Comfortable and effective light blocking
I tend to not sleep well with visual stimulation...  including light through closed eyelids.  So, I always keep my bedroom very dark.<br /><br />But there are times this doesn't work.  My wife might not be able to sleep and is looking at her cell phone screen.  Or I'm on a long flight.  Or in a hotel with some item...  a thermostat panel, or an LED on a smoke detector, or lights from outside shining past the blinds... which causes issues.<br /><br />I have been buying the "Good Night sleep mask" from Magellan's for all this time, after trying, and discarding, quite a few others.  The Magellan mask is neoprene rubber...  think "like a SCUBA suit"... cover with soft cloth bonded to the rubber.  What makes them so good is that the rubber is formed, so there is a "domed" cavity over each eye, and even while wearing them, you can have your eyes open, blind, and so on, with no sensation of contact with your eyes or eyelashes.<br /><br />Their drawback, however, is that the fabric inevitably debonds from the rubber.  A set, if well cared for, may last a year of continuous usage.<br /><br />So, seeing these, I wanted to give them a try.<br /><br />Generally, I like them.  They're very comfortable to wear, block light effectively, and seem likely to last longer than my long-time favorites.<br /><br />But they don't QUITE clear my eyelashes.  Opening or closing my eyes with this on results in a "tickling" of my eyelashes.<br /><br />If these were a bit more "domed" over the eyes, but identical in every other way, they would be PERFECT.<br /><br />As it is, they still work quite well, and if you have short eyelashes or deep eye sockets this quibble of mine might not be a concern for you, anyway.<br /><br />But for me, opening my eyes and still being in pitch blackness without any sensation of contact?  That's a huge selling point.  The Magellan ones accomplish that.  These don't, for me.<br /><br />So, while I'm keeping these and will use them, I'm not ready to abandon my favorites for them just yet.  I'll keep both types around for now.<br /><br />But a set like these, with the around-eye "pillows" and well-sewn construction, but with those domed eye cavities?  That would be a vast improvement over either type.  If someone made a set like those, it would be all I'd ever buy again.
Rating: 4 stars