5 on Your Side: Could an adjustable pillow help your sleep?

5 On Your Side’s Monica Laliberte says adjustable pillows could be the key to comfort.

Pillows get a lot of wear and tear, from your exhausted head hitting it to the pounding when you fluff it.

Is your pillow even the right fit?

"With a pillow, you don’t want your head to tilt too far forward or too far back. Sometimes you may need more than what a standard pillow can provide,” says Haniya Rae with Consumer Reports.

That’s where an adjustable pillow may help.

Consumer Reports checked out three, made with different materials and inserts that you can adjust to your liking. Just know they’re pricey.

The $90 Avocado Green is filled with shredded pieces of organic latex foam and fibers from a kapok tree. You simply unzip to add or remove stuffing.

Similarly, the $60 Premium Adjustable Loft pillow from COOP Home Goods is filled with shredded memory foam and microfiber.

The Sleep Number ComfortFit offers three separate inserts made of memory foam and down alternative fibers. You can add or remove the inserts, but you can’t break them down any further. It’s $130.

After a series of tests, CR found all three pillows offer excellent support whether you’re a back or side sleeper.

Some stuffing tips from CR: If you’re a back sleeper, you’ll want a flatter pillow so remove the insert or that extra filling until it feels right to you.

Side sleepers tend to need more filling to keep the head and neck from tilting.

You may need to adjust your pillows several times before you get it just right.

Both the COOP and the Avocado pillows come with a hundred night sleep trial so if they’re not right for you, you won’t lose money.

The Sleep Number ComfortFit is not returnable but is eligible for a one-time exchange.