Ikea Rosenskarm

3.5 stars – I would like to give this product 3.5 stars as I think it is "quite good" but not quite "great", and in my books 3 stars = good; 4 stars = great. As we can only give an integer rating I rounded it to 4. Anyway this pillow is different to a typical pillow in that it is quite firm and small. I've not used a pillow like this before so this was a… Read more

new sleeping experience for me.

The pillow is asymmetrical and offers 2 configurations: 1 for side sleeping and 1 for back sleeping. The image on the bag shows which is which.

I have to say it does seem to provide quite good support for both side and back sleeping. It does feel like my neck is getting better support. I can feel my neck getting the extra support around the larger foam bulge in the side sleeping configuration. This bulge feels too large for back sleeping, hence the 2nd configuration with the smaller bulge for back sleeping is useful.

The material is quite firm. My previous Ikea memory foam pillow was extremely soft compared to this one.

The foam seems to retain heat and I did get some sweat around my neck.

It is a bit annoying having to rotate the pillow when changing between side and back sleeping positions. Note this is a rotate, not a flip, and a flip is easier than a rotate, which requires more room.

It doesn't reek of chemicals like other Ikea stuff. Also purchased the Rumsmalva pillow and that one stinks quite badly and looks like it will need a lot of airing before I can use it. Same issue with Ikea mattresses -- really wish they would stop stinking up their products like this, it's getting a bit ridiculous. Don't know how they get away with it from a business perspective. I guess people think it's "fresh" or "new car smell" or something?

I'm sure there will be many people who won't like this small, firm, unusual pillow from Ikea. But it seems to work well for me. I just wish it retained less heat.

Update 1/1/24 I would just like to mention that 6 months after using this pillow I developed cervicogenic headache. I am not sure if this is a coincidence or whether this pillow caused it. I do not use this pillow any more as it aggravates my condition.