Prior to a trip to Seattle that included a red-eye return flight, I decided to purchase a couple of non-standard travel pillows to hopefully allow me to get some sleep on an airplane. For context, I was flying Frontier with non-reclining seats and had a middle seat. Since I was flying with my husband and son, I purchased 3 different/non-standard but highly rated travel pillows from Amazon.
The purchases:
- The Lucy RealCushion Bamboo Inflatable Travel Pillow for $34.80
- The VenusCare Travel Pillow Super Sleeping Hold for $21.99
- The Trtl Pillow for $29.99
Results:
After briefly trying the Lucy RealCushion on the trip out, my son refused to use a travel pillow. He also had the window seat, so was the least in need of a travel pillow.
My husband also would only use the Lucy. On the flight out, he tried it as a travel pillow but on the return red-eye used it exclusively in his lap to hold his iPad so he could watch Netflix.
I tried all three and settled on the VenusCare as my favorite. The Lucy just didn't seem to work to hold my head in a comfortable position. I tried a couple of times to use the Trtl Pillow but in order for it to hold up my head, I had to wrap it too tightly around my neck.
I liked the arm on the VenusCare that you hold on to (I typically sleep with an extra pillow under my arm so this is most likely a personal preference.) However, even though I used it most of the red-eye trip home, I was not actually able to really sleep - just doze for a while.
And as you can tell from the pictures - all of these travel pillows look pretty weird.
Final Say:
The VenusCare was my favorite of the three but I honestly would not recommend any of these. Future-me will simply try to avoid red-eye flights on Frontier.
Disclaimer: These ratings and reviews are my own opinions based on my own experience. Your experiences may be different.