The feedback you've been waiting for...

I know I have left my readership in nearly unbearable suspense, and for that I hereby apologize.

Please pardon the delay, but my recent post about the impending arrival of a certain pillow garnered such a massive response that I have only just finished going through and responding to all the emails...I think it was the infographic that drew the crowd.

At any rate, here I am making excuses instead of giving you the information you've been longing for, and so I won't draw it out any further...

My pillow arrived, and it is overrated.
There! I admitted it. I was hoping that in the last six nights my opinion would change and I could write a post about how glorious my life is now that I have a Tempupedic pillow to rest my head on at night. But that's just not the case.

It's not a bad pillow, but I sure am glad I didn't pay $100 for it. The Symphony pillow is specially designed for people who sleep both on their backs and on their sides. This means the pillow is dual-sided, and the "back" side has an extra hump that is supposed to provide neck support. I was entranced by the description and envisioned somnatic harmony, but at the end of the day, the Symphony pillow is little more than a brick of expensive foam.

It's really good foam, of course. I won't deny that. And since I was so excited to finally have my own piece of Tempurpedic property, I was even willing to overlook the unpleasant smell that accompanies new Tempupedic products. (The smell reminds me of a chocolate scratch-and-sniff sticker: mildly medicinal and musky.) The odor is finally beginning to fade—but so is my enthusiasm for my new pillow.

The biggest issue is that the super-special foam retains heat exceptionally well, which I had heard before regarding the mattresses. However, I failed to realize that a PILLOW could cause my body heat to rise so much that I wake up in a full sweat. Perhaps this feature will serve me well come winter, but right now? Right now it's summer, and the last thing I need is to insulate my head so much that my body functions as an internal suana.

Of course, despite my disappointment, I will not stop using the pillow. I can now easily fall asleep on my back, and the support it provides is certainly superb. I have even noticed that the quality of my sleep has improved (until I wake up sweating, that is). The positive aspects do outweigh the negative. At least, I will convince myself of that fact, because I am really stubborn, and when I spend this much money on a pillow, you better believe I'm going to sleep on it.