Sleep eye mask
A cloth mask that blocks light at the eyes when a room cannot be made dark
Cloth mask, padded or contoured, worn over the eyes in bed. It matters because light reaching closed eyelids still reaches the brain, which is enough to shift how deeply someone sleeps. People reach for one where blackout blinds are not an option, such as hotels and flights.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Rich RollDoes it
Ultra-endurance athlete · The Rich Roll Podcast
An eye mask is part of the same sleep setup as the tent and the blanket. He names the Mindfold as the one he likes.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show #561 transcript - Matthew WalkerRecommends
Sleep scientist · author of Why We Sleep
Light gets through closed eyelids and takes deep sleep with it, he told Tim Ferriss, citing work by Phyllis Zee at Northwestern. Eye masks are on his short list of fixes for that, next to blackout curtains.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show #650 transcript - Stacy SimsRecommends
Exercise physiologist · Women Are Not Small Men
Her year-round sleep hygiene list is about the room rather than a pill. Block the light out with blackout curtains or a sleep mask, keep noise down with earplugs or white noise, eat nothing in the last two hours, and wind down with dim lights and no screens.
Source: Dr Stacy Sims: Why Women Struggle with Sleep
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On record from 5 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it, 3 have discussed it - Gear$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
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On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it, 1 has discussed it - Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.
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On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it - Gear$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
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On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it, 1 recommends it - Gear$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
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On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it, 1 has discussed it
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