11 best anti-snore pillows, tested for better sleep

Levitex was founded by James Leinhardt, a sleep posture expert who has spent years working with NHS trusts and social care across the UK. If you have poor posture during the day, there’s a good chance you’ll have a sleeping position that will stress your spine and cause aching joints and stiff muscles, as well as fatigue the following day, as you won’t feel properly rested.

The foam technology in a Levitex pillow gently and comfortably supports you as you sleep, helping you to find a sleep posture that allows your spine to feel neutral and weightless and, crucially, keeps your airways open.

There are four pillow sizes, from small to extra large, available to ensure people of all sizes have the right level of support for the shape of their neck and shoulders.

Our tester tried a medium and said it felt luxurious. After a few nights on this, we wondered why we hadn’t thrown out our old pillow years ago. Snoring was definitely reduced, neck and tension pain were relieved, and using the pillow even made an old hip injury feel less painful.

This may be the lowest-priced pillow we tested, but it has been approved by experts. Tested by the British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association, the pillow was found to reduce snoring frequency and volume by approximately 50 per cent. When sleeping on the pillow, our SnoreLab score was 16, so there’s room for improvement. But, this pillow is not claiming to cure your snoring completely, instead, it can help reduce levels. This is thanks to an ergonomically shaped foam core in the centre of the pillow, which has been designed to support your head and neck, keeping it at just the right position to improve your breathing.

The Silentnight anti-snore pillow is hypoallergenic, which means it doesn’t contain any materials that are likely to cause allergies, and the outer fabric is smooth polycotton, so it’s soft and breathable. The pillow comes with a two-year manufacturer’s guarantee, so you can sleep soundly, knowing you’re covered.

With a thick loft and buoyant latex core, this pillow is a comfortable way to reduce snoring. Unlike hollow fibre pillows that flatten over time, this one retains its shape, preventing airway obstruction, which is a major cause of snoring. It’s not as firm as some of the other pillows we tested, but there was just enough support to minimise pressure points. Plus, the pillow made it easier to get into a comfortable position, so we found we didn’t toss and turn as much when we got into bed.

Latex is a great choice for hot sleepers, as it has a unique open-cell structure that enhances airflow, preventing heat build-up throughout the night. Unlike memory foam, which can trap warmth, latex enables continuous ventilation, ensuring a cool and refreshing sleep. Our smartwatch reported a high percentage of deep sleep while we were using this pillow, which we put down to the mix of temperature regulation and support helping to ensure uninterrupted sleep.

If a soft pillow is causing you to snore, but you’re not ready for a super firm alternative, Simba’s hybrid pillow offers the perfect middle ground. It has three interchangeable inner pillows, so we layered them up how we wanted. It’s recommended that back sleepers put the two memory foam layers on top and use the firmer part (consisting of aerocoil springs) as the base. However, we prefer to sleep on our side, so we put the spring layer in the middle. We couldn’t feel it, as the memory foam was super plush, but it must have been working in the background to support our neck, as we didn’t suffer any bad snoring episodes while using this option. The aerocoil layer spans the whole pillow, offering edge-to-edge support, so we had the same comfort no matter how much we moved.

Much like Simba’s hybrid pillow, you can choose the perfect height for your tastes with Nectar’s design, allowing for experimentation to find the perfect height for snoring relief. With two layers of premium memory foam (4cm and 8cm), you can easily adjust the height to 12cm or use the layers individually. We found the best results using the full 12cm height, but we have a lot of practice at sleeping on elevated pillows.

Even though memory foam retains more heat than other materials, we didn’t find this to affect our sleep, and instead, we remained at the perfect temperature throughout the night.

Putnams is a family-run business, with all pillows, bed supports, mattresses and other comfort products handmade in a factory in Devon. It has solutions for all kinds of sleep problems, from back and neck pain, acid reflux, sleep apnoea and coccyx relief while pregnant, as well as anti-snoring pillows.

For snorers, the bed wedge pillow works by elevating the torso on a slight incline, opening up the airways, which it does brilliantly. We found that our nasal passageways felt noticeably clearer within a few days of sleeping on the Putnams wedge, and we also liked how the wedge can be propped against the wall to support the back when reading in bed. The only downside was that it’s hard to snuggle with a partner when one is propped up higher than the other.

If you suffer from allergies, you’ll appreciate that this pillow has a hollowfibre filling that has been treated to prevent bacteria and make it hypoallergenic. After all, a pillow won’t reduce your snoring if its support allows you to breathe better but you react badly to its filling.

Buried beneath the filling is an S-shaped foam core, which supports the neck, with a dip for the head. As the hollowfibre stuffing is quite plump, you don’t feel much of it, but it is working in the background to soothe snores. Comfort-wise, it feels firmer than an average pillow, with the depth of a pillow you’d find in a top-quality hotel.

If you associate pillows with being fluffy and rectangular, this one may come as a surprise. Scientifically designed to improve sleep posture and alleviate stress on the neck and upper back, it features an ergonomic ‘dip’. This design provides anatomical comfort and encourages proper biomechanical positioning, which has a knock-on effect on how much you snore.

As side sleepers, the memory foam did feel rather stiff and dense when we first started sleeping on it, and it took about two weeks before we slept with it in our bed all night. At the beginning, we woke up midway through the night with shoulder niggles and swapped the pillow for an alternative, but we were able to wear it in eventually and found it to ease back pain. Groove offers an impressive 100-night free trial so you can see how you get on with it.

This pillow provided decent neck and spine alignment during testing, and we were impressed by the fact that it didn’t lose its shape or density over time. Panda London is so confident in its design that it offers a 10-year guarantee, which is far longer than most – Simba, for example, only offers a two-year guarantee on its pillows. In terms of its ability to prevent snoring, our tests (a 12 SnoreLab score) showed that little noise was detected.

The Lancashire Textiles orthopaedic anti-snore pillows have been designed for back sleepers. The hollow in the centre causes the head to tilt slightly, which opens the airwaves, reducing any pressure – often the main cause of snoring. You wouldn’t benefit from it if you’re a side sleeper, but it’s excellent value for back sleepers. What’s more, the bouncy hollowfibre filling feels more premium than other hollowfibre pillows we’ve tested, and everything is hypoallergenic.

We had high hopes for this Tempur option – especially as it’s one of the most expensive pillows we tested – and we weren’t disappointed. It wasn’t an overnight fix, but that could be because the pillow needed time to mould to the shape of our head. Made from Tempur’s unique pressure-relieving material, the pillow softens in warmer areas (where our head and neck make the most contact) while staying firmer in cooler areas where there’s less pressure. The more nights we slept on it, the more we warmed it up.

After a week, we loved how it fitted the precise shape of our head, neck and shoulders, keeping everything aligned, which makes for a clearer airway. This was evident in quieter snoring that didn’t last as long throughout the night. We also appreciated the easy care instructions, as the pillowcase can simply be thrown into the washing machine at 40C to keep it nice and fresh.