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Cooling pillow comparison
A pillow that feels cooler on contact is not necessarily the one with the most airflow.
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Support the space above your shoulder
Side sleepers often need a higher pillow. AirCool Flex has removable filling, so you can adjust its height.
Support your head without lifting it too high
Back sleepers often prefer a medium pillow height. AirCool Flex allows you to change the amount of filling.
Choose a lower pillow height
Stomach sleepers often prefer a lower pillow height. Removing filling from AirCool Flex can reduce its height.
What makes a cooling pillow work?
Cool-touch surfaces can create an initially cooler sensation when you lie down.
Breathable mesh and ventilation channels are designed to let air move around or through the pillow.
Moisture-managing fabrics help move perspiration away from the contact surface.
None of these passive materials actively refrigerates your pillow. Actual comfort depends on room temperature, bedding, humidity and how you sleep.
The ones with structural cooling do. Adjustable fill and pocket spring construction both reduce heat accumulation at the fill level — not because of a coating, but because of how the material or structure allows air to move. Surface treatments (gel coatings, cool-touch covers) provide a brief cold sensation but do not solve the underlying retention problem.
Not necessarily. Passive cooling materials may offer an initial cool-touch feel, improve airflow or manage moisture. They do not actively keep a pillow at a fixed cold temperature.
Depends on the pillow. The Spacepillow is the adjustable entry option — add or remove fill to get the height right for any position. The Viscospring Signature provides cooling through pocket spring construction and is specifically suited to side and back sleepers who need maintained height and neck support.
A cooling pillow reduces heat around the head and neck, which is one contributor to night sweats. It will not address night sweats caused by hormonal or medical factors — those require a different intervention. For heat-related night sweating that is not medically driven, a structural cooling pillow is a reasonable first step alongside breathable bedding.
A standard memory foam pillow has no air channels — the closed-cell structure retains heat. The Viscospring Signature has 60 independent pocket springs creating permanent air channels, and 2,000 micro-perforations through the memory foam layer. Heat dissipates rather than accumulates.
“Cooling” describes material properties such as a cool-touch surface, airflow or moisture management. “Adjustable” means you can change the pillow's height or feel. AirCool Flex combines adjustable filling with breathable mesh and a cool-touch surface.
No. Cooling pillow constructions may use moisture-managing textiles, breathable mesh, ventilation channels or other materials. Compare how the actual model is made rather than relying on the term “cooling”.
Both use independent pocket springs and a memory-foam layer. The difference is the fabric: Coolmax is designed to move perspiration away and dry faster; Zeolite-infused fabric is intended to help absorb moisture and reduce trapped odors. Neither actively refrigerates the pillow.