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Every pillow in the index, side by side

Every spec below was read from the manufacturer's own product page on the date shown in its source line. Nothing is copied from a review site, an aggregator, or a retailer listing. Where a manufacturer does not publish a number, it is named as not published — an absent spec is itself information and is shown as absent, never estimated.

Pillow	Loft	Adjustable	Ear opening	Trial	Price
Cushion Lab Deep Sleep Pillow	5–5.5"	No	No	not published	$89.00 was $138.00
The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Original P.W.A.H® V2	3.5"	Yes	Yes	14 nights	$90–$155
Coop Sleep Goods Original Adjustable Pillow	not published	Yes	No	100 nights	$71.20 was $89.00
Blissbury Ear Pillow	4–5"	Yes	Yes	stated two ways	$54.90
Elviros C1 Adjustable CPAP Pillow	2.4–4.1"	Yes	Yes	100 nights	$51.99 was $129.00
Pillow Cube Side Cube Original	5"	No	No	60 nights	$59.99
Purple Harmony Pillow	5.5–7.5"	No	No	30 nights	$194.00 was $229.00
Cushion Lab CloudLoft Pillow	8"	No	No	not published	$78.00 was $109.00
Cushion Lab Neck Relief Ergonomic Cervical Pillow	4.3"	No	No	not published	$75.00 was $85.00
Layla Kapok Pillow	not published	Yes	No	30 nights	$171.00 was $228.00
Coop Sleep Goods Eden Adjustable Pillow	not published	Yes	No	100 nights	$87.20 was $109.00
Avocado Green Pillow	not published	Yes	No	100 nights	not published
Parachute Down Pillow	not published	No	No	60 nights	$160–$255
Sleepgram 3-in-1 Adjustable Pillow	not published	Yes	No	100 nights	$64.99 was $79.99
Casper Hybrid Pillow	6"	No	No	30d returns only	$116.10 was $129.00
Bear Talalay Latex Pillow	5.75–7"	No	No	30 nights	$110.50 was $170.00
Marlow The Pillow	not published	Yes	No	365 nights	$49.00
Eli & Elm Side Sleeper Pillow	6"	Yes	No	45 nights	$114.99 was $135.99
Nest Bedding Easy Breather Side Sleeper Pillow	not published	Yes	No	30 nights	$111.60 was $124.00
Sleep Number DownComfort Pillow	not published	Yes	No	not published	$199.99
Hullo Buckwheat Pillow	not published	Yes	No	60 nights	$129.00
Brooklyn Bedding Talalay Latex Pillow	4–5"	No	No	30 nights	$120.40 was $172.00
Brooklyn Bedding Premium Shredded Foam Pillow	not published	Yes	No	30 nights	$92.40 was $132.00
Coop Sleep Goods Latex Adjustable Pillow	not published	Yes	No	100 nights	$104.30 was $149.00
Sealy Adjustable Pillow	not published	Yes	No	no returns	$49.00
Saatva Latex Pillow	4–7"	No	No	45 nights	$165.00
Leesa Natural Latex Pillow	5.75"	No	No	30 nights	$89.00 was $119.00
Amerisleep Comfort Classic Pillow	6"	No	No	no returns	$110.00
Tuft & Needle Original Foam Pillow	5"	No	No	100 nights	$75.00
Amerisleep Flex Pillow	6"	No	No	no returns	$100.00
Xtreme Comforts The Shredded Memory Foam Pillow	not published	Yes	No	not published	$34–$110
MyPillow Classic MyPillow	not published	Yes	No	60 nights	$29.98
Tempur-Pedic TEMPUR-Neck Pillow	3.5–4.75"	No	No	not published	$104.00
Beckham Hotel Collection Original Down Alternative Pillow Set	8"	No	No	30 nights	$68.99
Serta Nightstar Pillow	not published	No	No	100 nights	$100.00
Sleep Innovations Contour Memory Foam Pillow	not published	No	No	not published	$44.99
Utopia Bedding Premium Bed Pillows	not published	No	No	30 nights	$28.49
The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Original P.W.A.H® (V1)	3"	Yes	Yes	14 nights	$55–$110
The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Doughnut PWAH®	not published	Yes	Yes	14 nights	$35–$55
The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Waterproof & Wipe Clean P.W.A.H®	not published	Yes	Yes	14 nights	$60–$140
Nest Bedding Easy Breather Jr. Side Sleeper Pillow	not published	Yes	No	30 nights	$59.00
Pillow Cube Side Cube Riser	3–5"	Yes	No	60 nights	$67.99 was $78.99
Contour Products CPAPMax Pillow	2.25–5.25"	Yes	No	45 nights	$69.99 was $79.99
ComfyComfy ComfySleep Buckwheat Hull Pillow	not published	Yes	No	not published	$47.00
Blissbury Thin Stomach Sleeper Pillow	2.3–3.3"	No	No	stated two ways	$59.99
Eli & Elm Everyday Pillow	6"	Yes	No	45 nights	$97.49 was $129.99
Boll & Branch Down Alternative Pillow	not published	No	No	not published	$89.00
Parachute Down Alternative Pillow	not published	No	No	60 nights	$100.00
Cozy Earth Mulberry Silk Pillow	not published	No	No	100 nights	$138.60 was $198.00
Naturepedic Organic Latex Side Sleeper Pillow	not published	Yes	No	30 nights	$127.20 was $159.00
Buffy Cloud Side Sleeper Pillow	not published	Yes	No	50 nights	$47.20 was $59.00
Brooklinen Down Pillow	not published	No	No	365 nights	$104.25 was $139.00
Helix GlacioTex Cooling Memory Foam Pillow	not published	No	No	30 nights	$99.00 was $123.75
Birch Organic Pillow	not published	Yes	No	30 nights	$159.00 was $198.75
Nectar Tri-Comfort Cooling Pillow	not published	Yes	No	stated two ways	$129.00
Silk & Snow The S&S Adjustable Pillow	not published	Yes	No	not published	$75.00

A returns window is not a sleep trial. Casper Hybrid Pillow offers 30 days, but only if the pillow is unused and in its original packaging. For a fit problem that is functionally zero nights: a loft mismatch cannot be discovered without sleeping on it, and sleeping on it ends the eligibility. This index counts it separately from trials you can actually sleep through, and no other pillow comparison we could find draws that line at all.

Read the trial column first. A fit problem takes more than a couple of nights to judge — your neck adapts, and the first nights on a correct pillow can feel worse than the wrong one you were used to. Across this index the published windows run from 0 to 365 nights, which are not the same product risk at all. The bottom of that range is literal: Sealy Adjustable Pillow, Amerisleep Comfort Classic Pillow and Amerisleep Flex Pillow cannot be returned at all, so if the height turns out wrong for your shoulders you own it anyway. And one is worse than unpublished: Blissbury Ear Pillow, Blissbury Thin Stomach Sleeper Pillow, Nectar Tri-Comfort Cooling Pillow states its trial two different ways on its own page — The page states both a 100 Night Sleep Guarantee and a 30 night sleep trial. The page states both a 100-Night Free Sleep Trial and a 30 night sleep trial. The page carries a 365-Night Home Trial, a 30-Night Home Trial and a separate 30-Day Price Match Guarantee. This index prints the contradiction rather than picking the friendlier number.

A pillow named for your problem is not automatically tall enough for you. Every pillow in this index built around an opening or a cut-out tops out at 5″, and 4 of 4 of them cannot reach the top of the 4.5–5.2″ band a mid-range adult needs (The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Original P.W.A.H® V2, Blissbury Ear Pillow, Elviros C1 Adjustable CPAP Pillow, The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Original P.W.A.H® (V1)). That matters more here than it would elsewhere, because under-lofting is the mechanism that makes the ear hurt in the first place — so a pillow that solves the object and misses the height can leave you with the original problem in a new shape. Measure first, then check the loft column.

Computed from the 56 pillows in this index, not a claim about the market. Only 20 general-purpose pillow here publishes a fixed loft, which is too few to say specialty pillows are shorter than average — only that these ones fall short of the band.

Who publishes a loft, and who does not

Counting the index rather than assuming: 18 of 22 pillows with no height of their own — only that of the configuration you leave them in — publish no loft figure at all, while 4 of 6 pillows that adjust around a fixed shape do publish one, as do 16 of 20 fixed-loft pillows. A further 8 sold by fill weight or fill power rather than height, which is not concealment but a different unit: ounces or fill power say nothing about the inches a pillow holds under a head, so that category cannot be checked against a measurement at all.

That is not a limitation of the design, and four products prove it: Eli & Elm Side Sleeper Pillow publishes a 6″ maximum — the ceiling you adjust down from; Pillow Cube Side Cube Riser publishes 3″, 4″, 5″ — every setting it has; Contour Products CPAPMax Pillow publishes 2.25″, 2.75″, 3.5″, 4.25″, 5.25″ — every setting it has; Eli & Elm Everyday Pillow publishes a 6″ maximum — the ceiling you adjust down from. A bag of shredded fill has no fixed height, but it has a highest one, and a stack of risers has a known step — both are as publishable as any other number. 18 of 22 makers here decline to state either.

Which matters, because it means the products most able to hit your measurement are — with that one exception — the ones you cannot check against it before buying. You set the loft after it arrives, and the length of the trial is what protects you while you find out.

How it adjusts	Pillows	Publishes a loft
No height of its own	Coop Sleep Goods Original Adjustable Pillow, Layla, Coop Sleep Goods Eden Adjustable Pillow, Avocado, Sleepgram, Marlow, Eli & Elm Side Sleeper Pillow, Nest Bedding Easy Breather Side Sleeper Pillow, Hullo, Brooklyn Bedding, Coop Sleep Goods Latex Adjustable Pillow, Sealy, Xtreme Comforts, Nest Bedding Easy Breather Jr. Side Sleeper Pillow, Pillow Cube, Contour Products, Eli & Elm Everyday Pillow, Naturepedic, Buffy, Birch, Nectar, Silk & Snow	4 of 22
Around a fixed shape	The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Original P.W.A.H® V2, Blissbury, Elviros, The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Original P.W.A.H® (V1), The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Doughnut PWAH®, The Pillow With A Hole Ltd. The Waterproof & Wipe Clean P.W.A.H®	4 of 6
Not adjustable	Cushion Lab Deep Sleep Pillow, Pillow Cube, Purple, Cushion Lab CloudLoft Pillow, Cushion Lab Neck Relief Ergonomic Cervical Pillow, Casper, Bear, Brooklyn Bedding, Saatva, Leesa, Amerisleep Comfort Classic Pillow, Tuft & Needle, Amerisleep Flex Pillow, Tempur-Pedic, Beckham Hotel Collection, Serta, Sleep Innovations, Utopia Bedding, Blissbury, Cozy Earth	16 of 20
Sold by fill weight or power	Parachute Down Pillow, Sleep Number, MyPillow, ComfyComfy, Boll & Branch, Parachute Down Alternative Pillow, Brooklinen, Helix	n/a — not measured in inches

Why these columns and not others

Loft (in)

The one number the fit calculation is about.

Loft adjustable

Required loft is a property of your body and your mattress, not of the pillow. Adjustability is how a product survives being wrong about you.

Ear opening

Which family of answer it belongs to.

Trial (nights)

THE most under-published spec in this category. A fit problem takes more than a few nights to judge — your neck adapts, and the first two nights on a correct pillow can feel worse than the wrong one you were used to. A 14-day window and a 100-night window are not the same product risk, and no pillow comparison anywhere puts them side by side.

Price

Volatile. Always the last thing to check, and the reason a page like this is worth clicking through from an AI answer.

56 pillows indexed. Adding one is a row of data, not a new page written by hand.