I've been traveling full-time for a decade now and, naturally, I have gone through my fair share of neck pillows-from cheap, inflatable airport pillows to U-shaped memory foam neck pillows. Despite trying just about every travel pillow on the market, there's only one that has truly brought me comfort on long-haul flights, and it also happens to be the most compact.
At its puffiest, it's a 24 ½ (W) x 18 ½ (L) x 6 (D)-inch pillow filled with polyester that feels like goose down but is a little less cruel to our feathered friends. It has a cotton casing, but I, of course, added an extra layer of cotton (technically percale) with a Brooklinen pillowcase.The down alternative pillow comes in Soft/Medium, Medium/Firm, and Firm/Extra Firm thicknesses.