Mindfold Sleeping Mask

My initial rating was based on sleeping with this mask for a few days, and based only on the fact that it blocked out light better than my previous grocery store purchased sleep mask. However, other than that this mask is horrible in the comfort area. It's made of hard plastic on the outside and uncovered foam on the inside. It does block out light if you're lying on your back, but if you're a side sleeper you'll have hard plastic pressing against the side of your face, which can be distracting and occasionally even painful. After a week or two I threw this out and went looking again. Although it's twice as much, I found the perfect sleep mask: the Escape Luxury Sleep Mask by Dream Essentials. I've been using that one for two years and it's still perfect. Check my other reviews for a full review of the same mask (that color is no longer offered, but it's still available on Amazon in other colors if you search) for full details. It's easily twice the price of this mask, but soooo worth it!

I have been using the Mindfold for over 5 years on a daily basis. It was the perfect mask, but the fact that over the years the manufacturer has being making it thiner and thiner, makes it crack very easily. Now it does crack extremely easily speacially in the middle, and on the sides as also the elastic shape has changed.

It would be nice if the product would be produced using better standards like the previous ones (the mask use to last me a while, now the first crack is always in about a week of use).

Thanks,

MM

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This mask does block the light really well, as advertised. But, my eyes must be just a little too big, because when I wear this mask, the very inner edges of the foam eye-cutouts rest on the very outer corners of my eyes, and that foam feels like sandpaper on an area as sensitive as that!

Seriously, rub along the very outer corners of your eyes... Can you image a foam edge, putting pressure (from the Velcro head-strap) right in the corners of your eyes? Now try sleeping like that.

I had to use another, soft sleep mask underneath this one, to pad it. Which of course interferes with REM sleep. I'm on here hoping to find a contoured sleep mask with bigger eye-holes...

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I was honestly a bit disappointed upon receiving the mindfold. Unlike a fabric mask that I was expecting, this mask is made of PLASTIC and FOAM and seemed quite cheap and overpriced. However, it works very well and the plastic COMPLETELY blocks out light. With some adjustment on the nose bridge, you can have total darkness even in a brighly lit room. No fabric eyenask that I've used has been able to duplicate the Mindfold's effects.

For that reason, and that reason alone, I recommend the mask and give it 5 stars, because even if it looked really posh and expensive, if it couldn't block out light it's worthless.

Now, some of my (and perhaps soon to be your) personal gripes:

You may feel a little foolish putting this mask on in public (which is, for most people, the point). It covers most of your face, and with the foam eye cupes, I feel slightly bug-eyed when I wear it. And it prominently displays the logo so you can be a sleeping billboard and have people stare at your forehead for a few seconds while you doze. Again, it does look pretty cheap and flimsy, though so far it has held up well in flight. I felt it was overpriced.

Also, a thumbs up to the seller Maxi-Aids, there are a few other sellers on Amazon selling this mask, but I trust Maxi-Aids the most reliable!

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Looked like what I need but there is a down side or two. Excellent at blocking light, however the frame is stiff plastic. When I lie down on my pillow the relative inflexibility of the frame pushes the whole thing out of place. The foam lining is very soft, but is BARE, uncovered foam and is irritating against the delicate skin whenever I move. Why isn't there a soft fabric cover or something similar? Bad design for this purpose. Thumbs down, I'm afraid.