Sound Asleep Pillow

The Sound Asleep Pillow has speakers inside, enabling the listener to hear their favourite music, podcasts or radio shows through the pillow without the use of headphones.

My number one question for this product is "Why?" Why would you need to do this? Lying on a pillow implies going to sleep, and my view is that when we go to sleep we need peace and quiet. Nowadays so many young people and adults do not seem to function without having music/noise in their ears almost constantly. This is a worrying trend and one that products like this seem to extend even further. 

The Sound Asleep Pillow stated that this is not to be used for children under five years old due to the strangulation risk (the detachable lead of the jack extends out of the pillow). I would maintain that for older children if they like to go to sleep with music or a story playing in the background then it is still better to have it playing on a CD player away from the bed. 

I wondered about adults who may have trouble getting to sleep or who wake up and cannot get back to sleep, using this product. If they share a bed I thought that the Sound Asleep Pillow may be useful by offering fewer disturbances to your partner. However despite the fact that the product overview stated that you can "listen to your personal sounds that only you can hear" the fact that it is inside a pillow does not block out the sound completely to others in the room.

On the plus side it is a very nice, soft pillow, the equipment within cannot be felt when lying on it, and this is better than a child or adult going to sleep with headphones in their ears.  The Sound Asleep Pillow may be useful for car journeys, or perhaps your pillow of choice when you are camping as early nights are often on the cards, so listening to music  while snuggled into a sleeping bag with your head on a cosy pillow could be very much appreciated.

For more information please visit: www.soundasleeppillow.co.uk