Kapok Standard Med Pillow

Kapok Pillow in GOTS Organic Case

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Lighter than cotton and 100% vegan, our handmade kapok pillows offer a natural pillow alternative that’s 100% customizable, sustainable, and perfectly snooze-inducing.

Encased in soft and smooth organic Sateen Cotton and available in sizes from travel to body pillows, White Lotus Home carries a kapok pillow for everyone.

Kapok Fiber

Kapok is a natural fiber that comes from the Ceiba Tree in Central America. Kapok fibers come from the trees seed pods, which shed seasonally, meaning there is no machinery required to harvest it.

With a silky and fluffy consistency, kapok has the benefits of being fluffy like down, but plant-based like cotton, making it a wonderful vegan down alternative.

Kapok - Vegan & Sustainable alternative to down pillows, Best for sleepers who want a super soft, fluffy pillow; Our best-selling sleep pillow!

🐥 Soft & fluffy, similar to down pillows (minus the animal products)

🌳 Made with vegan, sustainable fiber from the Ceiba Tree

🌱 Hypoallergenic & Ethically sourced

🌾 Encased in luxurious GOTS Certified Organic Sateen Cotton

👌 Hand-stuffed to avoid lumps & customizable so you can find the perfect firmness

Zippers for Custom Firmness

Not sure how firm you like your pillows? Get your pillow with a zippered case, and add and remove filling to suit your own preferences. Simply store any excess material in a moisture and pest-proof container, or order more kapok fiber from our Wholesale Fibers section.

 

The Organic Cotton Sateen fabric used in this product is GOTS Certified and Imported from Pakistan. 

 

HISTORY OF KAPOK

• Kapok fibers were in the all-natural life preservers used by G.I.s in World War II.
• In the 1920, explorers conquering Mt. Everest typically wore high-altitude boots with kapok insulation, leather outers, gaiters and crampons
• Kapok fibers are one eighth (0.08) the weight of cotton.
• Kapok was one of the first ancient non-food plants cultivated across Southeast Asia.
• Kapok was routinely used for pillows before goose down; Kapok is Retro Green.
• HERE’S A GOOD ONE THAT SUPPORTS WHY KAPOK IS BETTER THAN GOOSE DOWN:
  • In theory, as the down moult naturally, the birds shouldn't mind if it’s taken. The reality: goose down is the byproduct of keeping millions of birds around the world in cages, the lion’s share before they are slaughtered for cheap meat, or foie gras.  Therefore, buying down products carries the high risk of making you complicit in this industry. 
• Kapok is a vegetable down. It’s been used for years in the maritime industry because of its buoyancy.  In the 1940s, all sorts of items - life belts, seating cushions, mattresses — were filled with Kapok, which is water repellant and enables it to keep afloat from 30 to 35 times its weight.  Ordinary cork can only support 5 times its weight. — article in Grey River Argus, 16-October 1907, which was published 107 years ago to the day!!!