Mindful Design Cooling Memory Foam Body Pillow
Coming in at just under 10 lb, the shredded memory foam-filled body pillow by Mindful Design is impressive in its size and its high level of support. This body pillow could potentially be a good fit for hot sleepers, because gel cooling panels run along one (or both) sides of the pillow and keep it cool to the touch.
Mattress Clarity Score
4.00 / 5
Read Full ReviewMindful Design Body Pillow Video Review
See the Mindful Design Cooling Memory Foam Body Pillow in action as I run it through a variety of tests, as well as talk through my personal experience with the pillow.Key Features
- Dimensions: 48″ x 16″ x 9″ (height)
- Gel panel measures 39″ x 12″; the gel pad is 100% non-toxic, medical-grade cooling gel
- Around 9.38 lb in weight
- Outer cover: 100% cotton and 100% polyester air-knitted mesh over gel panels
- The filling is 100% shredded polyurethane foam
- Designed for stomach sleepers and side sleepers (and hot sleepers!)
- Comes in single-sided or double-sided option (we’ve got the single-sided)
- Available at different retailers (Amazon, Walmart, etc.)
- $45 – $65 full price, depending on the retailer
- 30-day return policy
Who Makes The Pillow
The body pillow is made by a company called Mindful Design, which sells a range of home decor, furniture, and other bed and bath products. While there doesn’t immediately appear to be a company website or any social media pages, there is an Amazon listing available. When it comes to pillows, Mindful Design also offers a bamboo-derived cooling foam body pillow as well as more traditional bed pillows and orthopedic head and neck pillows.Care
People will want to make sure the pillow has had enough time to expand and be “thoroughly aired” before they use it. In terms of cleaning it, the whole pillow and the cover are spot-clean only. People should NOT throw the cover in a washing machine and they should Air dry only after spot cleaning.Pros
- The cooling feature works well
- Good support for side sleepers and larger stomach sleepers
- Comes with nice packaging and helpful instructions
- Shredded foam is nice because it contours a little bit more than it does for a solid piece of gel foam
- Single or double-sided gel pad options are available
Cons
- It is firm to extra-firm, which might be too much for back sleepers or people who want just subtle support
- Takes up a good amount of space in a bed
- People will need to fluff it in the dryer to get full support
- Spot-clean only
- The inside of the cover had some quality issues
Personal Experience
The body pillow will come condensed in a small carrying case. People should make sure to let it breathe for 12 to 24 hours in a well-ventilated area so they can get the maximum foam expansion before using it! It’s also recommended to toss it in the dryer for a few minutes (following the care instructions). Consumers will be able to tell pretty quickly that there are some large foam chunks in this pillow that keep it feeling very firm or extra-firm, and the 9″ loft is definitely realistic. This is one of the firmest and most supportive body pillows I’ve reviewed, and it’s definitely a good fit for people who sleep on their sides and/or large individuals who sleep on their stomachs.
The cover comes folded neatly in the package, and the first thing I noticed about mine was there was lots of loose string and extra fabric hanging off the inside. It didn’t look finished, and I wasn’t sure if there was a quality issue and if extra strings should be trimmed.
While it did not look great, it didn’t affect my ability to get the cover on the pillow (it was easy).
The gel panel is actually very small, non-toxic medical-grade gel squares that make up a large panel. People will also see some mesh knitting over the cooling gel.
Even after multiple nights of using the pillow, the gel panels stayed relatively cool to the touch. One reason people avoid foam pillows is because of breathability issues. But between the chunks of foam (where air can flow between) and the cooling panel, I think this is a fairly nice and supportive option.
Mindful Design Cooling Memory Foam Body Pillow
Coming in at just under 10 lb, the shredded memory foam-filled body pillow by Mindful Design is impressive in its size and its high level of support. This body pillow could potentially be a good fit for hot sleepers, because gel cooling panels run along one (or both) sides of the pillow and keep it cool to the touch.
Mattress Clarity Score
4.00 / 5
Read Full ReviewHow This Pillow Works for Different Sleep Positions
The firmness and support of this pillow make it an excellent fit for most side sleepers. It’s a good pillow to wrap around when people are sleeping on their side and feeling the cool gel pad against the body. Based on personal experience, it’ll be hard to support the back on this pillow because it’s just too tall and firm. People can lean up against it, but they won’t really be able to lay on top of it in any comfortable way. If they just want a little boundary between them and their sleep partner, though, it could work quite well!
Average sized stomach sleepers may find it too large as well, because they’d really be resting on top of a large pillow, as opposed to letting a body pillow subtly support them.
Some larger individuals may find it to be the perfect amount of support, but average and petite people will probably feel that it’s just too much for stomach sleepers.
