Coop Home Goods Eden Adjustable Pillow review

The Eden is Coop's softer adjustable pillow: gel-infused foam, a gusseted cover and a slightly smaller footprint. Coop describes the fill as a medium-soft blend of memory foam infused with cooling gel beads, mixed with microfiber^[1]. The Original's blend is sold as medium-firm^[2]. In Coop's own words the Eden's fill is “softer, squishier,” and the company recommends it over the Original for stomach sleepers^[3]. Reviewed's tester found the Eden's foam cut into finer pieces than the Original's^[4].

The shell is different too. A queen Eden measures 17 by 27 inches with a 2-inch gusset, and a king 17 by 33 inches, while a queen Original is 19 by 29 inches^[1,2]. The quilted cover uses the same Lulltra fabric, 60% polyester and 40% bamboo-derived rayon, and Coop says it is thicker and cushier than other cases, with a mesh tape gusset to spread the fill evenly^[5]. Sleepopolis notes that the gusset also lets the pillow expand when you add fill^[6].

Everything else follows the Original. The fill zips into a polyester liner, the foam is CertiPUR-US and GREENGUARD Gold certified, and the pillow ships with extra fill^[1], a half-pound bag according to Sleep Foundation^[7]. Coop sells it in Classic, Crescent and Cut-Out shapes^[1]. This review covers the rectangular Classic.

For average shoulders, yes; with broad shoulders, plan to keep all the fill in and probably add the spare bag. Testers agree it is softer than the Original but not on how much softer. Sleepopolis's tester, a back and side sleeper, called it medium: moldable and easy to sink into, yet supportive. She found the loft it arrived with good for side sleeping and suggests adding fill if you are larger or broader than she is^[6]. Fortune's tester found both the foam and the fiber very soft and compressible, and told side sleepers to fill it completely for the most support^[8]. Reviewed's tester said side sleepers will enjoy it, with the caveat that it is a soft pillow, and found it supportive enough without filling it to the brim^[4].

The spread among testers makes sense once you look at the build. On paper the starting height matches the Original's: Sleep Foundation lists about 6 inches of loft when new for both^[7]. What differs is how far that height gives way under your head. The gusset props your head up more than a pillow without one, which helps side sleepers^[4], while the softer fill compresses more under your head, which works against height. Your shoulder width decides which effect wins. A side sleeper with narrow shoulders may sleep on it as shipped; one with broad shoulders is relying on the gusset and the spare bag. If you don't know your number, our guide to choosing a pillow shows how to measure the gap from your ear to the mattress.

If you already know you need the tallest, firmest setting, the Original is the better Coop. Our scores reflect that: the Eden rates lower than the Original on support and loft, and higher on pressure relief.

Start with the fill as shipped, then adjust for the position you sleep in most. Sleepopolis found the Eden arrives at a fairly high loft that you lower by removing fill^[6]. Coop's rule of thumb applies: if your neck slopes up, take fill out; if it slopes down or your head sinks with no resistance, add some^[3].

• Side: keep all the fill in, and add from the spare bag if your shoulders are broad^[8,6].
• Back: Sleepopolis's tester lowered the loft a little, warning that a higher setting can make your neck crane^[6].
• Stomach: expect to remove about half^[4].

The soft fill also makes it a good pillow to hug. Sleepopolis's tester found it moldable enough to wrap an arm around and expects it to work between the legs with a little fill removed^[6]. If you already use a second pillow to support your top arm or knees, see our knee pillow guide.

Maybe slightly. In Reviewed's head-to-head lab test, it was no cooler than the Original. Coop pitches the Eden at people who “sleep a little hot” and promises “a touch of coolness,” saving its stronger cooling claims for the Cool+^[1]. Reviewed put both pillows under a heated blanket in its lab and found the Eden shed heat no better or worse than the Original. Its tester didn't notice a difference in bed either^[4]. If you want to judge it yourself, Coop says a pillowcase is optional and suggests sleeping on it with and without a protector to see which you prefer^[1].

Other testers are kinder. Sleepopolis's reviewer judged it a success as a cooling pillow, crediting the gel foam and the breathable Lulltra cover^[6], and Sleep Foundation says it sleeps a bit cooler than the Original^[7]. Neither publishes figures for the comparison. Our reading: gel in a shredded fill is a mild tweak, which is why our cooling score for the Eden sits only half a point above the Original's. If you wake up damp or hot, our cooling guide explains which features do more.

Don't confuse it with Coop's Cool+. The Cool+ is a different pillow, with a cool-touch cover, a heat-wicking liner and a ventilated phase-change gel foam layer on one side; its store address still reads “eden-cool”^[9]. CNN Underscored's best cooling pick is listed as the “Eden Cool+ Crescent” and praised for its cool outer layer^[10], which matches the Cool+ rather than this pillow. Sleepopolis's shoulder-pain guide labels a pick “EdenCool” but links to its Eden review^[11], so check the exact model before you buy.

The Eden is the Coop to pick if you switch between side and stomach, but face-down nights mean removing a lot of fill. Coop recommends the Eden for stomach sleepers^[3]. Reviewed's tester, a side and stomach sleeper, removed just over half the fill to get it soft and low enough for her stomach, and saved the rest to refresh the pillow later^[4]. Reviewed's best-pillows guide likewise points people who want an even softer pillow, particularly stomach sleepers, to the Eden^[12].

Sleepopolis disagrees. Its tester thought you would end up removing most of the fill, and that stomach sleepers would do better with a pillow that starts soft and low^[6]. Fortune splits the difference and suggests filling it only partway for stomach sleeping^[8].

The catch for combination sleepers is that the side setting needs nearly all the fill and the stomach setting about half. One pillow can't be both at once. Set it for the position you spend most of the night in, and see our side and stomach sleepers guide for ways around the compromise.

Care is the same as the Original, but the Eden's finer fill handles washing less well. Coop's instructions match for both pillows: wash the cover as often as you like, and the inner pillow about once a year with the zipper pinned, cold and delicate, then tumble dry on low until the fill is completely dry^[13]. When Reviewed washed both, the Original's fill came out unchanged, but the Eden's developed long, cottony strands that wrapped around clumps of fill and made it harder to pull out the right amount. As Reviewed points out, most people finish tinkering with the fill before the first wash^[4], so do your adjusting early.

Smell reports are mild. Reviewed needed a couple of days of airing before both Coop pillows stopped smelling^[4]. Sleepopolis's tester noticed no bad smell at all^[6].

The build held up in testing. Fortune's tester found the inner liner durable and every zipper working, and the pillow passed its rip test without splitting at the seams^[8]. The foam itself will soften with use: Sleep Foundation's general guidance is to replace memory foam pillows every 2 to 3 years^[14]. Coop sells Eden refill bags^[15], and its five-year limited warranty covers defects, not normal wear^[16].

Eden-specific owner data is thin. Our Reddit coding pools the Eden with Coop's other pillows, because posters rarely name the model, so this page has no sentiment chart of its own. We also threw out a run of templated promotional comments pairing the Eden with a budget brand^[17]. In the pooled group, heat came up in just 2 of 58 comments, both positive^[17], which is too few to say anything about the gel. The pooled themes, with adjustability praised and shifting or flattening fill criticized, are on our Coop Original review.

Compare it first with the Original, then with pillows that cool through the cover rather than the fill.

• Coop Original: firmer fill and a larger footprint^[2]. Better for broad shoulders, and Reviewed measured no heat difference between the two^[4].
• Helix ComfortAdjust Cooling: shredded foam and fiber you can add or remove, side zippers that change the loft, and a cover Sleep Foundation's testers found cool to the touch. The trial is 30 nights^[18].
• Nest Easy Breather Side Sleeper: an adjustable crescent that CNN named its best cooling pillow for side sleepers^[19], with a 30-night trial and two-year warranty^[20].
• Coop Crescent: the Original's fill with a curve for the shoulder. The Eden also comes in that shape^[1].

Buy it if the Original sounds too dense, you have average or narrow shoulders, or you split the night between side and stomach. It keeps Coop's adjustability and certifications in a softer, squishier package^[3]. Fortune ranks it the best budget memory foam pillow^[8], and Reviewed lists it alongside the Original as a top pick for combination sleepers^[12].

Skip it if you are broad-shouldered and want high, firm support, if you need real cooling rather than a touch of it, or if you wash pillows often. Buy from Coop if you want the 100-day return option, since that policy excludes Amazon orders^[21].