It's an 11mm speaker that hides under your pillow. Nothing in your ears, nothing on your head, nothing to fall out at 2am. Lay your head down and the sound is simply there.
What you get:
Private audio: you hear every word, your partner beside you hears silence
Nothing touching your ears, so side sleepers stop waking up sore
No screen, no glow, no hot phone on the pillow
Works with any app over Bluetooth 5.4. No dropouts, no app to install.
Why does that matter? A bedside speaker fills the room and wakes them. Earbuds hurt. This is the only way to listen in bed without turning it into someone else's problem.
The practical bits: up to 20h battery, a 30/60/90 minute sleep timer, USB-C charging, and a removable, washable cover.
The deal: 90 nights under your pillow. Can still feel it, or they can still hear it? Full refund and we pay the return postage.
USB-C charging cable + quick-start guide. Navy or Grey.
Slide it under your pillow for 90 nights. If you can still feel it, or it doesn't give you private audio while your partner sleeps in silence, send it back for a full refund. Free UK delivery.
Email info@velrest.com for a prepaid label.
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The sound comes from your pillow. Only you hear it.
For people who hate wearing anything, couples, and quiet nights.
Nothing to wear
Nothing in your ears. Nothing on your head.
Earbuds hurt, headbands overheat, masks feel closed-in. Velrestâ„¢ Pillow Speaker sits under your pillow at just 11 mm thin and sends sound up to your ear. Lay your head down and it's just there.
11 mm thin, you won't feel it
No earbuds, no headband, no mask
Forget it's even there
For couples
You hear everything. They hear nothing.
They're asleep in seconds, you need a podcast. The sound stays in your pillow instead of the room, so you hear every word while your partner beside you hears silence.
Sound stays in your pillow
No screen, no glow, no speaker
Bluetooth 5.4, no dropouts
For ringing ears
The quieter the room, the louder the ringing.
When the room falls silent, the ringing has nothing to blend into, so your mind locks onto it and sleep slips away. Velrestâ„¢ Pillow Speaker plays soft white or brown noise up through your pillow, close to your ear, giving the ringing something to fade behind. A gentle comfort and sleep aid, with nothing pressed into your ears.
Soft white or brown noise, ears left free
Timer fades it out, no sudden silence
A comfort and sleep aid, not a treatment
THE SPECIAL BENEFITS
Three reasons it just works
Nothing in your ears, private sound, and slim enough to forget. See how PillowWave works.
Nothing in your ears
Sound rises up through your pillow, not into the room
Only you can hear it
Your partner beside you hears silence
Slips under your pillow
Just 11 mm thin, you won't feel it
How PillowWaveâ„¢ works
Sound travels up through your pillow to your ear, not into the room.
Under-pillow (you)
clear + private
Nightstand speaker
fills the room
Phone under pillow
glow + heat
Bluetooth 5.4
No dropouts, up to 20h battery
Removable, washable cover
Slip it off to keep it fresh
CUSTOMER SURVEY
The results, in their words*
0
fell asleep faster with gentle sound from their pillow
0
loved having nothing in their ears
0
said their partner heard nothing
*Based on a customer survey.
WHY VELREST
Everything else you've tried, and why this is different
Under-Pillow
Earbuds
Headband / Mask
Speaker / machine
Nothing to wear
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Comfortable on your side
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Nothing pressing on your ears
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Partner hears silence
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No screen, glow or light
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Gentle masking sound just for you
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Up to 20h battery + sleep timer
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90-night guarantee
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WHY VELREST
Not all rest is created equal
VelrestJust sleep
EarbudsA faff
Plays your music, audiobooks or white noise
Comfy to lie on your side all night
Only you hear it, your partner sleeps on
Nothing stuffed inside your ears
No beeps, glow or fiddly charging
HONESTLY
This isn't for everyone
We would rather sell you nothing than sell you the wrong thing. Read the left column honestly before you read any further.
Skip this if...
You want it loud. It is built to be just audible to you, not to fill a room.
You want hi-fi sound. It is a quiet, private way to listen in bed, not a speaker you would judge on bass.
You want silence. This gives you something to listen to, it does not block noise out the way earplugs do.
You want to put it down and never think about it. It takes a night or two to find your spot.
You want to hear it sitting up in bed. It works with your head on the pillow.
This is for you if...
You hate having anything in your ears or on your head.
You sleep on your side and everything else ends up pressing on your ear.
You sleep on thick memory foam or latex, where ordinary pillow speakers go muffled.
You want an audiobook while your partner gets silence.
You have woken up with sore ears from sleeping on earbuds.
Recognise yourself on the right? Then you have 90 nights to find out, on us.
From wired to fast asleep
BeforeAfter
PillowWaveâ„¢ sound
Nothing in your ears, nothing on your head.
Private by design
Your partner hears silence.
11 mm thin
Disappears under your pillow.
Up to 20h battery
Sleep timer 30/60/90, USB-C.
HOW IT WORKS
Three taps to sleep
01
Slip it under your pillow
11 mm thin, it disappears.
02
Pair and press play
Connect your phone, start any app, set the timer.
03
Put your phone down
Lay your head on the pillow, the sound is there.
Real people. Real nights.
Rated 4.8 / 5 based on 2,247+ reviews
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Sophie A., 6 hours ago
I forget it's there
Earbuds hurt, headbands made me sweat, a mask felt suffocating. This just sits under my pillow and I genuinely forget it exists. First thing in years I've actually stuck with.
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Mark & Jen, 2 days ago
He hears absolutely nothing
He's asleep in seconds, I need a podcast to switch off. I hear every word and he hears none of it. We should have found this years ago.
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Barbara N., 3 weeks ago
The quiet stopped keeping me up
When the house goes silent my head starts racing. A bit of soft noise from under the pillow settles me now, and there's nothing in my ears to fuss with.
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Amelia T., 8 months ago
Paired in seconds
Switched it on, my phone found it, done. It lasts for nights on a charge and I love that nothing at all touches my ears.
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Ken R., 2 months ago
No glowing screen by my head
No phone lighting up, no earbuds, no wires trailing off the bed. I slide it under and it just works. Simple as that.
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Gillian W., 14 hours ago
Nothing on my head, nothing in my ears
I can't stand a headband and earbuds hurt. This just lives under the pillow, so there is literally nothing on me. Perfect for how I sleep.
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Leah R., 5 days ago
Bedtime with my little boy is calm now
Getting him down used to take an hour of standing by the door. A soft sleep story under his pillow and he's off before it finishes. I get my evenings back.
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Andrew M., yesterday
I actually tested it
Put my head down, had my partner sit right next to me, and he couldn't hear a thing. Still slightly amazed by that every night.
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Ruth M., 1 week ago
Thinner than my phone
I honestly can't feel it under the pillow. I only remember it's there when it's time to charge it, which is about twice a week.
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Preeti S., 2 days ago
Clear even through thick foam
I've got a deep memory foam pillow and expected a muffled mush. It comes through perfectly clear. Really impressed with that.
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Lucy A., 2 weeks ago
Bedtime isn't something I dread
The silence used to feel sharp and I'd lie there tensing up. A little sound takes the edge off it. It's not a miracle, it just makes the evening easier.
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Colin H., 3 days ago
One tip: sit it under your ear
Give it a night to find the sweet spot, tuck it under your ear rather than dead centre, and it's spot on from then on. Glad I persevered.
Nick D., 1 month ago
Covers the ringing in my ears
I've had tinnitus for years and the silence at night makes it louder. A bit of soft noise under the pillow masks it and I drop off without fighting it. Didn't expect that to work.
Jamie D., 6 days ago
No more phone in the bed
I used to fall asleep with my phone on the pillow, hot and glowing in my face. That habit ended the very first night with this.
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Martin C., 2 months ago
It genuinely disappears
The 11mm claim is honest. It vanishes under the pillow. I had to have a feel around the first night to check it was still there.
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Sadie L., 1 week ago
Brown noise, all night, forget about it
Twenty-odd hours of battery and a timer means I never think about it. Set it once, it just does its thing.
Ash D., 4 months ago
We've got two now
Bought one, my partner kept borrowing it, so we caved and got a second. Nobody's giving theirs up. That's the whole review.
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Hugh T., 1 week ago
Audiobooks without a thing in my ear
I read myself to sleep with my ears now. Nothing to fall out, nothing pressing in, nothing to charge but this little thing.
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Pauline E., 4 months ago
I'm 78 and use it every night
My grandson set it up for me once and I've not had to touch a single setting since. It plays my radio dramas and off I go.
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Meera P., 2 weeks ago
Side-sleeper heaven
Everything else dug into my ear when I turned over. This is under the pillow so nothing touches me at all. Bliss on my side.
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Gemma S., 5 months ago
My daughter stays in her own bed
She used to pad into our room at 2am like clockwork. A little gentle sound under her pillow and she sleeps right through now. The whole house is better for it.
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Barry G., 2 weeks ago
No app, no account, no faff
Turned it on, phone connected, that was the whole setup. Exactly what you want at half eleven at night.
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Terry A., 6 months ago
No more sore ears in the morning
I slept on earbuds for years and woke up with a dull ache every single day. That's completely gone. I didn't realise how much it bothered me until it stopped.
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Rob F., 3 weeks ago
The cover comes off to wash
Small detail, but it matters for something that lives in your bed every night. Whips off, wash, back on. Nice touch.
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Stewart K., 9 months ago
Slight delivery hiccup, sorted fast
The courier managed to lose my parcel for a couple of days. One email to Velrest and they had a replacement out the same afternoon, no arguing. The speaker itself has been faultless, so honestly no complaints.
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Kevin S., 1 month ago
It's not a party speaker, and that's the point
It's quiet by design. If you want to fill a room, this isn't it. For drifting off, the gentle volume is exactly right.
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Rachel P., 1 year ago
It travels everywhere with me
Strange hotel rooms used to mean a night of no sleep. This slips into my case and turns any room into mine. I don't pack without it now.
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Josie N., 2 months ago
Sleep stories without headphones
I use a sleep app every night and hated wearing anything to bed. This solved it completely. Just sound, no gear.
Greg N., over a year ago
Thought it would be a gimmick
I was ready to be unimpressed. It's the only sleep thing I've bought that I still reach for months later. Quietly brilliant.
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Nadine B., 2 months ago
No little glow in the night
Nothing lights up or blinks at me in the dark. Whoever designed this clearly actually sleeps. That never happens with gadgets.
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Owen J., 3 months ago
Masks his snoring, just for me
A bit of soft noise and I stop noticing him next to me. He sleeps normally, I get peace. Both sorted.
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Idris O., 1 year ago
Podcasts while she sleeps
I'm a night owl who likes noise, she's out by ten and needs silence. This quietly ended the whole argument.
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Miriam T., 2 years ago
Six months in, still my favourite thing
The cover's been washed plenty, the battery is exactly as it was, and it's still the best thing in my bed. Holds up.
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Priya N., 5 days ago
Bought it for my dad
He's not one for technology at all. Grandson set it up once, and now he plays the cricket highlights to drop off. Delighted with it.
Tomasz W., 3 weeks ago
Ends my scrolling
I'd doomscroll till 1am. Now I put an audiobook on through this instead and I'm asleep in twenty minutes. Proper habit changer.
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Fay R., 1 month ago
Quiet enough for the baby monitor
I still hear the monitor over it, which was my worry. Soft sound for me, but not so loud I'd miss her. Thought that through nicely.
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Gareth P., 2 months ago
Tinnitus at night, sorted
The stillness makes the ringing worse for me. A gentle background sound covers it and I actually fall asleep. Genuinely grateful for it.
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Della K., 4 months ago
One charge lasts me the week
I sleep a good seven hours a night and it's still going days later. I charge it Sunday and barely think about it after that.
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Warren H., 1 month ago
Parcel was late, service made up for it
Royal Mail sat on my parcel for three days and I got a bit grumpy. Dropped Velrest a message and they were lovely about it, kept me posted, and it landed the next morning. The speaker's been perfect ever since, so I can't stay annoyed.
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Selina B., 7 months ago
Simple, and it just works
No tech drama, no wires, no glow. It plays my sleep sounds and switches itself off. That's all I ever wanted from it.
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WHAT PEOPLE TRY FIRST
The sound stays with you, not the room
Everyone wants something to fall asleep to. Most options either hurt your ears or wake the person next to you. Here's the honest comparison.
OptionWhat it costsThe catch
Wireless earbuds£100 to £250Hard in your ears, they work loose when you turn over, and one left in leaves you with earache by morning.
Bedside Bluetooth speaker£30 to £150Fills the whole room, so it wakes whoever is next to you. And the little light glows at you all night.
White noise machine£25 to £60One fixed set of sounds on the nightstand. You can't play your own podcasts, audiobooks or sleep stories.
Under-Pillow Sleep Speaker£44.95Slips under your pillow so only you hear it. Nothing in your ears, nothing glowing, and it plays anything from your phone.
Typical UK prices, 2026. The Under-Pillow Sleep Speaker is a one-off with nothing to run.
90
90NIGHTS
Sleep on it. Most give you 30, if that.
Slide it under your pillow tonight. If you can still feel it, if it doesn't give you private audio while your partner sleeps in silence, if it doesn't make winding down easier, send it back within 90 nights for a full refund. Free UK delivery.
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Order today
Free UK delivery. Dispatched within 24 hours.
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Sleep on it
Use it for 90 nights, every night.
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Then decide
Not for you? Full refund, we pay return shipping.
WHO YOU'RE BUYING FROM
About us
It's 3am and you're still awake. We've been there.
We tried the fixes too — the sleeping pills that left us groggy, the apps that just tracked how badly we slept, the "miracle" supplements that did nothing. So we built Velrest on one rule: if we can't prove it, we don't sell it.
Whatever's keeping you up — heat, noise, a racing mind, light — we only sell the thing that actually fixes it. And you get 90 nights to prove it works. Don't feel the difference? You don't pay. You risk nothing.
Almost no one does. At 11 mm thin it sits flat with no pressure point, and with a memory-foam pillow on top you won't feel it at all.
At a normal sleep volume the sound stays in your pillow and doesn't travel into the room, so your partner beside you hears silence.
Yes. Bluetooth 5.4 pairs with iPhone, Android or any device, and works with any app.
Up to 20 hours per charge, and the 30/60/90 minute timer powers it down after you're asleep. USB-C charging.
Many people use gentle white or brown noise to help mask the ringing so quiet nights are easier, and this delivers that with nothing in your ears. It's a comfort and sleep aid, not a medical treatment. If your tinnitus is new, changing or worsening, please see your GP.
You have 90 nights. If it's not right, send it back for a full refund. Free UK delivery.
