Have you ever had this experience when staying in a hotel — even though it’s a 陌生 bed, you can always get a good night’s sleep? Behind this, pillows play a crucial role. Those seemingly ordinary hotel pillows actually hold great care for guests' "neck protection" needs.

1. Pillow filling materials: each with its unique strengths

Hotels are never casual when it comes to choosing pillow filling materials. The three common types of fillings each have their focuses to meet different needs:

Down pillows: Filled with large down clusters, they are lightweight, breathable, and won’t make you sweat while sleeping. With just the right loft, they provide good support for the head. Priced moderately, they are common in mid-to-high-end hotels — lying on one feels like being gently held by a cloud.

Chemical fiber pillows: Filled with chemical fiber batting, they are affordable and easy to clean. However, their drawbacks are obvious — they are not very breathable, tend to clump and deform over time, lose elasticity, and become uneven. They are mostly found in mid-to-low-end hotels, focusing on basic practicality.

Latex pillows: Known as "excellent support experts," they are super elastic, not easy to deform no matter how you sleep, and fit the neck curve snugly. Moreover, they rarely harbor dust, fibers, or other allergens, making them friendly to people with respiratory sensitivity. Some styles even have massage particles that help promote blood circulation. However, they are more expensive and usually standard in high-end hotels.

2. The secret of 4 pillows: tailored for "neck protection"

At home, one pillow is usually enough for sleeping, but why do hotels always place 4? The answer lies in "neck protection."

Hotels receive different guests every day, each with different sleeping positions. Hotels need to provide guests with basic "sleep comfort" — ensuring they wake up feeling relaxed without neck discomfort. Thus, in terms of pillows, hotels aim for "universality."

Here’s a way to check if a pillow is comfortable:

When sleeping on your back, if your chin points up, the pillow is too low.

In the same position, if your chin tucks down, the pillow is too high.

The ideal position is when your chin and head are level — too high or too low will 压迫 (compress) and deform the cervical spine.

That’s why many people, when sleeping on their backs, place a pillow under their knees (in addition to the one under their head) to reduce pressure on the lower back. For side sleepers, they may need a higher pillow under their head and a small pillow between their knees to ease cervical pressure. Note that this pillow shouldn’t be too large, otherwise it will add extra pressure on the cervical spine.

3. Custom pillows: embodying the hotel’s thoughtfulness

Many people find that pillows in five-star hotels are so comfortable they "never want to leave," yet they’re hard to buy elsewhere. In fact, these pillows are mostly custom-made by hotels after long-term user feedback and repeated tests — their height, softness, and elasticity are precisely tailored to guests' neck protection needs.

If you want to customize such "comfortable pillows" for your hotel guests, check out MOFISI. Since 2004, this company has focused on hotel linen customization. Over 21 years, it has selected high-quality raw materials, adhered to craftsmanship, and polished every link from raw materials to end customers, striving to provide consumers with the most reliable and 贴心 (intimate) products.

For professional hotel linen customization, MOFISI is the right choice.