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Compare Buckwheat Pillows
As you may have seen there have been a few infomercials and TV shopping
networks selling buckwheat hull pillows. While these programs have helped to
educate the public about the benefits buckwheat hull pillows, some of the
products offered are considerably inferior to the our line of Buckwheat hull Pillows.
Imported buckwheat hulls
Imported buckwheat hulls which require chemical fumigation upon entry in the
country. We use organically grown domestic buckwheat hulls in all our
professional quality pillows. There are not enough buckwheat hulls raised in
North America to make all the pillows that are sold by the big TV telemarketers.
Fabrics
Cheap fabrics which may be uncomfortable or not long lasting. We use only
high quality fabrics.
Zipper and openings
Some manufacturers items do not have openings on their pillows. We use high
quality hidden zippers so that the pillow size may be adjusted as needed to fit
the user, and allows additional hulls to be added as the hulls become polished.
This also allows you to wash the inner liner by removing the hulls, because you
can't get the hulls very wet or they will not dry.
Support levels
Some other pillows are overstuffed and do not allow the neck to rest in the
proper position. Never sleep on your back on overstuffed pillows, it can cause
stress on the neck. Our Pillows
are adjustable.
Buckwheat Hull Cleanliness
Some other pillows use semi-clean or dusty hulls resulting in potential
allergy problems with buckwheat flour residue in the pillows that escape easily
from the cheaper fabrics. If you want to see if a pillow from someone else has
too much flour dust in it, simply remove the pillow case and shake the pillow
over a white piece of paper, and again over a dark piece of paper, you might be
amazed!
Buckwheat Hull Grade
Some pillows use unflattened (also called multi-flake or fluffy) buckwheat
hulls (two or three hulls still attached to each other) so pillows can be filled
with less weight of hulls.
Unflattened multi-flake hulls break apart during usage and cause much of the
pillow volume to be lost, retaining as little as 80% of their original volume.
This isn't too much of a problem if you have an opening on the pillow to add
more hulls, but some competitive products use multi-flake hulls and no opening
(a bad combination). Multi-flake hull pillows are fairly resilient when
new and become firmer and more supportive as the hulls become flattened and
polish themselves over the course of several months to a couple of years of
usage (depending how much the pillow is moved around and worked with). This
requires your body to constantly adapt to those types of changing pillows. Unflattened hulls are also noisier than pre-flattened hulls.
Obtaining the same bulk in a pillow with pre-flattened (single flake) hulls are heavier and more expensive and in much
more limited supply than unflattened hulls but they will maintain approximately
93% of their original loft as they polish themselves. Only a little extra hulls
will ever need to be added to pillows using pre-flattened hulls, helping them to
last many years even if you never add hulls.
Pillows which use pre-flattened hulls are already properly supportive of the
cervical spine, without being too resilient, or requiring any break-in time. The
'feel' of the pillow will not change over time. Our Makura Miracle Pillow,
Comfort Roll and Rejuvenator Deluxe Pillow use only pre-flattened hulls.
Broken-flake hulls, bits and pieces, are used by some cheap pillow
manufacturers. Caution should be used if buying pillows that sell for less than
$20 because they almost certainly use junk hulls. Junk hulls should only be used
on egg farms, gardening mulch, and munitions storage, not health products.
Good quality hulls are organically grown, and carefully milled, and are not
cheap. Makura further improves the quality by a multi-part cleaning process
including screen sifting to remove small particles, electrostatically charging
and tumbling the hulls prior to cleaning, high speed impacting to dislodge any
foreign matter, and negative air-flow blown to remove any residual flour or
dust. Sometimes people mistakenly think buckwheat hull pillows are just 'chaff',
in actuality it is a much sought after treasured item that can be more valuable
than the buckwheat kernel it once protected so dearly, and can take weeks or
months to get. Buckwheat hulls have been the filler of choice for Kings and
Emperors for centuries.
While this does not and cannot imply any approval of any pillows by the FDA,
because they don't do that, it has been a requirement for our company for over
15 years because we are the number one supplier of buckwheat cervical pillows to
Chiropractors, Physical Therapists, Massage Therapists, hospitals,
Rehabilitation clinics, and M.D.'s.
Pillow companies which just sell to the home furnishings / bedding markets are
not required to be FDA registered.
The Makura Miracle Pillow - is just a little more expensive than the inferior
copies however the far superior quality, comfort, safety, and durability are
well worth the little additional investment. One competitor offers a 10 year
replacement warranty to original owner only, which tells you how long buckwheat
hulls can last, but because they use multi-flake hulls and no refill zipper, you
may have to send in for a replacement several times in the next 10 years paying
shipping every time.
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information is provided here for your information.
| Product Name |
Manufacturer |
Grade |
Comments |
| Sobakawa Pre 1997 |
Pillows R Us |
Poor. - Bargain grade. |
Various grades of hulls, multi-flake hulls, very dusty
hulls, non-adjustable not recommended for neck problems |
| Sobakawa 1997 and later |
Pillows R Us |
Fair. - Lower end Retail grade. |
Imported fumigated hulls, multi-flake hulls, double
cleaned hulls, coarse liner, mid-grade cotton covers, non-adjustable not
recommended for neck problems |
| Sobakawa larger sizes w/opening |
Pillows R Us |
Fair to good. - Lower end Retail grade. |
Imported fumigated hulls, multi-flake hulls, thin cotton
liner, mid-grade cotton covers available at extra charge |
| Oriental Buckwheat Pillow |
Tele-Brands |
Very Poor. - Bargain grade. |
low quality hulls with high chaff inclusions, dusty, cheap
zipper, includes thin cotton pillow case |
| Mt. Fuji |
Tele-Brands |
Poor. - Bargain grade. |
low quality hulls, dusty, cheap zipper, includes thin
cotton pillow case |
| Shangri-La |
Tele-Brands |
Poor. - Bargain grade. |
low quality hulls, dusty, cheap zipper, includes thin
cotton pillow case |
| Bucky |
Bucky Products |
Very Good. |
Uses terrycloth type covering. Uses multi-flake hulls.
Somewhat expensive, but fairly nice. |
| Pillow Power |
Health Systems |
Unacceptable |
Do not even use for your pets |
Our Chiropractic and Physical Therapy
clients have evaluated 135 different types of pillows including foam cervical,
fiber fill, heat formable foam, water filled, etc. and no other type of pillow
has even rated close to buckwheat hull pillows in effectiveness in relieving
headaches, neck pain, and low back pain.
Buckwheat Hull Neck Rest and Travel pillow
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