Groove Pillow Review UK (2024)

The Groove pillow has an ergonomic design and combines a core of memory foam with cotton fillings.

This provides the head and neck with excellent support while allowing the pillow to remain soft and comfortable.

Memory foam is known for its contouring abilities, relieving pressure points and offering optimal support.

Since the memory foam used in the Easy Sleeper pillow is bamboo and charcoal-infused memory foam, it also offers enhanced breathability and better temperature regulation. ❄️

You'll have a largely similar experience with the Panda pillow, which combines a core of cooling memory foam with a bamboo cover.

So, how do you "sleep easy" on the EasySleeper?

As a neck pillow, the Groove EasySleeper is designed to eliminate neck pain, shoulder pain, upper back pain, and stiffness and tension by correcting your posture during sleep.

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By allowing for neutral spinal alignment in the side and back sleeping positions, using the pillow eliminates unnecessary pressure and tension.

This allowes you to wake up tension- and pain-free.

So how should you sleep on the EasySleeper pillow?

You'll start by placing the pillow flat on your mattress, with the concave side facing your bed (i.e. where your neck would go).

The pillow should not be used with any other pillows or layers under or on top of it.

You may feel slightly uncomfortable when you first start using your ergonomically designed pillow - this is because supportive sleeping can feel a bit unusual. 😧

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You should always stick to a new pillow for a few weeks (or even up to ten weeks) to give your body the chance to get used to it.

How do you use the Groove pillow as a side sleeper?

These are the EasySleeper pillow guidelines for sleeping on your side:

• Place the Groove pillow on your mattress.
• Lie down and lean your cheeks against the lateral raised sides of the pillow (either left or right, depending on your side position).
• Your shoulder should fit snugly into the space underneath.

This position allows your chin to be aligned with your chest and eliminates additional tension on your cervical vertebrae. 🦴

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So, how did this work for our Groove pillow review?

At first, lying in this position felt like a dream.

What felt nice was that the concave part perfectly aligned the neck and spine, but you still had those lateral raised sides for extra comfort.

But, since changing sleeping positions is pretty standard, we didn't stay in this position all night long. ⏰

On most mornings, our test sleepers woke up hugging a different part of the pillow, with the neck not actually in the concave part.

Luckily, though, the entire pillow is incredibly comfortable (not too soft and not too firm), so we felt great even if we did not experience the full ergonomic design.

How do you use the Groove pillow as a back sleeper?

These are the Easy Sleeper pillow guidelines for sleeping on your back:

• Place the Easy Sleep pillow on your mattress.
• Place your neck in the concave memory foam area in the middle of the pillow.

This position raises your head slightly, allowing the natural curvature of your neck and head to stay aligned.

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Our test sleepers aren't pure back sleepers, but some did start the evening in this position. 🌔

Like with the side sleeping position, the Groove pillow offered the perfect balance of comfort and support for back sleepers.

Lying back on the pillow, you can instantly feel pain, tension, and pressure in the neck area melt away.

This is also a great position for bedtime reading. 📚

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Even though the Groove pillow predominantly features memory foam (which typically sleeps warmer), it also has a unique design that helps with temperature regulation. 🥵

This includes:

• The memory foam is bamboo and charcoal-infused, both of which enhance breathability, drawing away excess moisture and helping with temperature regulation.
• It features more breathable cotton fillings in addition to the memory foam.
• It has mesh sides for enhanced airflow.

By implementing cooling technologies, Groove Pillows aims to counteract the heat retention properties of memory foam.

We felt cool and comfortable with the Groove pillow - even with a UK summer heatwave. ❄️

It felt cooler and more comfortable than many other memory foam pillows we've tried!

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The Easy Sleep pillow is delivered within a few working days in a recyclable box, protected in a biodegradable plastic wrap.

Unfortunately, shipping is only free for larger orders, and we found the whole tracking system (with e-mail and live tracking, including a 2-hour time slot) a little slow and inconvenient.

Most companies give you a time slot at the start of the day, which makes planning your schedule more manageable. 📆

But, with Groove, we only got a notification of the two-hour slot by lunchtime, so we sat around waiting for half the day.

Customer service for the delivery service was also non-existent - the only chat option connected you to a computer, which repeatedly fed out the same message.

To top it off, the delivery personnel never actually rang the bell or knocked at our door and simply left the package outside. 🔔

This was a tad inconvenient, and we've definitely had better experiences with companies like Panda London!

But we still received the pillow in good order, despite the slight inconvenience.

How do you unpack the Groove pillow?

The pillow came compressed and rolled to minimise packaging. 📦

As soon as you take it out of the box and remove the plastic wrapping, the pillow pops back into shape.

It was at its full size almost instantly - but sometimes it may take a few hours for full expansion.

Does the Groove pillow smell?

We experienced zero off-gassing with the Groove pillow.

But should you ever experience off-gassing with memory foam products, there's no need to worry - off-gassing isn't harmful or toxic.

It can be a little unpleasant, though, so we'd always recommend unwrapping new products in a well-ventilated room. 🏡