Likely match
Balance
Medium support for neutral alignment
- Loft @ 50 N
- 100 mm
- Firmness (IFD25)
- 55–65 N
- Family
- back
Next pick if Balance feels off: Lift.
Custom pillow · Hot sleepers
The MapleCool™ cover uses a 51% phase-change material yarn that absorbs heat from the surface of the head — not just a cool-to-the-touch silicone gel that warms up by minute three.
Likely match
Medium support for neutral alignment
Next pick if Balance feels off: Lift.
Quick answer
Hot sleepers need two things in a pillow: a cover that actually moves heat (not just feels cool when you touch it cold), and a foam underneath that breathes well enough not to reverse the work the cover is doing. Maple's outer cover is 51% polyethylene phase-change material — branded MapleCool™ — paired with an open-cell polyurethane core.
The problem
Cool-to-the-touch covers feel great in the showroom and at minute one. Within ten minutes of contact with body heat, they've reached equilibrium and stop pulling heat away. A real cooling cover uses a phase-change material that absorbs heat by changing state — it can keep absorbing heat for hours instead of minutes.
Fit logic
Thermal sensitivity is one of eight inputs the quiz uses. It doesn't change the matched pillow's loft — it changes the recommended cover and surfaces a different setup note.
Recommended profile
Hot sleepers do best with a profile matched to their actual sleep position and an outer cover that moves heat — not a softer pillow chosen because softer-feels-cooler. The Balance and Lift profiles are the two most common matches; the cooling work happens in the cover, not the foam.
Profile: Cover: MapleCool™ PCM (51% phase-change yarn, 49% polyester) · Foam: open-cell polyurethane · Best for: sleepers who run hot regardless of room temperature
See the Balance profileWhat to avoid
Frequently asked
MapleCool™ is the name we use for our outer cover fabric: a knit yarn that's 51% polyethylene phase-change material and 49% polyester. The phase-change yarn absorbs heat from the head by changing state, which keeps the cover surface cooler for longer than a static cool-to-the-touch fabric.
The outer cover is removable. Treat the phase-change material as a delicate fabric — wash cool, gentle cycle, line-dry. Detailed care instructions ship with the pillow.
Standard closed-cell memory foam can. Maple's foam is an open-cell polyurethane formulation that breathes better than dense memory foam. Combined with the MapleCool™ cover, it doesn't trap heat the way a 2010-era memory foam pillow would.
Ready to customize?
Choose the exact Maple build you want to try first. The fit quiz is still available if you want guidance before deciding. You still get a 90-day fit trial and free fit replacement if needed.
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