking.'
Edited by Nicol@ on Saturday 27th February 21:36
Foam is horrible. It ain't natural.
Now, think of free range chickens (or eiders if you went to a good school) scampering about in jolly merriment whilst the odd feather drops naturally from their well-fed runps. Then a servant on suitable low wages collects them and you sew them into a naturally good and yummy pillow full of natural fluffy featheriness.
And wake
Now, think of free range chickens (or eiders if you went to a good school) scampering about in jolly merriment whilst the odd feather drops naturally from their well-fed runps. Then a servant on suitable low wages collects them and you sew them into a naturally good and yummy pillow full of natural fluffy featheriness.
And wake
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