Mindfold Relaxation and Blackout Sleeping Mask, Total Darkness with Your Eyes Open.

I often work late nights and need to sleep past sunrise, which in my area can be as early as 2:20 a.m. in the summer!I got this to replace an old sleep mask that was sadly no longer being made, and found that this one was even superior to my old standby. I really can't say enough about it, and this is after using it daily for three years, traveling with it, and even running it through the occasional wash cycle! (It can come apart during washing, but is easily glued or pressed back together).But what makes this mask really special and effective, is that it not only blocks out all light (the first mask I've ever used to do that 100%), but also allows you to keep your eyes open. Now, uhm, I don't keep my eyes open while I sleep! But the point is, there is no actual pressure of any kind on your eyelids, like most or all other sleep masks. This makes for a totally comfortable night's rest, or just a moment to "duck out of it all" for example on a plane, while meditating, or whatever, because when adjusted right it provides total blackness.It also does an amazing job of helping me sleep when I have those seemingly endless moments of insomnia. When your eyes are open, but it's pitch dark all around you and you're lying down, it's amazing how fast your body gets the hint and signals your brain to sleep. So that's helpful as well: it makes me sleepy, then keeps me asleep by blocking out early morning light, or the eerie glow of all our modern electronic gizmos.When my old standby sleep mask went out of production, and mine had worn out, I tried a big handful of sleep masks via Amazon, searching in frustration for something that worked and helped me stay asleep. I almost passed on this one, because of the gimmicky name on the front. But I'm glad I took the plunge, as this mask is by far the best and the only one that is 100% effective, AND doesn't put pressure on my eyelids.I can't recommend it enough. Hope it works for you just as well as it works for me.

So the image on this page of this doesn't properly showcase this item. I thought the front part was some kind of fabric, like leather, or pleather or felt or something. It's actually a flexible plastic. So when I actually received the item I was about to get severely let down and sad, as it's not what I thought it was. I was thinking I would get poked with a plastic edge while sleeping or that it would be uncomfortable. I was WRONG! Way wrong. I tried it on and the strap of this is perfect. It has the elasticity to help it fit right bit even if and when the elastic starts to give after a longer period of use, the way the band is, you will have the ability to adjust it to keep the perfect fit since both ends adjust, kind of like goggles. Also, the plastic part I was worried about doesn't even touch my face or cause any discomfort. It's flexible and bends to fit your face without touching you. The foam padding attached allows you to be able to open your eyes while the mask it on, and it completely blocks the light. This is the best light block sleep mask I've tried ever. It's really the best sleep mask I've tried. comfort to have on while sleeping, light blocking, ease of adjustments, all of it.

I've tried a number of these eye masks, and this is the only one I've found that blocks out all or nearly all light (at least for me). When sitting upright in meditation, it blocks out 100%, and when lying on my back, more like 98%.This is perfect for my purpose, which involves a kind of meditation on the "inner light" which emerges only in complete darkness. When focused on the inner light, which first appears as a kind of white or red visual snow, after 10-20 minutes it starts to emerge as blue or purple blobs, then more defined shapes. Some people report geometric patterns after that, but I've never gotten to that experience. Perhaps I will, thanks to this eye mask.This mask is not perfect however. The foam presses on my nose in a way that slightly restricts my breathing. It's a mild annoyance only for me though.And the mask itself is made of materials that I fully expect to degrade over a year or two. I'll be pleasantly surprised if that doesn't happen, but it seems to me like the foam will eventually fall apart, or come loose from the plastic. The velcro strap on the other hand is quite robust, and I can make the mask very tight on my head if desired. It is also not comfortable for side sleeping.Overall, I recommend this mask, especially for meditation or for sleeping on your back. It is rare to find an eye mask that actually blocks out 100% of light, at least for me.