‘Single handedly helped me go through this heatwave unscathed’, say reviewers of Simba pillow slashed by 20%

SIMBA has cut 20% off its bestselling Hybrid Pillow in the brand’s summer sale, bringing a £109 pillow down to £87.20 just as the weekend heat builds again. That’s a saving of £21.80 on a pillow Simba builds specifically for people who sleep hot, with yellow heat health alerts in force across six English regions from 9am this morning until Sunday. The Simba Hybrid Pillow aims for that “just right” feeling using an adjustable filling Credit: Supplied Simba Hybrid Pillow: £87.20 (was £109) The more useful number, though, is the deadline: the sale closes at 23:59 on Friday 31 July, so this is a week to think it over rather than an afternoon. Sign up for the Shopping newsletter Thank you! The Hybrid normally costs £109, and 20% off brings a single pillow to £87.20. A pair drops to £159.20 from £199, which works out cheaper per pillow if you’re replacing both sides of the bed rather than just yours. Simba’s own small print measures the discount against the price the pillow held on its site between 1 and 21 July, so this is a genuine reduction rather than a permanently struck-through RRP. Delivery is free, and next-day on most UK postcodes if you order before 1pm, with the discount applied at checkout rather than via a code. Key workers, teachers, carers, students and a few other groups can go lower still, at £80.66, though you’ll need to verify eligibility through Simba’s site before the price shows. The cooling comes mostly from the cover. Most read in Shopping Simba uses its Stratos ‘cool-touch’ fabric, which the brand says runs up to 3°C cooler than untreated fabric, based on testing by textile lab HeiQ. An open mesh border around the sides is designed to move warm air out, while the adjustable Nanocube core – small foam cubes you can add or remove – keeps air flowing through the middle. More deals in the Simba summer sale Cotton Percale Bedding Bundle: from £111.20 (was £139) – buy here Brushed Tencel Bedding Set: from £103.20 (was £129) – buy here Egyptian Cotton Bedding Set: from £103.20 (was £129) – buy here Cool Linen Bedding Set: from £255.20 (was £319) – buy here Cotton Percale Fitted Sheet: from £39.20 (was £49) – buy here Cotton Percale Pillowcase Pair: £31.20 (was £39) – buy here None of that makes it a cold pillow, exactly. Our reviewer gave it nine out of ten, and what won her over wasn’t the cooling at all. She sleeps with an arm shoved under the pillow, and the foam-cube core holds the weight of her head without flattening down onto it – “the first pillow I’ve owned that doesn’t make my arm die by sunrise”, as she put it. On the heat, she found the Stratos cover did away with the usual hunt for a cold side, with “no flipping required”. She was less taken with the cubes themselves, which are fiddly to adjust and, if you’re clumsy with the zip, inclined to end up under the wardrobe. Across more than 38,000 ratings on Simba’s own site, the Hybrid averages 4.7 stars, with buyers most often praising the adjustable height and the cooler feel. It’s a premium pillow at full price, and not everyone gets on with a foam-cube filling, so it’s worth knowing your sleep style before committing. If you sleep hot and tend to overheat, though, we’d put it near the top of the list, and you can see how it stacks up against the rest in our guide to the best cooling pillows we’ve tried.