First Class Sleeper Travel Body Pillow
Posted: April 26th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Travel Accessories Reviews | Tags: Body, Class, First, Pillow, Sleeper, travel | 5 Comments »
- A solution to uncomfortable aircraft seating
- Easy to Inflate with 10-12 breaths
- Supports lower back, shoulders and cradles neck
- Rolls into a small package weighing just over 1lb
- Color blue
Product Description
This oversized inflatable travel pillow will ensure your comfort by allowing you to stretch out. The first class sleeper pillow only takes about a dozen breaths to inflate…. More >>
First Class Sleeper Travel Body Pillow
We just used our “sleepers” on a trip to Egypt a couple of months ago. Easy to pack in your carry-on and takes up little space. Just a few breaths (you don’t have to blow until you’re dizzy) and it’s ready. You can nestle into the sleeper and it changes your pitch in the airplane seat, so you can comfortably stretch out your legs under the seat in front of you without tucking 2 or 3 pillows behind your lower back and hoping they stay put. Your head rests comfortably in the top of the sleeper. It sure made a 12 1/2 hour flight much more relaxing. The flight attendants, as well as other passengers, wanted to try it out. I could have sold mine on the plane, but I didn’t want to suffer on the return flight home.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought the First Class Sleeper for a flight to Asia. I have lower back problems and was tired of getting dirty looks from other Economy class passengers from taking all available pillows in the surrounding seats for back support. For both my flight to Asia and the return trip, the airline stewards and stewardesses noticed the pillow, love it, and asked me for details on where to get one. Using this pillow, I had NO BACK PAIN after a long plane ride for the FIRST TIME EVER! The First Class Sleeper has earned itself a permanent place in my travel kit.
A few notes about this product:
* The pillow is inflated through a tube, not unlike the tube that they have on the life preservers (you know those yellow life preservers under the airplane seats where you blow into a tube to inflate.) The tube has a twisty bit at the end, which you turn to keep the air inside the pillow. To deflate, you unscrew the end of the tube and fold the sleeper pillow to let the air out.
* The Sleeper pillow does not fully inflate. So count your breaths, because the pillow will not look like it has air inside when it really does. It helps to over-inflate (10 breaths) and then decrease the air until you get to a comfortable level
* Since you are sharing the seat with your pillow, make sure that your legs have room to stretch under the seat in front of you. Having a large bag under the seat will make things uncomfortable because you will have no room for your legs.
* The pillow comes with a slim carrying case bag that’s about 10-12 inches long. The size of the carrying case makes it a bit awkward to carry if you are not using a carry on bag.
* Practice using the pillow on a chair at home before road testing it. Given the amount of time that you have to get to your seat, get your stuff in an overhead bin, and get settled in your seat before someone else is demanding access to the seat beside you, it helps to understand how the pillow works so that you can inflate and get settled very quickly.
In all, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this product, if for no other reason than the fact that for the first time in years, I am not popping pain meds during and after a long plane ride.
Rating: 5 / 5
I truly like the First Class Sleeper and have recommended it to many people. In addition to this product, I would also lug along a REI Lite-core Sit Pad. Therm-a-Rest air cushion would also do as well. Like the First Class Sleeper, just keep these self-inflatable air cushions very lightly inflated. It will greatly reduce crampy leg problems which the First Class Sleeper does not address. This combination works great for long car rides, too. (But not for the driver!) My grade school kids also like them, even with seats that do not lean back. Of course, for those trans-Atlantic flights, don’t forget the eye-masks, ear plugs, and a dose of Benadryl.
Rating: 5 / 5
Bought it for a 16 hour flight. Used it for 2 hours and decided the seat is actually more comfortable. As with all airbags, it’s all about air distribution. Your back has more surface area and weighs more, therefore it will cause all the air to redistribute and over-inflate the neck and head area of the airbag. This is highly uncomfortable, and your neck muscle will try to compensate by exerting force backwards to try to straighten itself out. After 2 hours of this, your neck will spasm, and hurt. The bag is made out of a cheap high density rubber plastic; perfect insulation material. Your back and head will be hot and sweaty after mere minutes of usage. The deflation process was painful. It takes forever to deflate (small plastic valve), and during the process, every passenger who is within earshot will wake up to a fairly loud whistling sound (think boiling kettle).
Who the heck designed this POS anyway?
Rating: 1 / 5
After reading other reviews I decided to give the First Class Sleeper a try for my flight from Miami to Spain. I made the same trip a few months ago, and at the end of the flights my back and backside were aching. Took me days to get rid of the pain.
I used this product for my more recent trip. I also used a Therm-a-rest cushion that I purchased from REI. The combination of these two made me much more comforatble. It took a little adjustment to find the correct inflation for the most comfort, and I found that the cushion slipped a little. But overall, I think this product is well worth the money. I’m glad I purchased it and I’ll use it for long flights from now on!
BTW, I also used it during a 3 hour bus ride in Spain and I was very comfortable.
Rating: 4 / 5