Seeking World's Heaviest Sleep Mask

June 6, 2018 9:40 AM

I want to buy a sleep mask, with the primary feature being that it's heavy, and puts a lot of weight on my face. It seems like most that are sold note that being "lightweight" is a feature and none seem to be interested in the other way around. Basically, I'm looking for a weighted blanket, but for my upper face. Do you have one you like that you can recommend?

Yes, go ahead and make some jokes about my face. That's totally fine.

Surely I'm not the only person out there that wants a very heavy sleep mask?

posted by juniperesque to Shopping (8 answers total)

How about this weighted mask from the Gravity Blanket folks?
posted by jenny76 at 9:49 AM on June 6, 2018 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Here's one on Amazon: nodpod.
posted by Kriesa at 9:53 AM on June 6, 2018

I've seen ones that are beaded (on the inside) to add weight. My acupuncturist had one that she'd use when I came in with a headache.
posted by toomanycurls at 9:57 AM on June 6, 2018

I have no idea what the brand is of the thing I have, but it's something like this which is to say, it's not cloth but a kind of stuffed pillow with a nice solid feeling to it that also smells good.

You may get an idea of search terms worth checking via the related items.
posted by Cozybee at 10:04 AM on June 6, 2018

Somebody gave me a rectangular silk sack full of dried lavender and like adzuki beans or rice or something that you're supposed to put either in the microwave or the freezer or leave room temperature and then slap over your eyes and then try to sleep somehow. I hated it because it shoved my eyes into my skull worse than any other. I used it as a drawer sachet. You might try this out if you run across one: I have never tried anything more unpleasantly leaden.
posted by Don Pepino at 10:17 AM on June 6, 2018

Don Pepino has it- people who want weight buy "eye pillows".
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:38 AM on June 6, 2018

My wife has one that is kind of like a beanbag shaped like an eye mask. Is that what you’re looking for?
posted by rustcellar at 10:58 AM on June 6, 2018 [2 favorites]

I was wondering if you ended up getting and using the nodpod or found another solution and could give a follow-up?
I am right there with you. I use one of the lavender eye pillows, but I'm unhappy with the weight--I need MORE!--as well as the way it lies across my nose. I hate being so particular, but there it is. I've even thought of trying to make my own somehow, but I can't figure out the details. I hope you've found something you love.
posted by thebrokedown at 9:59 PM on June 24, 2018