I bought two of these and am returning both. There seems to be no real pillow inside each cover, but there is no zipper to expose the inner workings to identify what exactly is in there. There is definitely something hard inside, which feels like cardboard (you can feel the edges when tracing its outline through the pillow cover), but there is very little actual padding. Very uncomfortable and cheap looking/feeling. Bummer.

Cons: No padding, just cardboard; very uncomfortable and cheap looking/feeling