No stains and it's comfortable too!

As a stressed-out busy Dad of four (soon to be five) kids, sleep is a luxury. Even on a good day, with two kids under four, sleep can be hard to get even on the weekend.

As a life-long stomach sleeper, I often find it hard to find a pillow that’s comfortable for me to use. In fact, many nights I chuck the pillow on the floor (or my slumbering wife) and just go bareback.

So when the people at Mattress Giant dropped me a note asking me to try their new Silver Dual Comfort Pillow, designed specifically for stomach sleepers, they piqued my interest. Since we don’t do a lot of product reviews here at EOT (except Don who apparently keeps all of the freebies that come through), I told them I was game as long as our readers could take part. So, the good folks there said they’d not only let me try the pillow, but they’d also give one away here on the blog. Now, before you think it’s some cheap $4 pillow you pick up at the local big-box store, it is not. The pillow, valued at $99, is top-of-the-line. More on the giveaway at the end of the review.

I slept with the pillow for the first time last night after a tough day at the office. After slapping a pillow case on it (a Aquaman cover in honor of Curtis Silver…well, not really!) and doing my pre-sleep regimen, I laid down by weary head and wondered how I would review a pillow. After all, I’d be sleeping. Once you hit the pillow and are out, what is there to say? You’re out.

Recently having gained some weight and just being worn down, I haven’t slept well. Last night, I slept better than I had in a long time. Not only that, but the usual morning back pain I deal with was absent this morning. The memory foam on the surface of the pillow really supported my neck and the usual back pain was gone. After waking up to that, it wasn’t hard for me to realize the pillow actually made a different. I was skeptical that a pillow would make any difference on how I slept. I’ve just not had good experiences. That all changed with the Dual Comfort pillow.

I had such a good experience, I want a fellow Dad out there to experience it. So…thanks to the generosity of the folks at Mattress Giant, we want to spoil a Dad to a free pillow. And since we’re all manly men, I wanted to challenge YOU to compete for the free $99 pillow. So here’s how we’re going to do it:

• Take your existing pillow (after removing the prissy cover your wife or girlfriend puts on it usually) and dress it up!
• The Dad who can do the best job of decorating their pillow, wins the prize.
• There are no rules and the Dads at EOT will decide the winter via good old fashioned voting.
• Creativity is key…and you have to keep it clean. Decorate it with your favorite sports team, or other hobby-related decor. Use your heads fellas.
• Post the photo on the EOT Facebook page as your official entry.

Not to worry if you don’t win the contest. Mattress Giant, through June 30, is running a very cool giveaway/sweepstakes too. The “Treat Your Dad for Father’s Day” contest gives folks a chance to win a 32″ Toshiba HDTV, Simmons Beautyrest Ridgewood Right Side Mattress Set (King) for a total prize value of $2,268.97! Treat yourself to an extended Father’s Day by entering both contests.

Good luck!