The market is surprisingly varied, with travel pillows for long flights, camping and inflatable options – but which is best for you? I’m quite tall, but I imagine this would be slightly uncomfortable for petite people where the neck might not quite align with the headrest. All you have to do is simply remove the foam insert from the removable cover and replace it with your clothing. If you’re a light sleeper, crank up the comfort with softer materials, recessed inflation valves and memory foam cores.

With its supportive memory foam core and ergonomic design, Go offers the best comfort for the frequent traveller. The travel pillow doesn’t fold down as small as others but it comes in a handy carry case which can be carabiner-clipped onto bags and suitcases. The measurements are approximate so if the dimensions are critical (eg if you're using it as a cover for an existing pillow), please feel free to contact me for more accurate measurements. As she had clothes that wouldn’t fit in her backpack, most of them very lightweight as she was heading to Vegas, she stuffs them all into the travel pillow.This is a seriously beefy travel pillow – it’s thicker than most of the ones we tested, and although its microbead filling doesn’t have quite the same “bounce back” qualities as memory foam, it’s still ridiculously comfortable, and a great option for travellers needing a little extra support. With these considerations in mind, we settled on two major rubrics for our pillow testing criteria: comfort and build. Many travel pillows also clip onto your backpack or suitcase, so you don’t need to worry about taking up precious room in your luggage. We then had one short tester and one tall tester evaluate how comfortable and supportive the pillows felt when behind our heads, under our chins and in the crooks of our necks.

If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. Because the J-Pillow doesn’t attach directly to your neck or your seat, it tended to slip around unless it was wedged against a hard surface. It’s just the thing to prevent you waking up a couple of hours into a nap to find your head resting on the stranger next to you’s shoulder. A user on TikTok has shown us an amazing travel hack that will help you save space (and money) when you’re flying.Although I see nothing wrong with checking a bag every so often, I’ve always viewed it as a personal goal to travel “carry-on only” when I fly. com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. Plus, the exterior is made of a silky-soft, jersey-like fabric that made for the perfect environment for getting some rest while in flight. Our top tip to aid relaxation by the pool, we also recommend packing this pillow for any trip where you need guaranteed bedtime comfort for a great night’s sleep. Whereas that older model’s cover is made entirely from velour, the S3’s is made from a more breathable, quick-dry fabric that did indeed feel cooler to the touch.

For us, the beauty of this pillow’s unusual shape is the way in which it can bend and flex when used in cramped quarters – when seated by the plane’s window, for example, we could wrangle the pillow so that it cushioned both our shoulders and our head. A compact alternative to our best-selling Classic Pillow, this new design comes in a handy portable size that’s ideal for short or long-haul travel. It clips directly to your luggage and is made from ripstop fabric that’ll keep your pillow clean and protected until you’re ready to use it.If a travel pillow has a removable cover, we also wash it according to the manufacturer's instructions and put it back on the pillow to check for shrinkage. I’ve learned all the packing hacks over the years; I can roll clothes and stuff socks in shoes with the best of them, and I’m a pro at clipping in extras — like mini coolers and water bottles — with my trusty carabiner collection. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. An added bonus could be that if your bag is a bit too big for the sizer, you can take out your neck pillow and wear it around your neck when they measure your bag.