Secondhand pillow: Would you?

Posted: Thu, May 03 2012, 1:45 am Post subject: Secondhand pillow: Would you?

I've been having trouble sleeping comfortable and would like to try using a "pregnancy pillow" (snoogle or the like). I don't have enough hope in it to shell out $60+ for one, though. I wouldn't buy one used on Craigslist or the like because I worry about bedbugs and maybe other nonspecific hygiene issues, and these pillows are a distinctive shape so they don't make covers for them (even the brands that do sell pillowcases separately, those are just for looks or for washing, I don't think they'd keep in bedbugs or whatever).

So I was considering posting here on imamother asking if anyone has one of these that they'd sell used for a lower price. My instinct is to trust a frum lady who tells me she doesn't have bedbugs over some random internet stranger. But my logical side tells me a stranger who says she's frum and trustworthy is still just a stranger. Even people you do know could potentially be dishonest, how much more so a stranger you met online even if she claims to be frum.

I'm terrified of bedbugs, I know someone who had some and they just take over the whole house before you know what hit you and then it takes a ton of time, effort, expense, stress, bother, etc to get rid of them again. We once had a really close shave in a motel, but fortunately DH spotted the bug on the bed before we sat down or unpacked anything and we beat it out of there in an instant (leaving our deposit behind, but fortunately no bugs came back with us either) and since then I'm really wary.

Is there any way to check well enough to be sure something doesn't have bedbugs, just by looking at it before you take it? Then maybe I'd start by trusting and then look it over myself to be sure... but I'm sure if it were obvious then there wouldn't be so much worry about epidemics?

Silver Member Joined: Apr 26 2005 Posts: 778

I wouldn't. I'm sure the deposit on your hotel was more than $60.

Senior Member Joined: Sep 12 2008 Posts: 103

can you buy one and put it in a dryer for 2 hours? the heat will kill any bugs hiding in it.

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 24 2008 Posts: 6528

You can buy a body pillow or king sized pillow from Marshalls that does the same job for pertty cheap.

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 24 2008 Posts: 6528

First of all, the pregnancy pillow I have really really helps. It's better than a body pillow because there are a lot more positions you can sleep in with it, and it's two sided so you can roll back and forth and still have support...
But a body pillow would help also I'm sure.
(I have the Leachco All Nighter btw.)

I wouldn't buy it used...

ugh. I would not buy a used pillow. bedbugs, aside, there is something supremely unhygienic about buying a used pillow. It's like wearing used tights....