I tried out the TikTok travel pillow everyone raves about – I’m not convinced

AS someone who really struggles to sleep on planes, I was pretty excited to see the Trtl travel neck pillow.

The company’s website promises “scientifically proven neck support” to “keep your head upright” while sleeping.

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This all sounded brilliant – I’ve tried neck pillows before, but all left me in pain rather than well-rested.

Also, the Trtl has become incredibly popular online, with countless people on Tiktok hailing it as the ultimate solution for getting comfortable on planes.

So, on a recent nine-hour flight, I took the opportunity to put the pillow to the test and see if it lived up to the hype.

First of all, I did manage to get some sleep while using the Trtl, which for me is a real rarity.

I got the pillow out as soon as I got to my seat and before the plane had made its way to the runway, I had managed to nod off.

Initially, I had been sceptical about the pillow’s structure and design. It felt quite flimsy and I didn’t entirely trust it to keep my head upright.

But I was pleasantly surprised by the support it offered to begin with.

However, that’s not to say it was a total success.

Although I managed to doze off, staying asleep was a different matter.

I found that I woke up pretty quickly and had to adjust the pillow, or swap sides, to get comfortable again.

Achieving any long-lasting comfort was difficult, meaning I wasn’t able to get much proper rest while using the pillow.

Fortunately I had a row of seats to myself and after a couple of hours, I gave up entirely and decided to lie down and use the pillows provided by the airline instead.

The Trtl also requires the user to wrap a scarf around their neck to keep it in place, which I wasn’t a huge fan of.

Either the scarf wasn’t tight enough and the pillow slipped out of place, or it was too tight and became uncomfortable.

I actually found the most comfortable place to have the scarf was around my face, which presented its own problems when trying to sleep.

Overall, it’s a product that definitely has its positives and provides support that other neck pillows fail to offer.

It’s something I would definitely use again if I wanted a quick snooze on a shorter flight.

However, when it comes to longer journeys, I’ll just have to hope I get the row to myself again in the future.

Meanwhile, some travellers say you’ve been wearing your neck pillow wrong this whole time.

And this travel lover revealed how she gets to sleep easily on planes.

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