If you want the short answer, here was the clear winner.
TempurPedic vs. Dosaze Winner: The Dosaze Contoured Orthopedic Pillow
And now for the long answer:
When it comes to getting a good night’s rest (especially for those with neck pain and tension headaches), the right pillow can make a world of difference. People often spend thousands of dollars trying to upgrade their sleep with an expensive mattress — but it’s crazy how a pillow (which is much less expensive) can make a huge difference by itself.
Right now, there are a couple of market leaders in the category – the tempur pedic pillow and the Dosaze Contoured Orthopedic Pillow.
With these two pillows on the market, it begs the question – which one should you get? Our team of three ordered both and have conducted a side by side comparison of these two products to recommend the one that we think is best for you.
We read hundreds of reviews of both pillows, ordered multiple units of each, and spent 3 months sleeping on them.
We compared these two pillows across multiple dimensions and gave the following ratings – even, Dosaze/tempur pedic pillow slight winner, Dosaze/tempur pedic pillow clear winner
Here’s a summary of how they stacked up.
- Functionality/effectiveness at reducing neck pain: clear winner, Dosaze
- Suitability for side sleepers: slight winner, Dosaze
- Suitability for combination sleepers: clear winner, Dosaze
- Customer service: even
- Price: even
- Materials/quality: slight winner, Dosaze
Here’s some more detail on each of the categories above and how we came to our conclusions.
Functionality/effectiveness at reducing neck pain – clear winner, Dosaze
The Tempur Pedic pillow and Dosaze make similar claims, but after we tested them, we prefer the Dosaze pillow, especially when it comes to relieving neck pain and tension headaches.
There are notable differences in the shapes of the pillow — the Dosaze Contoured Orthopedic Pillow leverages a contour shape that keeps your head and neck in alignment. There is a contour in the center of the pillow and you will also notice that (and this is important for side sleepers), the rear is very slightly lower than the front of the pillow, which allows the pillow to conform to the natural shape of your head and neck when you are lying on your side.
Compare this to the tempur pedic pillow, which has a contour to fit your head, but it only works if you maintain one sleeping position throughout the night. One side of the pillow is lower than the other — you can sleep on the elevated side when you’re side sleeping and the other if you are back sleeping. The issue is, however, that you can’t switch sleeping positions without reorienting the pillow. See below:
In this position, the pillow is great for side sleeping, but it isn’t as great for side back sleeping. Contrast this with the Dosaze pillow, where you can sleep on the elevated sides of the pillow when sleeping on your side and in the center of the contour in the pillow when sleeping on your back.
Dosaze is the clear winner here. We simply found that Dosaze did a better job at reducing our neck pain – it really works well.
Suitability for side sleepers – slight winner, Dosaze
The tempur pedic pillow and Dosaze are both solid options for side sleepers. They are both suitable heights for most side sleepers (to fill your shoulder gap) and are made of supportive and comfortable memory foam. The reason we give the slight edge to Dosaze is because the slight lowering of the pillow near the rear is ideal for side sleepers, while the tempur pedic pillow is just flat.
Suitability for Combination Sleepers – clear winner, Dosaze
This is where Dosaze really stands out.
Dosaze has an innovative shape – the contour of this pillow is amazing. It does wonders to align your neck and back and keeps your neck in place throughout the night. This reduces neck pain, tension headaches, and even alleviates snoring and sleep apnea (because your airways won’t get blocked).
And it actually works for all sleepers – the shape of this pillow is ideal for two reasons: (1) it aligns your head and neck and keeps it in place and (2) if you are a combination sleeper (and sleep on your back and side), you can sleep on the edge of the pillow (which is higher) when you side sleep and you can roll into the middle of the pillow (into the contour) when you sleep on your back. Stomach sleepers (who usually stay on their stomachs) can sleep in the contour.
Here’s a photo of Jenny (part of our team) using the Dosaze in all sleep positions:
Compare this to the tempur pedic pillow pillow.
The tempur pedic pillow simply is not a good pillow for combination sleepers. Because it is one consistent height throughout the pillow, your neck will and back will get misaligned if you try to sleep on it on your back. This can cause neck pain and uncomfortable night’s sleep.
Some people on our team tend to wake up with headaches – an added benefit of Dosaze is that it helps prevent tension headaches. Users do not report this additional benefit with the tempur pedic pillow.
We also found that the Dosaze cover is significantly cooler than the tempur pedic pillow pillow. The Dosaze cover is made of a bamboo blend, while the tempur pedic pillow Ice Cube pillow doesn’t even list the materials — we know this for sure, it wasn’t that cool.
Customer service – even
While it’s impossible to please every customer, Dosaze goes out of its way to make everyone who purchases a pillow happy. You can see in the review on the site that customers really appreciate Dosaze’s customer service:
Price – slight winner, Dosaze
The Tempur Pedic and Dosaze pillows are comparably priced. The small version of the TempurPedic Contoured Version is $119.99 on its site, which is exactly the same as the Dosaze Contoured Orthopedic Pillow.
That being said, TempurPedic and Dosaze offer introductory discounts and you can often find discounts on other sites. Overall, they are both medium to high priced pillows, and in my opinion, it’s better to optimize for the pillow that will best help your sleep instead of trying to save a marginal amount buying one or the other.
Materials / quality – slight winner, Dosaze
Dosaze comes with CertiPUR-US certified memory foam – this certification means that the foam and factory through rigorous testing to ensure it met strict standards for content, performance, durability, and emissions.
As for the tempur pedic pillow pillow, we weren’t able to confirm the product had the same certification. This means that the foam may not be as high quality and may contain a higher ratio of VOCs and may be made with PDBEs, TDCPP, TCEPs, formaldehyde, phthalates, and/or ozone depleters. These substances can be dangerous for your health.
The Dosaze Contoured Orthopedic pillow’s cover also consists of a bamboo blend. The tempur pedic pillow is made of a polyester knit material which can be more scratchy. Comparing the two, not only is the Dosaze pillow extremely supportive and comfortable but it’s also more environmentally friendly, naturally cooling, and antimicrobrial (thanks to the properties of bamboo). We loved the feeling of the bamboo cover on our skin – it is cooler, naturally antimicrobial, and soft as silk.
After our review of both the Dosaze and the tempur pedic pillow, Dosaze is the clear winner.
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