I was really excited about receiving the travel pillow as an addition to my travel gear since I already own several of the regular pillows but upon receiving it was disappointing to see that it does not perform the same as the regular pillow, I tried blowing it up and it doesn’t hold the air until you hurry and close the valve before all the air escapes. The flap inside the valve doesn’t perform as I think it should or at least as good as the regular pillow. It does have the same soft feel like the regular pillow which is a plus but maybe if it performed like the regular pillow I would recommend it.