Bucky Blog

Just Got Back
I just got back from a two-week sojourn “back East”, including many flights and car rides. Well, again my Bucky was my favorite life- and comfort-saving item/companion. With travel delays, narrow plane seats and whatever else occurs, my Bucky neck pillow keeps me from slugging my seating neighbor (whether I know him/her or not) or airline host/hostess or fellow passengers skimming past me down the aisle, because I can sit relatively straight in a narrow space and still be comfortable! I also can reassure the one next to me that he/she will NOT end up with my head in his/her lap or shoulder, since my trusty Bucky is there to keep all things peaceful! Best of all, when I get to my destination, I can launder the cover!! What could be better?? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING MY TRAVELS SO MUCH MORE PLEASANT!
~ Janet

I Love My Mask!
For the last 4 years, since I’ve found your eye mask, I cannot sleep without it! My husband makes fun of me saying I look like a snob on the other side of the bed. My last purchase was of two eye masks so that I’ll have a back up -Guess who stole it!! Yep, my husband and he loves them now too! Thank you for such an awesome mask!

~ Cristina

Bedtime Bucky
My wife is 8 months pregnant and has had some back pain along the way. She has been a fan of the Bucky neck pillow for years. She loves the tension relief her Bucky provides her for her lower back and the heat relief it provides for her chilly feet! Best thing I ever bought her.

~ Ben

Three Times A Charm
I’m back for my 3rd bed pillow. In 2000 I bought my Bucky bed pillow and I have slept with it every night (unless it gets stolen -I have 2 daughters). I “lost” my pillow to the oldest daughter and now I’ve “lost” it again with my youngest. This should be my last bed pillow purchase since they last forever and my husband and I aren’t planning on having any more little ones. Maybe now I can keep MY pillow since each of my daughters will have their own!

~ Michelle

Bucky Heartwarmer
Thank you so much for making and selling your plush Heartwarmer pillows. When my mother died 2 years ago I was terribly sad and feeling a bit lost. I had a dream one night shortly after she died in which she sent me a pink plush heart in the mail. I knew this was a gift from her and was very consoled. But a couple of weeks later I was shopping at our local specialty market when I came upon a display of your lavender and pink Heartwarmers. I grabbed a pink one and said to myself, “this is mine, I don’t care how much it costs!!” From that day I have slept with it every night and when I am feeling really lonesome for my mother I put it on my heart and it warms me right up. Since then I have ordered others from you and given them to friends who have lost loved ones. My good friend lost her daughter to a drunk driver last November and wrote her thank yous with the Heartwarmer resting on her heart. She said it got her through the writing of those notes. Another relative lost her husband and I sent her a Heartwarmer. She sleeps with it at night for comfort. Tons of thanks for this lovely little treasure. I think it was the answer to my unsaid prayer!

~ Terrie

Care Bags
I just wanted to thank you for the lovely bag we were given at Children’s in Seattle. We haven’t had too much of a chance to really enjoy it, but I look forward to doing so. My son really loves the “Bucky pillow” -it has been a real gift on the many drives we make to and from the hospital from our home in Tacoma. It really helps keep him comfortable and helps him “look” more comfortable to me when he conks out. Many times I’ve tried to “right” his head when he “dumps over” asleep. The Bucky keeps him upright and cozy so I’m not distracted while driving.

~ Paula, mom to Ewing’s Sarcoma Patient

(Letter in response to Bucky donation made to Candlelighter’s Childhood Cancer Foundation of Western
Washington)

Thank you!
Until I found your company’s product, I never thought that I would be comfortable with an eye mask while I slept. I really love that it is so light-weight and doesn’t press against my eyelids. I don’t sleep or nap without it. Also thank you for the matching IdentiGrip perfect for my upcoming move back to San Francisco. Your customer service has been spectacular; really just wonderful. You set a high bar for your corporate colleagues in other companies. I look forward to trying some of your other products as I settle into my new home and enjoying my 40 Blinks Mask for a long time to come.

Thanks again.
~ Michael

Lost in Hotel
I have had my Bucky Hottie Neckwrap for 3 years and have loved it! With stress, I hold tension in my shoulders and the hot Bucky helps loosen my tension. I also travel a ton on business and try to bring my Bucky with me for a stress relief. Somehow I managed to lose my Bucky on a business trip last week and I have been lost (and tense) without it. I ordered a replacement a few days ago and it cant come fast enough! Ive even gotten two chair massages since then to compensate for the missing Bucky relief and it hasn’t come close to replacing the Bucky for tension relief! I highly recommend the Bucky for stress and anyone with back pain!

~ Corinne

Bucky Neck Pillow
About two years ago my brother gave me one of your Bucky neck pillows as a Christmas present. I hadn’t used it much until I had neck surgery this past April. None of my regular pillows would support my neck at night so I remembered yours can unzip and some of the buckwheat kernels can be taken out to get it to fit just right. Now its mid-September and I am still using it. My neck is getting better yet my Bucky seems to be my “security blanket!” When this one wears out in a year or two, I’ll be back to order another.

~ John

A Lifesaver!
The Bucky Hot Water Bottle has been a lifesaver! My mother is eighty years old. She is a dialysis patient and recently she had third stage rectal cancer diagnosed. We are heartbroken. She is cold all the time and it is impossible to warm her up. Heating pads and/or electric blankets had the potential to burn her. I bought her a Bucky Hot Water Bottle and she almost cried she was so happy with it. It is safe. It is the only thing that keeps her warm. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
~ Barbara

Hotties and Arthritis
My dad suffers from terrible arthritis pain in his neck and back. My sister bought a Bucky’s Hotties Neck Pillow about 4 or 5 years ago. It took him awhile to try it -you know men! He loved it from the first time in the microwave. We just visited him for Thanksgiving, and he heated it up several times while we were there for our visit. I now plan to order him a new one and a Body Wrap -to use on his back! He will be so happy to see what Santa has left him under the tree this year!

~ R. Elmore

Buckys are GREAT!
I received my first Bucky U pillow as a gift from my husband. I have used it for travel and camping. Then I bought Eye Shades for a trip overseas. I have used this more than I could ever have imagined. I suffer from migraine headaches and I often use it during an episode. Next I picked up a pair of Hottie Booties which I love. Now I am picking up some Booties for my Mom. I am sure this will not be the last of my Bucky purchases. Thank you for making such wonderful products.
~ Rose

I Love my Bucky!!!
Five years ago, I moved to London from Seattle. In the springtime, the sun rises as early as 0445! I had a hard time going to sleep. So, I discovered Bucky and it changed my life! It blocks all light and is comfortable to wear. I swear by it! I never leave on a holiday without it. I have owned three Buckys! By accident, my first Bucky was left at a hostel up on the Isle of Skye and my second Bucky was left on a British Airways plane. My third and most lucky Bucky will never be lost because it is the one item I check to make sure I have before I leave a hostel/b&b/hotel or a plane. I want all my friends to have a Bucky, too!
~ Ruth Anne

Buckwheat Neck Pillow
I purchased my first Bucky neck pillow nearly 20 years ago after I had a freak accident at work. I have allergies and was afraid to try it but I am positive I had a more rapid recovery with my pillow. I forgot the pillow only twice. My husband knew I couldn’t sleep without it. He drove 25 miles back to the hotel to retrieve it. It became my “blankie” and lasted for years. There is no comparison for the support I found for my neck and shoulders.

~ Shirley

Addicted to Bucky!
My aunt gave me the Neckwrap last year to help with headaches. I am a nursing student and my neck gets tense sometimes and I heat up Bucky almost every night. I am going to purchase another one. I love this thing and everyone should have one!

~ Stephanie

Absolutely Delighted
For years, I have dealt with TMJ (jaw) problems. In the past year, I was waking up with extreme pain in that joint which caused nausea and vomiting, and put me in bed for a day or two. The pain was becoming more frequent, and it began to affect my work as a pastor. I decided the pain must be due to how I slept or my pillow wasn’t giving me enough support. I began to experiment with all kinds if pillows, but nothing worked. I remembered a friend of mine used a pillow filled with buckwheat, so I began to look for one. I found your duo pillow and tried it. It has been several months, and my mornings have been pain free. I am absolutely delighted. Thank you for your great product.
~ Rev. Diane

Thanks So Much!
I have had problems with herniated cervical discs for many years, and have tried every bed pillow imaginable to ease my discomfort at night. I recently purchased the millet-filled U Sleep pillow, and am so pleased that it enables me to finally get some sleep. I recommend it to anyone with neck problems -thanks so much, Bucky!
~ Pam

5 Star Review
Oh heavenly Bucky. How do I love thee? I swear, if I come into a pile of money, I shall buy one of these for everyone I love. What is it? A sleep mask. With earplugs. And a special pocket in the mask to store the earplugs in it. Sounds pretty regular, doesn’t it. No way, Jose. This might be the key to my sanity. I know that my bedroom doesn’t get as dark as I’d like it, certainly not as dark as ‘they’ say we need it to be while we sleep -pitch black. Well, with my fabulous mask, I could sleep in the middle of a lighting store! The mask itself is beautifully designed -it’s neoprene or some squishy foam, has a sheet of stiff-ish (but not stiff, honest.) something in it, to help block light completely. It’s also got an ingenious stuffed puffy ridge thing along the bottom, that both holds the mask up off your eyes (therefore not scrunching your eyelashes or ruining your makeup), AND blocks all light-bleed that inevitably comes up the gap between your nose and cheek! Gorgeous. The strap fits comfortably, snugly but not too tight. Wide enough to really keep the thing on my head. The earplug pocket is the piece de resistance, really. No detail left ignored. A perfect 10. The first night I slept with my Bucky mask, I thought to myself, “well, if I don’t like it, I’ll return it and get my $25 back.” Now each night I think to myself that I’d pay for it every night again, if I had to. It’s that good. I sleep better than I have in years with this mask on. Who knew that darkness was the key to good sleep? Okay, ‘they’ did. And
now I do.