Everyone who I know who has had a buckwheat pillow loves them. It will be harder to find than an ordinary pillow but you will probably feel it was worth it if you get one.
I'm adding to this. If you find a memory foam pillow for like $10 under the Sarah Preston (SP) Home brand, fucking avoid it like the plague. I bought one of those to begin with (they sell them at like the Dollar Store and some department stores) and it's like sleeping on a rock. Serious suck.
I like my pillows fat and puffy so I get new ones at least once a year or more but I have like 6-7 pillows on my bed. I'm just really hard to get comfortable so I need lots of pillows to do put in places to get comfortable. They usually end up on the floor.
I like a variety with my pillows. I have a couple monster feather pillows, some bigass fluffy pillows, a body pillow, even a gell filled pillow that I drunkenly bought from skymall (it was a looong flight). I put the gell packs in the freezer and slide them inside the pillow for a chilly face all night. Of course I share all of them with my dog. I've had a few memory foam pillows but I don't like how hot I get with them. Now f I could slide some ice packs down inside that mother fucker we could talk.... I don't buy them very often, But when I get them I splurge. Every few years they evolve into dog/camping pillows. I have a few old ones I keep with my tools for knee/back savers, and whatever other use I can find. A few weeks ago I went to a 5 day heady music festival in the woods, and I used a Layer of old pillows to protect the roof of my car from the shit load of camping gear I strapped up there. Then I slept in a pile of old dirty pillows for a week. I had a great time. Even slept in a pillow lined hammock...
Not often...I keep meaning to,though. I like to sleep with two flat pillows stacked on top of each other.
That is a good question. The pillows in my van have t shirts as their pillow cases. I did not document the day I bought them though so I have no definitive answer for you. I could estimate but like to be accurate when calculating such things.
10 district attorneys sued My Pillow, and won a settlement alleging the company had engaged in deceptive and false advertisements, and overstated its claims
Holy necropost! Well, fast forward five years and I now have one of those My Pillows that goofy fuck advertises relentlessly on TV. It's aiight.
It seems like I just bought one and it's nothing like it was when I first got it. I think that's what I'll do tomorrow. I'll go to a department store and get a new pillow!
i don't think i've ever lived in the same place long enough to need to replace the pillow itself. i've bought replacements ones for places i've moved into that needed them. but i don't think i've ever worn one out entirely my myself. of course i always buy or make foam ones. can't stand feathers with their little quills poking me in the middle of the night. last time i bought any it was at sears, and their storefront that was one of the anchor stores at our local mall, has since, quite recently, like less then a couple of months, been abondon and boarded up, with signs saying it will be replaced by a bowling alley and video archade. (which i'll believe when i see. also i don't give a rat about bowling, and i was gonna buy a new fridge there, which i guess i still could on line, but you know, i don't like to buy anything i can't fondle in person in a real physical store first)
how often? well, i don't think a pillow has ever lasted me. it always needs replaced eventually. as for how long it lasts, typically it's good for a year or so, and then i keep it for a couple more years even though it's a misshapen lump by then. i got one of those for christmas last year. i must not watch those channels, because i don't think i've ever seen an ad for it. but my mom was all about it. as far as i can tell, it's exactly like every other pillow i've ever owned, except maybe 2% fluffier.