Pillows have historically been treated as durable goods when, in today’s materials, they really aren’t. To be fair, it’s not the materials themselves that won’t last forever. Left alone, they will outlast any of us.

Inside pillows, though, these materials are getting beaten up. We lay our big heads on them, sweat on them, toss and turn on them. They start to clump up, they aren’t as supportive as they used to be, and then your pillow isn’t as effective as when you bought it.

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