Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have had sleep pain in my neck and shoulders for more than 20 years. I've tried every type of bed. I have an astronaut foam bed now. I have tried every type of special or orthopedic pillow I could find. I have a useless collection of them now. Usually when I get a new pillow I have relief for a night or two, but then the pains come back. I was pretty sure there was just something wrong with me (arthritic deterioration?) and I was going to be living with this pain for the rest of my life. But not having given up hope completely, I recently tried a very well reviewed pillow with a water base that could be filled to suit. But that too turned out to be a disappointment after several nights use, experimenting with water fill levels. I mentioned all this to a friend and he told me about his great experience with buckwheat pillows. He added I should be sure to get one with a zipper and to experiment with the amount of fill to find my own comfort level. I wasn't highly optimistic because I already have a synthetic version claimed to be like a buckwheat pillow but with little soft beads in it. It was a disappointment. (I now recognize these are nothing at all like real buckwheat pillows) But figuring the chance of getting rid of pain was worth one more gamble, I checked what was on Amazon and I read up on the Beans72 product. Reviewers commented on the good quality of the product and reinforced the concept of experimenting with the fill level, also praising that the Beans72 product gives you more buckwheat than you need, so you can take some out and save it for later use if needed. I also noted some people said you don't need more than the Japanese size, their smallest and least expensive. (I later found that to be true for me.) I was convinced enough to try one. I am now very pleased to report that after tweaking my fill level and weeks of use, my pain left and remains gone! Additionally, as time passes, the pillow seems to be more and more comfortable, giving me confidence this may finally be my permanent, pain-free pillow. With every other kind of pillow, pain was back within a few days and got worse with time. This Beans72 buckwheat pillow appears to have improved my life significantly, at long last. Maybe I don't have arthritic deterioration after all. I will certainly be happy to pass along the recommendation for a pillow like this to others whenever the subject comes up, as my friend did for me. UPDATE: It's now 8 months since I wrote the review and I still stand by it. Still sleeping comfortably. Amazing. UPDATE: It's been almost 2 years now. I can't live without this pillow. I take it with me when I travel, which is quite a sacrifice in terms of losing space in the luggage, but it's worth it to me. I also have not yet needed to readjust the amount of buckwheat in the pillow.