Update: The Best Pillows: Scandia

I've got a new little sleeper in the family. If you do — or ever have — you know to keep things simple. So here's my advice if you need a new pillow: just get a Scandia. You won't regret it. I've tried many others, slept on and kept them for years. Hands down, Scandia are the best. They last the longest. The down is the loftiest, with the slowest "sink" and the most spring. The company will clean the pillows for cheap, and they'll add or remove down if you want your pillow a little firmer or softer. Recently I've gotten a lot of e-mail from people sleeping on sad rocklike formations, flat old foam pillows, and birthday-gift memory foam that just didn't pan out. (Another reason to ditch your memory foam: do you want to rest your head every night on a petroleum byproduct with a half-life of 1000 years?)

My favorite place to buy pillows is Nancy Koltes at Home, in Soho. They're offering 25% off all Scandia pillows and comforters till April 27th. The pillows aren't on the Web site, but you can check the Scandia site for details (I like the Versailles medium, in queen, $275), and then call Nancy Koltes and ask for Victor.

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