Gel pillow, many people may not have heard of it, most people also inadvertently see in physical shops to know its existence. Some say it’s amazing, others say it’s average, so what exactly is a gel pillow, what exactly does it do, and why is there such a big difference in price between similar products on the market?
The human race suffers from two major symptoms: pain and insomnia. In an article published in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology, it was noted that for both young and old people, their sleep is most disturbed when they are exposed to heat rather than cold.
In June 2011, at a sleep conference in Minnesota, USA, Dr Nofzinger and Dr Buysee from the University of Pittsburgh reported their latest research: head cooling can treat insomnia. The research was prompted by scientists who reported significant chemical changes in the frontal brain of insomniacs, so they designed a study to lower the head temperature to treat insomnia.
So, gel, a material, entered the minds of sleep experts.
The so-called gel, also known as jelly gel, is a thick, semi-solid substance with a special elasticity between a liquid and a solid. It is formed by taking biological molecules such as proteins, enzymes, recombinant proteins, antibodies and nucleic acids, through tens of thousands of measurement experiments and fifteen chromatographic purifications, and finally refining an object that resembles human skin. It is made up of plant-derived molecules combined with natural essential oils using a water-renewable performance-derived composite.
Talking about low, it is the ideal material as the gel feels good to the touch, is flexible and has a good cooling effect. The surface layer of a gel pillow made from this material can dissipate body heat, making the person feel slightly below body temperature.
So, the market for gel pillows, many brands are sold at sky-high prices, whether it is worth it, there is no hype suspicion?
The gel was originally widely used in the market, medical, cosmetic, food, etc., not how magical substances, in terms of cost, and not as outrageous as imagined. In the case of pillows, because they are new, the price of many brands is more speculative, but the factor that determines the cost is the quality of the gel and the process.
A pure gel with a high degree of purity has a pronounced Q-tip, a good feel and a pronounced coolness.
There are two processes available, a patch process and a one-piece moulding process.
The goodness of the gel is easily demonstrated by the fact that if it is a very cheap gel, it feels very plastic and has a poor coolness and feel.
Many people are less likely to recognise good or bad workmanship. The process is good or bad to determine the overall comfort and effect of the pillow.
1. Patch Process
This is a relatively low-cost process, is to make a good thin layer of gel sheet directly on top of the memory foam pillow core, the advantages of this process is low cost, high efficiency, no technical content, comfort depends entirely on the quality of memory foam. The disadvantage is that there is no breathability and the coolness is short-lived. Some of you may find it strange, isn’t it true that the gel is advertised as a very breathable substance? Yes, the gel itself has a certain degree of breathability, but the gel itself is a sticky liquid substance, it is impossible to directly exposed to the outside, so in the production of pillows, the top will add a layer of transparent film similar to cling film. When you say that, you understand that a film is attached to the top, there is certainly no breathability. And some brands use such a process to sell to thousands of thousands of prices, relying on the publicity and packaging. Another example is the addition of toner in the memory foam, the name of the suspension substrate, the colour of the gel to change the name of the green rock, red rock, the profits increase dozens of times.
The publicity of the product, the aesthetics are very important, we see the publicity pictures look like this, very high.
But the actual removal of the set, most of the inside is like this.
Why many people are willing to talk high prices to buy such products, one because of the money, two because they do not sleep well, feel thousands of thousands of pillows can certainly solve their problems, three because of the charm of packaging publicity, the temptation to brush single brush evaluation, there is another reason is to send people have face. This is part of the national consumption habits of the decision, there is such a crowd on the market positioning of the product, these people’s money or earn.
2.One Molding Process
This process is more complex than the patch process, need good equipment plus good technology. That is, the liquid memory foam and gel fusion together, need to grasp their common melting point, after forming the same need to cover a film on top. This process out of the pillow is not only beautiful, but more importantly, enhance the feel of the gel to maintain the original Q bounce, if you do a little thicker particles, plus air holes, breathable far more than the patch process, the cool feeling of maintaining a little longer, but the cost is much higher.
When you are shopping, we recommend that you try to choose a one-piece molding process, gel particles as thick as possible. High quality gels are cool to the touch (slightly cooler than the ambient temperature), high in purity, good Q-tip and well made. There are not so good ones on the market, such as poor perforation technology, resulting in loud airflow; lamination technology, resulting in the sound of film folding; memory foam technology, resulting in stiffness. I picked the gel pillow are big brands used to label the pillow core. Gel pillows are not as expensive as you might think, and certainly not too cheap. There are indeed many copies
Post time: Nov-01-2022