What are good pillows that will last a long time?

apinnyon · 21 August 2008 at 12:38PM

My Dunlopillo is a standing joke in my family. I've had it since I was nine (37 now) and take it with me when I stay at other peoples if I can get away with it. When we visited my parents in Spain recently, the first question my Dad asked was where's your pillow? (I don't take it abroad with me - not that sad) My oh and kids have them too. They wash really well without going lumpy and dry quickly.

Swan_2 · 21 August 2008 at 12:49PM

it certainly is a shame Argos don't stock them any more, mine were around the £18 mark when I bought my last ones from them less than 5 years ago, now a quick Google shows some places charging £40+ for the same thing :eek: :eek: :eek:

ebay have some around £65 a pair, but that's still a huge price increase, I wonder why they've become so expensive? anyone find them cheaper?
still, I'd buy them again even at those prices, would just take me longer to afford them :rolleyes:

(there are cheaper ones in the Dunlopillo range, but they're not pure latex foam)

Thistle-down · 21 August 2008 at 1:01PM

Dunlopillo latex foam

I bought one for my husband in TKMaxx for £9.99, it's brill!

free4440273 · 23 August 2008 at 10:39AM

pillow covers: folks, do you think a combination of 50% polyester/cotton for pillow covers is ok? I'm finding it hard to find 100% cotton. thanks:)

jessicamb · 23 August 2008 at 10:54AM

free4440273 wrote: »

pillow covers: folks, do you think a combination of 50% polyester/cotton for pillow covers is ok? I'm finding it hard to find 100% cotton. thanks:)

I got some pima cotton ones from Dunelm and dont ever want to go back to non 100% cotton ones

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Something like this:

http://www.dunelm-mill.com/range/Pima%20Jacquard//1

they were quite expensive but 400 thread count. Alternatively Matalan do some Egyptian cotton ones at either 180 or 200 thread count (cant remember which).

free4440273 · 23 August 2008 at 10:57AM

^thanks jessi:)

slash69 · 23 August 2008 at 12:28PM

hi all argos are doing silent night latex pillows £19.99 for one. do you think these will be as good as the dunlopillo ones

Slinky · 23 August 2008 at 8:26PM

Is it possible to machine wash Dunlopillos? Mine says handwash only on it, and TBH I've never got around to it and I've had them for ahem..... several years!