Good Life Essentials vs Bear Pillow Comparison

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While the Good Life Essentials pillow is filled with shredded memory foam and Bear’s pillow is a solid piece of hybrid foam, both provide comfortable support that could meet the needs of any person who likes a firmer pillow.

What else do they have in common? Read on for my full Good Life Essentials vs Bear Pillow comparison!

Good Life Essentials vs Bear Pillow: Video Overview

Top Similarities

  • Foam-filled
  • Cooling materials featured in outer cover fabric
  • Traditional-shaped
  • Removable and washable portions/covers
  • Hypoallergenic
  • Made in the USA
  • On the firmer/supportive side – could be good for back and side sleepers

Pillow Reviews: Good Life Essentials vs Bear

Key Differences

Good Life Essentials

  • Cover: 50% Bamboo and 50% polyester blend textured cover
  • Filling: 100% Polyurethane Shredded Foam
  • Only sold on Amazon
  • Comes in sizes: Standard, Queen and King (reviewed Queen)
  • Lifetime warranty and 30-day trial

Good Life Essentials Shredded Memory Foam Pillow Review

Read our full Good Life Essentials Memory Foam Pillow review, here.

Bear

  • Cover: Double Ice Fabric: a special fabric that feels cool to the touch; made up of 40% “cool yarn” and 60% polyester
  • Core filling is made with LOFT-X FOAM: a hybrid foam that combines memory foam and latex foam to contour to one’s spine and neck (100% polyurethane)
  • Dual mesh side panels for continuous airflow throughout an individual’s sleep
  • Only available in Queen size
  • 2-year warranty and 100 night trial (from the time the customer receives the pillow)

Bear Pillow Review

Check out the full Bear Pillow review

Who Might Choose…

Good Life Essentials 

  • Those who like to shape their pillows. Despite the inability to access the shredded foam filling, the pieces can be moved and allow the sleeper to manipulate the pillow in several ways. If there’s too much initial loft, it’s possible to adjust and carve out an area for one’s head and neck.
  • Sleepers who love a modern knit. The cover fabric is 50% bamboo (rayon or viscose) and 50% polyester, which makes it very soft and comfortable. Bamboo is a new but increasingly popular fabric that is known for being soft but also breathable and durable.

Bear

  • Hot sleepers. Bear’s pillow is designed for breathability and to help hot sleepers stay cool all night; it accomplishes this with its ventilated foam core and its proprietary Double Ice Fabric cover, that has their own “cool yarn” woven into it for that cool-to-the-touch feel.
  • Those who prefer a molded foam core. The special LOFT-X hybrid foam is molded into a singular piece, which means it won’t fall flat or change shape, unlike its counterpart.
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Good Life Essentials vs Bear Pillow
Cover: Good Life Essentials vs. Bear

Overall

Both pillows have a lot to offer in terms of support and contouring specifically to the head and neck are. Deciding between these two excellent options will come down to the differences highlighted in the following features.

Filling: Good Life Essentials offers shredded pieces of memory foam while Bear’s pillow is a solid piece of LOFT-X foam that feels like a mix of memory foam and bouncier latex foam. The difference is instantly noticeable as the Good Life Essentials pillow is slow to respond and easy to manipulate while the Bear pillow has a very quick response.

Cover: The Good Life Essentials pillow is tremendously soft and offers a feel that’s closer to a traditional pillowcase than Bear’s Double Ice fabric cover.  As mentioned earlier, the Bear pillow features “cool yarn” in its fabric, which is reminiscent of fabric used in performance or athletic clothing, making it a great option for hot sleepers.

Both pillows come with trial periods for those interested in giving them a test drive for several nights. Those who are new to foam pillows may want to experience both to get an idea of what suits the individual best.

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Katie Golde

Katie Golde

Senior Digital Content Manager/Managing Editor​

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Katie Golde is a Certified Sleep Science Coach and previously served Managing Editor and Head of Sleep Research for Mattress Clarity. She handled the daily operations of the site and you’ll still see her in plenty of reviews, from mattresses to travel pillow and bed pillow reviews – plus the occasional How-To video. In addition, Katie reported, writed, and edited sleep health and sleep industry news for the site.

Since joining the Mattress Clarity team in 2016, she has reviewed hundreds of sleep products, like bed pillows and mattresses and written over 200 sleep-related stories for the site. She probably knows more about bamboo sheets and bed pillows than any one person should.

Katie has been writing about wellness-related topics, including sleep, for the last eight years. The first sleep story she wrote covered the best and worst foods to eat before bed. Her previous work can be found in print and online publications like Discover Magazine, USA Today, Bustle and The Huffington Post.

She has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in Journalism with a focus on Interactive Publishing from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism as well. During her graduate studies, Katie focused on health and science reporting and she received the G.D. Crain Award for demonstrating leadership, management, and entrepreneurial excellence during her final innovation project.

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