Kaymed gel bed and different pillows

Another month or more has passed and I remain generally happy with the Kaymed gel bed and mattress.

There is no doubt that this bed has helped both my sleep and back and I have now started to vary my use of two different memory foam pillows which seems to help matters even more.

The pillows are both budget visco elastic memory foam, but one is a regular pillow in shape whilst the other is a profiled version. The profiled version is narrower, not as deep and has an “S” profile on its top surface when viewed from the side.

The advantages that I find to the profiled pillow are multi-fold.

Firstly, because it is not as deep as a regular pillow (i.e. it has a smaller top to bottom dimension) it makes the bed longer for a taller person.

Secondly, once you get used to this profiled and contoured shape it is very supportive of the neck and head nda places both in a natural position is you sleep on your back or side.

Thirdly, this pre-shaped pillow is firm and spongy and retains its shape when in use.

The downside to this kind of pillow is that you cannot sleep on your stomach and neither can you comfortably place your arm under the pillow. This is because one, it distorts the pillow and two, the pillow is structured and therefore it will give you a “dead” arm.

From a personal perspective I have found that jumping between these two different pillows every two or three days seems to work best for me. This however may not be the case for others.