Buckwheat Pillows

MOST ECONOMICAL PILLOW

2. Buckwheat pillows are too expensive.

A. There are cheap pillows, and there are quality pillows. This is true of both conventional pillows and buckwheat pillows. A cheap conventional foam or feather pillow is a poor investment, as is a cheap buckwheat pillow. A quality buckwheat pillow costs about the same as a quality conventional pillow.

However, a quality buckwheat pillow is far more economical in the long run, because all conventional pillows are subject to dust mite infestations unless they have been either plasticized or chemically treated. Both of these procedures produce toxins which would be breathed in all night.

Health experts recommend dust mite infested pillows be replaced periodically , ideally every six months. Quality buckwheat pillows which have been triple vacuumed to remove traces of flour and foreign matter are not subject to dust mite infestations, and will easily last 15 years or more. The malleability factor, which is what produces the incomparable comfort of a buckwheat pillow, actually improves with use. Only the cheap imported buckwheat pillows that are not triple vacuumed might support dust mites, so bottom line, quality buckwheat pillows are far more economical than conventional pillows over time. So much for that excuse.