Cocoon Hyperlite Pillow

Cost: $28

Product description: The COCOON Air-Core Pillow features an inflatable air core underneath a layer of premium synthetic fill, thus offering the support and the comfort of a superior synthetic pillow as well as minimum packing size! The COCOON Air-Core Pillow Hyperlight is even more lightweight and compact and has a super lightweight nylon shell. (The shells of all other Air-Core Pillows are half microfiber half nylon.)

 

Product specifications: Size (inflated): 33 x 43 cm (13 x 17"), Weight: 69 g (2.5oz), Color: black / dark blue

 

Bob's impressions: This pillow is very light, very compact and easy to use. I cannot speak to its durability because I didn't use it for very long. Despite the fact that it delivers on its statistical promises, I did not find it to be comfortable. I tried varying levels of inflation, knowing that I am a particularly finicky sleeper, but nothing seemed to work. The surface was a little too slick to use without wrapping a fleece or something around it, but the real problem was, I think, the basic design. It's like sleeping on a balloon for me. I couldn't seem to find a way to get comfortable support from it.

Everything works, the inflation and deflation is problem-free and it packs up very small. The Cocoon HL seems to be a quality product at a competitive price, but it just didn't work for me.

Laura's impressions: This pillow didn't work for me at all. It seems well enough constructed, and I found the surfaces to be comfortable, but it always felt hard as a rock no matter how much or how little I inflated it. I have since moved to an inflatable pillow with some shape and baffling, and this has made a big difference.

 

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