Specialty Pillows

Why Use a Body Pillow?

Side sleeping sounds simple until you look at what the rest of your body is doing.

Your top leg drops forward. Your hips rotate with it. Your upper arm has nowhere to rest, so your shoulder follows. By morning, the position you fell asleep in and the position your body spent eight hours holding can look very different.

A body pillow for side sleepers gives your arms and legs a place to rest so you can keep your body in a more supported position. Hug the upper portion while resting the lower portion between your knees and you give the shoulders, hips, and legs support at the same time.

That is why a body pillow is more than an oversized pillow with excellent marketing.

A Cooling Body Pillow Without All the Bulk

A traditional long pillow can create another problem: heat, and that heat can lead to discomfort.

The more pillow you have pressed against your body, the more surface area there is to trap warmth. Now, our Body Pillow brings performance materials into the full-body format with Ver-Tex® instant-cooling fabric, breathable Air-X® fabric, and responsive React® blend fill.

At 54 inches long, it gives you full-length support without turning half the mattress into pillow territory.

This is also where a memory foam body pillow deserves a little nuance. Yes, foam can provide useful conformity and support, but construction matters. The Body Pillow uses a responsive shredded React® blend rather than one solid slab, pairing the support people look for in foam with airflow-focused materials around it.

Is a Body Pillow the Same as a Pregnancy Pillow?

Not quite, but there are some similarities.

Pregnancy pillows are commonly designed to wrap around more of the body, often using large C- or U-shaped formats built specifically around changing abdominal and back support needs.

BEDGEAR's Body Pillow has an elongated curved design and can provide useful full-body support during pregnancy, but it is not exclusively a pregnancy pillow. It is built for anyone looking for more support across the head, neck, torso, hips, and legs.

In other words: pregnancy is one use case. Side sleeping is an every-night one, and our U-shaped body pillow does it all.

For the numbers, positioning, and bed-fit details, read our Body Pillow Size Guide. You can also learn more about building a complete side-sleep setup in our guide to choosing pillows for your sleep position. At the end of the night, we always have your sleep covered comfortably at BEDGEAR.

What Does a Knee Pillow Actually Do?

If you sleep on your side, your knees naturally want to fall together or let the top leg drop toward the mattress. That being said, neither is especially helpful when you are trying to keep your hips stacked.

A pillow between the knees creates space between the legs and supports a more neutral lower-body position. Instead of letting the top leg pull your hips forward, a knee pillow gives it somewhere to rest.

That is why people looking for knee pillows for side sleepers, leg pillows for side sleepers, and side sleeper knee pillows are really getting at the same problem: what do you do with the leg that is not touching the mattress?

Well, now you can give it a pillow.

The Small Pillow With a Very Specific Job

Our Knee Pillow uses an ergonomic hourglass shape designed to sit comfortably between the legs while supporting hip and knee alignment.

Inside, you have shredded React™ foam provides conforming support. On the outside, a removable Ver-Tex® cover gives the surface a cool-to-the-touch feel and can be removed for washing.

And because the pillow is compact, it is surprisingly versatile. Use it between the knees while side sleeping, under the knees while resting on your back, or pack it when you travel and want a smaller support pillow for your legs, neck, or lower back.

Knee Pillow vs. Leg Elevation Pillow

These two sound the same, right? But these are not always the same thing.

A knee pillow is compact and designed for targeted positioning around the knees and legs. A large leg elevation pillow or wedge pillow is generally built to lift a much larger portion of both legs at once.

Now, if what you want is something to place between your knees while sleeping, you are in the right place. If you are looking for a large wedge that elevates both legs from the calves down, that is a different product category.

For a deeper look at how support changes by sleep position, read our pillow sleep-position guide to explore more options. And don’t worry, we don’t leave back sleepers hanging, either, they can read our guide to choosing a pillow for back sleeping.

A Travel Pillow Should Work After You Get Off the Plane

Most people hear the words travel pillow and picture something wrapped around someone's neck in seat 23B.

That is one type, though, and it is not the only type.

A good travel pillow should be useful on the flight, in the car, at the hotel, at the campsite, and anywhere else your normal sleep setup did not make the trip. That is why BEDGEAR travel pillows use a compact version of a traditional pillow shape rather than locking you into one position.

Use one as an airplane pillow against the window. Put it behind your lower back on a road trip. Use it under your knees. Bring it into a hotel instead of gambling on whatever has been waiting on the bed since check-in.

One pillow. More than one job.

Flow vs. Storm Travel Pillows

Our Travel Pillow Collection gives you two primary performance directions.

The Flow Performance® Travel Pillow is the breathability-first option. Air-X® fabric, mesh panels, and air vents promote airflow around the pillow, while its removable washable cover keeps travel cleanup simple.

The Storm Performance® Travel Pillow adds Ver-Tex® instant-cooling fabric to the equation. If you run hot, travel somewhere warm, or simply want that cool-to-the-touch feel when your hotel room refuses to cooperate, Storm is the move.

Both use responsive React™ blend fill and are built to provide familiar BEDGEAR comfort in a smaller, easier-to-pack format.

What About Travel Neck Pillows?

A travel neck pillow usually means the U-shaped pillow that wraps around your neck while you sit upright.

That is not what these are.

BEDGEAR travel pillows are compact performance pillows designed for more flexible positioning. You can still use one to support your head and neck during a flight, but you are not stuck wearing it around your shoulders for the rest of the trip.

That distinction matters when you are looking for the best travel pillow for long flights. If your only priority is keeping your head upright in an airplane seat, a wraparound neck pillow may make sense. If you want one pillow that can go from the plane to the hotel bed, campsite, car, or lumbar position, a compact traditional shape gives you more options.

The good news is that if you want to learn more about travel pillows, our Types of Travel Pillows guide breaks down the major designs and where each one works best.

Choose the Pillow Based on Where You Need Support

If your hips and knees drift out of position while side sleeping, start with the Knee Pillow.

If you want support across your upper body, hips, knees, and legs at the same time, go with the Body Pillow.

If the problem begins the second you leave home, explore our Travel Pillows.

And if what you really need is a better everyday pillow for your head and neck, that is a different job. Shop our full Performance® Pillow Collection for personalized sizes, feels, cooling levels, and shapes built around your sleep position.

Specialty pillows are not replacements for the right primary pillow. They finish the setup around it.