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https://mantasleep.com/products/manta-sleep-mask-sound

No experience with it but sounds like the kind of thing you're after.

I can confirm this thing is amazing

the pro one, not the one you linked (headphone inserts seem like needless ear pressure): https://mantasleep.com/products/manta-sleep-mask-pro

i toss and turn all night and this thing stays on most of the time, is incredibly comfortable, and i am so grateful i received it as a gift (would never have bought for self)

Thanks for posting this. I've been looking for a mask with eye cups but couldn't find anything decent on Amazon.

Have you tried the Silk one? I'm tempted to get that one instead of the Pro since the materials sound nicer, but the site is really unclear about the differences...

Hmm… I just bought one but I notice their page has a quote of customer praise saying they can no longer sleep without one. That seems a little bit troubling

Earplugs and sleep masks are habit forming, but speaking as a light sleeper, it's better than the alternative. It's easy enough to always have one on hand, and makes a big difference in my restfulness.

As a side sleeper I had the opposite experience unfortunately, so YMMV. The Manta Pro is touted for side sleepers, but I've used both the pro and original and they both suffer from the same problem: it still slips around and the walls of the eye cups press into my eyes as I sleep. I gave it a few weeks of waking up with soreness and misaligned vision. No amount of fiddling with eye cup positions or strap tightness helped. The thickness of the strap is a fundamental design problem with the Manta approach, even with the expensive tech fabrics on the pro. It's overbuilt.

After trying about 10 other sleep masks, I ended up with the Alaska Bear Silk Two Strap [1] which has straps so thin they're imperceptible, and a much more effective retention mechanism, for a fraction of the price.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/ALASKA-Natural-Blindfold-Super-Smooth...

Yep, this is the one I settled on after trying a few out!

I have used (and loved) the Alaska Bear Silk mask for years, but it does come off occasionally. I’m absolutely going to try the double strap one now, thanks for sharing!

These look quite thick thus they seem like they’d be hot for those of us who are hot blooded.

I've been using a Manta Sleep mask (no speakers) for the last year and half, and love it. Unlike the cheap eye mask, it doesn't have an elastic strap that eventually gets out of shape. And it blocks 100% of light for me.

As a side sleeper, I can't use masks with speakers or even long ear plugs, as they put enough pressure on my ear cartilage that they make sleep uncomfortable.

I just put an earbud in the ear facing the ceiling. If I’m awake when I flip, I move the earbud. If I’m asleep, it falls out and I’m none the wiser.

Got one and it’s pretty much the bees knees. A nice evolution over their earlier generation, which I also own. It even seals about 99% of light over a full task CPAP Darth Vader setup

I hope you don't mind me saying: Between that mask and a CPAP machine, your sleep setup sounds delightfully cyberpunk.

From personal experience, adding a mouthguard brings this entire look up to "dead sexy" status.

If people want to try it without spending so much, Ebay has much cheaper ones:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/194063513469

If you do find it useful then it's worth spending the money to get the best available, but I use the cheap one and it's great.

I have one and find it to be very uncomfortable.

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