Dual-Clearance Sleep Mask
The speaker lies flat inside the band, away from the spot the pillow presses into your ear. The eye cups arch off your lashes. Total dark and your own sound, all night on your side.
$69Less than half the price of the $159 headphone masksThe Pair: $57 per mask
The Two-Point Squeeze
Maybe it was a headphone mask that said it fit your side. Maybe it was earbuds you fell asleep in. You believed it.
Then you woke up with a sore ear. Or you pulled it off at 3am because the cups were pressing on your lashes. Or there was light leaking around your nose by sunrise.
"My ear hurt badly this morning after sleeping on it. Made for side sleepers was a lie."Verified review of a headphone sleep mask sold on Amazon
That's not bad luck. It's the Two-Point Squeeze.
When you lie on your side, your face is pinned between the pillow and two things at once: the speaker resting on your ear, and the fabric resting on your eyelid. The pillow turns every bit of bulk into pressure.
So every mask before this one fixed one point at best:
So you buy another $25 mask. Then another. Two or three a year, and the sore ear comes back every time.
Every time that pressure wakes you, it breaks the sleep the mask was supposed to protect.
So a mask that works on your side has to clear both points, and still seal out the light:
Nobody had built a mask around where your face actually meets the pillow. Here's what that looks like.
How it works
A wide velvet band that wraps around your head, two molded eye cups, and a flat speaker hidden inside the band at each ear. Two gaps do the work. Scroll to see each one.
The molded eye cups leave open space between the fabric and your eyelid. Put it on and blink. Your eyelashes never touch the fabric, so there's no pressure on your eyes. That's the blink test, and you can do it the second it arrives.
The speaker is flat and rides in a velvet pocket inside the strap, so you slide it into the bowl of your ear, off the spot the pillow pushes. You lie on your cheek. The pillow meets soft velvet, not a hard speaker.
Night one, lie on your cheek for five minutes. If you can feel the speaker, email us and keep the mask. Full refund.
Lie on your side on your own pillow. Press a fingertip flat on your cheek, just in front of your ear, where your face meets the pillow. That's the spot every headphone mask presses: a hard speaker sitting there is what leaves your ear sore by morning. This mask moves the speaker into the bowl of your ear, so that spot only ever meets soft velvet.
The seal sits on your forehead, cheekbones and the bridge of your nose, not on your eyes. So total dark doesn't depend on squeezing tighter.
Face a lamp, put it on, open your eyes. If you see light at your nose, send it back.
Brown noise, rain or your podcast plays right at your ear. With steady sound playing, noise woke sleepers 68% less (Sleep Medicine, 2005). The mower fades under the rain, a snoring partner sinks under brown noise, and you still hear your alarm. The Brown-Noise Night Library comes with every mask.
"I use a sleep mask with Bluetooth speakers in it. There flat so I can still sleep on my side."A side sleeper, on why a flat speaker works
60 nights. Keep the mask either way.
What changes by morning
Light is the signal your body wakes up to. As one day sleeper put it: "If I don't have an eye mask on, my body can tell it's light out." Block it and your sleep hormone gets room to work: melatonin ran 48% higher with light and noise blocked (Critical Care, 2010).
A door, a truck, the grass getting cut at 7am. With steady sound playing, noise woke people 68% less (Sleep Medicine, 2005). That's about two of every three wake-ups, gone. Pick brown noise or rain and you'll never hear the landscapers.
REM is the dreaming stage that leaves you sharp. With light and noise shut out, it started 41 minutes sooner and took up about 40% more of the night (Critical Care, 2010).
You roll onto your side in total dark with your own sound on. You wake up with nothing sore, and the mask stays put.
Fewer 3am wake-ups. Blocking light and noise cut wake-ups by about 1 in 5 in a sleep-lab study (Critical Care, 2010).
It's just part of going to bed. Across 19 studies and 1,379 people, blocking light and noise meant better sleep (Journal of Sleep Research, 2018).
60 nights. Keep the mask either way.
Your kind of night
"Sleeping in my AirPods, but the battery doesn't last the whole night and they're uncomfortable."
Here, nothing goes inside your ear. The sound sits flat against it, and one USB-C charge runs 10+ hours, past your alarm. If the battery ever quits in the first 12 months, we send a new mask.
60 nights. Keep the mask either way.
The side-by-side
| Earbuds | Flat mask | Cheap headphone mask | Dual-Clearance Mask | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total dark | No | Yes | Leaks at the nose | Yes, sealed at the edges |
| Your own sound | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Pressure on your eyelid | None | Yes | Yes | Nothing touches your lashes |
| Pressure on your ear | Inside the ear | None | Thick speaker | Flat speaker, off the pillow point |
| Battery, one charge | Dies mid-night | n/a | Fades within months | 10+ hours, all night |
| If the battery quits | Buy new ones | n/a | Buy another ($25, again) | Free replacement for 12 months |
| Cost over a year | Varies | n/a | $50+ (two or three masks) | $69 once |
60 nights. Keep the mask either way.
Pick your set
Total value: $182Today: $69You save $113.
Sold direct, no retail markup. About 19 cents a night for your first year.
Pick The Pair or the 3-Pack and add The Two-Schedule Bedroom Plan ($17 value): the plan for two people on two clocks, so the one who comes to bed late or gets up early stops waking the other.
The Pair: one for you, one for your partner or your travel bag. $57 each, plus The Two-Schedule Bedroom Plan.
One buyer rebuys a cheap headphone mask every 4 months. At $25 each, that's $75 a year.
"I buy a new one every 4 months or so."Amazon review
The best-known premium headphone mask costs $159. This one costs $69 and keeps both pressure points clear.
"I tried my best to like it especially because it's SO expensive for a damn eye mask."Sleep mask buyer, on the price
60 nights. Keep the mask either way.
60 nights on your pillow
Sleep on it for 60 nights. If it presses on your ears or your eyes, if it doesn't cover the noise, or you just don't love it, email us and get every cent back. Keep the mask. And if the battery or the Bluetooth quits in the first 12 months, we ship you a new one free. No return label, no forms.
One email. Any reason. Nothing to ship back.
If either quits, a new mask ships free. The old one stays with you.
Cheap masks die in about 4 months and get rebought. We built this one to last, so sending you a new one costs us less than losing you.
60 nights. Keep the mask either way.
Questions? Email wearphew@gmail.com. Our support team answers every email, and a real person writes back.
Side sleepers ask
It covers it. Your own brown noise or rain plays right at your ear, and you still hear your alarm.
One buyer rebuys a cheap headphone mask every 4 months. At $25 each, that's $75 a year, and the thick speaker still presses your ear. This one is $69 once, clears both points, and if the battery quits in the first 12 months, we send a new mask free.
The flat speaker slides inside the strap so you can move it off the spot your pillow presses. If it still presses, you get every cent back and keep the mask. See where the speaker sits when you lie on your side.
Never your eyes. The molded cups leave space in front of your eyelids, so you can blink freely.
10+ hours of play on one charge, so it outlasts a full night. It charges by USB-C. If the battery fails in the first 12 months, we send you a new mask free.
It runs on Bluetooth 5.2 and pairs with the phone on your nightstand. And if the connection ever fails in the first 12 months, we ship you a new mask free. No forms.
Nothing goes inside your ear, you set the volume as low as you like, and the speakers slide out whenever you want.
Yes. Slide the speakers out and hand wash the mask.
The seal sits on your forehead and cheekbones, not on your eyes or ear canal. Most of what you feel is the soft strap.
A headband covers your eyes flat against the lids. This one has molded cups, so your lashes stay free.
The adjustable strap holds it where you set it. No sliding up at 2am, no light leaking in when you roll over.
Yes. The 3-Pack brings each mask to $54.67: one for you, two to give. It also comes with The Two-Schedule Bedroom Plan. Every mask gets its own 60-night trial.
60 nights. Keep the mask either way.
The numbers
| Battery | 200 mAh rechargeable |
| Play time | 10+ hours per charge (200 mAh battery) |
| Charge time | About 2 hours |
| Speakers | Flat, removable, adjustable position inside the strap |
| Fit | Molded eye cups, adjustable strap |
| Colors | Midnight Black (shown), Blush Pink |
| Care | Remove speakers, hand wash |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| Charging port | USB-C |
| Guarantee | 60-Night Side-Sleeper Trial, any reason, keep the mask + 12-Month Battery & Bluetooth Replacement |
| Shipping | Free in the US |
Your first full night
Your first full night in the dark starts the day it arrives, and the 60 nights start with it.
Mask + Day-Sleeper Blackout Setup + Brown-Noise Night Library + 12-month replacement. $182 value.
That's the whole routine. 60 nights to prove it, and you keep the mask either way.