Yep, it’s the best pillow I ever used. I even wish there were a few more hulls in it so I could punch it up even more. I no longer have a sore neck in the morning! And I get hot at night–my ears turn bright red–and all I do when I awake is rotate the hullo and its coolness brings me back.
I should have ordered a king, but no worries–I’m happy with the next size.
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
Mostly side sleep, mold in position stays comfortable all night also same when on back.
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
I started sleeping kinda half on my side and half on my front and this caused me to wake up several times a night with an arm that had gone to sleep. I found I could alleviate this a bit by stacking and folding my regular pillows into just the right configuration. But if I changed sides, which I tend to do several times a night, I would lose that perfect configuration, and I would have to raise myself is out of sleep to reconfigure. The Hullo fixes all that. Just the one Hullo keeps my head up and supports my neck perfectly. And if I turn and then need to adjust the Hullo, one soft punch in its side usually does the trick. Adjusting the Hullo with a punch has become intuitive and I am not waking up to do it with each toss and turn during the night. No more arms going to sleep. No more middle-of-the-night pillow engineering sessions. This Hullo is a delight.
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
I love and like this pillow. It feels REALLY wonderful when I go to sleep, especially when I’m on my back. My only issue with it is that I start out the night feeling supported, but I will wake up on the edge of the pillow, my neck kind of crooked up to one side. All the buckwheat will have moved during the night and my neck is no longer supported. I haven’t taken any buckwheat out yet, maybe that will help? It’s better than soft pillows though, that’s for sure. My children keep stealing it from me!
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
I thought it would be perfect for me who like thin pillow. I took almost half of the seeds to make it thinner, yet it still wasn’t great. The firmness is the issue for me. Really feels like laying on a firm surface and it does not forms along when you change position.
I understand it’s a very personal opinion. The one star is for the bogus marketing telling you can try the pillow at no cost except they forget to mention returning it is at you own expense and cost more than the pillow.
TLDR: Amazing pillow. Don’t let the Buckwheat or price tag steer you away. Highly recommend.
So, if you’re here, you’re likely like me. Maybe you cicked on an ad, maybe it showed up on a google search.
Regardless, I found myself here, looking at site.. thinking it just another pillow claiming to be the next cure for world hunger. Buckwheat? that was a nickname of one of my grade school friends.
Eventually, I decided to try them, as their return policy was great and my current pillow had me up with a sore neck and headaches more often than not.
So, the pillow arrives. I try it out of the box. It wasn’t a good nights sleep at all, or the following 6 days. It comes with a sheet suggesting to adjust the buckwheat levels, so I tried that over 2 more nights.. and magic happened.
4 months later, I can’t imagine using any other pillow. The headaches are gone. Switching from back sleep to side sleep is effortless.
It’s even gotten to the point of me taking my pillow with me when I travel, as any other pillow seems woefully inadequate.
So if you’ve read this far and are on the fence.. I can’t recommend that you try one enough.
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
I had slept on buckwheat hulled pillows in Japan, liked them but they are traditionally smaller than US bed pillows so thought I’d try the Hullos. I love the pillows, despite little buckwheat seeds(?) falling through the fabric even when the case it tightly zipped. I had a neck injury from a car accident years ago and regular pillows don’t give me the support I need. The buckwheats do. The only real criticism is that they weigh a ton! Don’t use them for pillow fights, they would do serious damage (can’t image anyone actually doing this). Don’t think Hullo could fix this but it would be a definite benefit.
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
I like it when I’m on the couch watching TV- but I rarely do that anymore. Truthfully if I would have kept my receipt, I would have returned it within the 60 days. I wanted to give the pillow a fair shake by waiting the 60 days, but this added to my losing track of the receipt and original packaging which my wife tossed out by mistake.
I’ve had buckwheat husk pillows in the past, but they weren’t nearly the quality of the Hullo. This pillow my not be for everyone, but if you’ve struggled with your regular pillow you should try the Hullo. It works for me.
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
It’s great, but I wouldn’t recommend it after the latest price increase.
I was using this as my ‘main’ pillow and I was waking up with a pretty sore neck. I tried adjusting a few things but didn’t make much progress.
So for that use-case, didn’t work for me.
I ended up sticking it under my knees and that’s been pretty comfortable.
At first it felt like i was resting on a bean bag, but over the last several months, I’ve never slept better!
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
Just too hard for me to sleep on. It’s been sitting in the box under my bed since the first week I tried it.
It took approximately one week to decide that I will never sleep on any other pillow. I have degenerative disc disease, whiplash, arthritis and other diagnosis that I cannot spell. Sleeping on the hullo pillow has given me pain free days. The pillow is expensive but I would do without food to have the relief it has provided.
This is a sincere testimony from a chronic neck pain sufferer. I wish everyone with neck and shoulder pain had the opportunity to see if this pillow would help them.
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
Took a week or so, ended up taking out about 3 cups of hulls to get the optimal size/shape for my side sleeping comfort zone (there are still plenty in there). Now it’s very easy to get comfortable on, and only needs an occasional push or poke if I change position.
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
I honestly wasn’t even looking for a new pillow when I stumbled across the Hullo.
However, I had been sleeping on a memory foam mattress and pillow and had been consistently waking up with a sore back. I thought that the mattress was the source of the problem but after reading some of the reviews for the Hullo, I figured it would be easier to try a new pillow as opposed to a mattress.
After just a couple of days, I noticed that my back pain in the morning was pretty much gone and has remained that way for the several months that I have been using the new pillow.
Even though it feels strange to be so enthusiastic about a pillow, I have found myself bringing it downstairs to show it to several people and have raved about how great it is.
I know some people mention that they have an issue with the noise the buckwheat makes, but this has never been a concern for me. In fact, after you get used to it, I think it is somewhat soothing.
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
Imagine being on a beach, and building up a little pile of sand, and then putting a towel over it and laying down on it. You can smush your head into it and it’ll form a perfectly comfortable spot to lay, but if you want to move, you have to do the whole thing over again.
That’s what a hullo is like. It’s dense and much heavier than a normal pillow, which is fine, but you have to adjust it to get comfortable with it. I do find it to be a comfortable pillow, but if every time I get up to use the bathroom, change position or roll over, I need to fluff a noisy bag o’ buckwheat, I’d rather just use a normal pillow.
I returned the hullo months ago, and just got an email today asking for a review. That’s either poor programming by hullo, or a great and honest company who even wants the people who don’t enjoy their product to write reviews.
Terrific customer service. Meh pillow.
I sleep on my side and commonly wake up with arms numb and tingly. I tried the hullo and after a few months I have seen no difference from normal pillows. The hullo is very heavy and I commonly wake up with a sore neck.
I was interested in hullo due to its breathability and natural materials but after months of poor sleep and trial and error with fill levels and position I gave up on it. After the first nights sleep back on my tried and true pillow I never went back and now hullo can be an “experience” for house guests.
I wanted to give this pillow a try, but with only a 60 day return window and an arduous return process, this was nothing but an expensive mistake.
To be honest, when I first got the pillow, I thought it was weird and didn’t see what all the fuss was about. It took a week or two, but sure enough Hullo became the only pillow I enjoy sleeping on.
I sleep on both my side and back and I always used two soft pillows, often folding one of them in an attempt to get the support to hold my head and neck in the right position. With Hullo, I form the pillow to the perfect shape and thickness and it holds my head in the right position all night long. If I roll over or readjust in the night, its easy to shift the fill with my hands to adapt do different sleeping positions.
Now, floppy soft pillows just seem woefully inadequate and I sleep on Hullo every night. I even take it with me when I travel, because no other pillow comes close. Highly recommended!
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
As a public health professional, I’m striving to have the most natural (non-toxic) bedding possible, so was super excited to order and receive the hullo pillow. After the first night, woke up with noticeably sore neck. Adjusted the pillow by taking some filling out. After second night, same thing. Took more filling out. Started having not only a neck so sore I could barely turn it, but also tingling in my wrists and hands. Instead of getting better, just got worse. My partner tried it and also found it disappointingly less comfortable than our existing pillows, even after a week or two of experimenting with it. We unfortunately lost some precious sleep and didn’t see any upward trends in the weeks we tried it. I’m so glad it works well for some people! Did not for us.
I used to have neck pain when I woke up in the morning. So annoying! But I’ve been using the Hullo for several months now, and I love it. With a flick of my hand, I can adjust how much filling is under my head; I push the buckwheat to be flatter or make a raised area under my neck. I had tried SO many kinds of pillows and none of them stopped the pain until I tried this. I don’t think it’s noisy at all–never bothered me one bit. (My spouse says he never hears it either.)
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
I must preface this review by stating that I am a side and stomach sleeper and I toss and turn a lot throughout the night.
Moving around and adjusting the hullo pillow is very noisy and can be quite a disruption in a quiet room.
Also, I’ve not been able to sleep on my stomach with this pillow as it is just too uncomfortable. I tried removing some material to make it a little thinner, but then it was uncomfortable on my sides and back.
I wanted to love this pillow so much, but I consistently find myself pushing it aside and grabbing a conventional pillow instead.
The craftsmanship is great and I would absolutely give it a try for yourself though! Their return policy seems very favorable.
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.
For 19 years I used a small buckwheat hull pillow called “Bucky”. This past spring, my Bucky finally fell apart and I found it is no longer manufactured. I started to panic because I can never sleep on any other kind of pillow and always brought Bucky along when I traveled. To my immense relief, I found Hullo and it is every bit as good as Bucky was! I sleep in all four positions during the night and with a slight shove, Hullo adjusts perfectly to cradle my neck no matter where I am.
Thank you!
I would recommend Hullo to a friend.