Napora 3-in-1 Airplane Sleep Set
★★★★★ 4.9 out of 5 (30 reviews) Read them
Eleven hours and I did not do the head-drop jolt onceDaniel R.
Napora is three black pieces that pack into one another. A contoured eye mask with raised cups, so it blocks light without pressing on your eyes, mounted on a wide padded strap that goes around the seat's headrest. That strap is the whole idea: your head is held back against the headrest instead of rolling forward every time you drift off. With it, a body wrap that crosses the chest and tucks under your arms, and a quilted pouch the other two live in.
A U-shaped pillow props your neck up from underneath. Napora holds your head back from behind. If what you want is the first, this is the wrong thing, and it needs a headrest to strap to.
- ✓The strap does the work, not your neck. It loops the headrest, so the seat holds your head instead of your own muscles trying to while you are asleep
- ✓The cups mean nothing touches your eyes. Raised moulded shells rather than a flat panel, so you can open your eyes under it and nothing is pressing on your lashes
- ✓The wrap stays where you put it. It crosses over the chest and tucks under your arms, which is the difference between it and a cabin blanket on your lap at hour two
- ✓It all goes in one pouch. About the size of a sandwich packed, so it fits a jacket pocket or the seat pocket rather than swinging off your bag
- ✓Black, with nothing written on it. You wear this on your face in front of a cabin full of people, and we thought a logo across the forehead was the wrong call
What arrives
The mask and strap. A contoured black eye mask with raised cups over each eye, on a wide padded strap with a side-release buckle and a small swivel hook.
The body wrap. A large panel of soft black stretch fabric that crosses the chest and tucks under the arms.
The pouch. A small quilted black zip pouch that the other two pack into.
How to use it
Loop the strap around the headrest before you put the mask on, and clip the buckle. Do it while the cabin lights are still up rather than in the dark.
Set the tension once. Too loose and your head still moves, too tight and the mask pulls on your face. There is a setting between the two and it takes a few minutes to find.
Cross the wrap over your chest and tuck the ends under your arms. Then sit back against the headrest rather than leaning to one side.
Where it works and where it does not
It needs a headrest. Most economy aircraft seats have one, and so do most coaches. A train bench or a seat with a flat back has nothing to loop, and there you are left with an eye mask and a wrap.
It is built for upright. If you always lean on the window, this asks you to sit back against the headrest instead, which takes a flight to get used to.
Reclined is fine. The strap is on the headrest and the headrest reclines with you.
What it will not do
It will not make you sleep. It stops your head falling forward, which for a lot of people is the thing that keeps waking them, but noise, light at the edges, turbulence and the seat in front are all still there.
It does nothing about sound. Bring earplugs if that is your problem rather than your head.
Shipping and delivery
Shipping is free on every order. Orders are dispatched in 1 to 3 business days, and a tracking link is emailed to you as soon as yours ships.
30-day money back
Take it on a flight. If it is not what you wanted, email us within 30 days of delivery for a refund. No restocking charge, and a used one is fine.
Sound familiar?
You wake up every time
your head falls forward
Not from noise, not from the seatbelt sign. From your own chin hitting your chest and the jolt that follows. Then you do it again twenty minutes later, for nine hours.
Napora straps to the headrest and holds your head where it already is.
The nine hours
It is the forward drop
that keeps waking you
Sideways you can deal with. There is a window, or a wall, or at worst a stranger's shoulder. It is forward that nothing solves, because the moment you actually relax, your head goes down and the jolt brings you back. Everything sold for this holds your neck from the sides, which is the one direction it was never going.
- Loop the strapAround the headrest, buckle clipped, before the lights go down
- Set the tensionFirm enough that your head stays back, loose enough that the mask is not pulling
- Cross the wrapOver the chest, ends tucked under your arms, so it stays on when you move
- Sit backAgainst the headrest rather than leaning. That is what the strap is holding you to
What to expect
Your head stays
where you put it
That is the claim and it is the whole claim. The strap holds your head back against the headrest, so the forward drop does not happen and the jolt that follows it does not wake you. Whether you then sleep is down to the flight, the noise and you. We are not going to tell you that a piece of fabric fixes a night in economy, only that it removes one specific thing that was interrupting it.
- What it holdsYour head, back against the headrest
- What it needsA seat with a headrest
- Packed sizeInto its own pouch, pocket sized
- What it is notA neck pillow, and not earplugs
How to use it
Loop it, set it,
then sit back
Under a minute. Do it before the cabin goes dark, because finding the buckle by feel in the dark is nobody's idea of a good start.
The strap goes around the headrest and clips with the side-release buckle. The padded part sits across the back of it, not against your skull.
Firm enough to hold your head back, loose enough that the mask is not pulling on your face. It takes a few goes to find and then you leave it.
Over the chest, ends under your arms. It stays put when you shift, which is the whole reason it is a wrap and not a blanket.
If your head still moves, the strap is too loose. That is the one adjustment, and nearly everyone sets it too loose the first time.
An honest comparison
A headrest strap, a U-pillow,
and a rolled-up jumper
Three answers to the same nine hours. What separates them is which direction they stop your head going, and whether you have to carry them through an airport.
| Napora | A U-shaped pillow | A jumper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stops your head falling forward | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Stops it falling sideways | Partly | ✓ | If you wedge it |
| Blocks the light | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Keeps you warm | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Packs into a pocket | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Works with no headrest | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Does anything about noise | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
What we will not claim: that it makes you sleep. The last two rows are the honest ones. If your seat has no headrest, buy the pillow. If your problem is noise, buy earplugs. If your problem is your head going forward, this is the one built for that.
Questions
The things people ask
before they order
Whether it is a neck pillow, what it needs to work, and what it honestly does not do.
Is this a neck pillow?
No, and the difference matters. A U-shaped pillow sits around your neck and props your head up from underneath, which helps with sideways and does very little about forward. Napora straps to the headrest and holds your head back against it, so the forward drop does not happen. If you have tried a U-pillow and found it did not stop the nodding, that is why. If you like your U-pillow, this is not a replacement for it.
Will it work on my seat?
It needs a headrest to loop around. Almost every economy aircraft seat has one, and so do most long-distance coaches. A train bench, a flat-backed seat or a car seat with the headrest removed gives the strap nothing to work with, and then you have an eye mask and a wrap rather than a sleep set. One of our reviewers found that out on a regional train and we would rather you knew first.
Does the strap squash my hair or press on my ears?
The padded section sits across the back of the headrest rather than clamping around your skull, and the strap is wide rather than a thin band. Nothing runs over the ears. People with long hair report no dents, which was the most common question before we stocked it.
Can I still lean on the window?
Not really, and this is worth knowing if that is your habit. Napora is built for sitting back against the headrest, and if you lean sideways the strap is doing nothing. It takes a flight to retrain yourself. On the other hand it is the middle seat, where there is nothing to lean on at all, that it was designed for.
Does it block all the light?
It blocks a lot more than a flat mask because the cups sit off your eyes and the edges follow your cheekbones, but a little light still finds the gap beside the nose when the cabin lights come up. We are not going to put a percentage on it. What the cups do best is let you have your eyes open underneath without anything touching them.
Will it actually help me sleep?
It stops one specific thing. For a lot of people the head falling forward and the jolt back is what keeps interrupting them, and taking that away is the difference between dozing and waking all night. It does nothing about engine noise, the light, turbulence or the person in front reclining into your knees, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
Can I wash it?
A cool wash in a mesh bag and hung to dry is what our reviewers report doing, with the padding and the buckle coming through it fine. We do not publish a care label yet, because our supplier has not confirmed one to us, so treat that as what people have done rather than as an instruction from the maker.
How small does it pack?
The mask, the strap and the wrap all go inside the quilted pouch, which is about the size of a sandwich. It fits a jacket pocket or the seat pocket in front of you, and there is a small swivel hook on the strap if you would rather clip it to a bag handle.
★★★★★ 4.9 out of 5
From people who
stopped doing the head jolt
What they say after a long flight or two.
“Eleven hours and I did not do the head-drop jolt once”
Daniel R. Verified buyer“It is not a neck pillow and the page says so. It works on the forward drop”
Simon V. Verified buyer“Wide and padded across the headrest, so no dents in my hair”
Imani P. Verified buyer“The wrap was still on me at landing. Blankets never are”
Tess M. Verified buyer“The cups mean nothing touches my eyes or my lashes”
Delia M. Verified buyer“The whole thing packs into one pouch in the seat pocket”
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Customer reviews
What buyers say
about Napora
the nodding was the whole problem
Eleven hours east and I did not do the head-drop jolt once. That was the only thing I wanted from it. It did not make the cabin quieter, obviously.
useless on the train leg
Works on the plane. On the regional train home the seat back is flat with no headrest to loop, so I had an eye mask and a wrap. Fair enough, the page warned me.
no dents in my hair
My main doubt. The strap is wide and padded and it sits across the headrest, not clamped around my skull, so nothing pressed on my ears either. Hair survived the landing.
one hand to get out of it
Flight attendant came round twice with drinks and I could unclip the buckle without taking the mask off my face. Small thing, but it is why I keep using it.
window seat people, read this
I lean on the wall out of habit. Napora wants you upright against the headrest, so I had to retrain myself for the first hour. Once I sat back properly it did its job.
the wrap stays put
Cabin blankets end up under my feet by hour two. This crosses over the chest and tucks under the arms and it was still exactly where I put it when we landed.
my partner kept stealing mine
We fly together several times a year and sharing one was never going to work, so he ordered his own after the second trip. We label the pouches now, because otherwise there is a discussion at the gate.
light still gets in at the nose
A little, when the cabin lights come up. Less than my old flat mask, and the cups mean nothing is touching my eyes, but it is not total darkness and I would not say it was.
fits in the seat pocket
Packed in the pouch it goes in the seat pocket in front of me with my book. I am a nervous flier so having it there rather than overhead mattered more than I expected.
my old foam ring is in a drawer
Night shift nurse, I commute by air twice a month. The ring never stopped my chin hitting my chest. This does. Setup is thirty seconds once you know the order.
bought it expecting a neck pillow replacement
It is not one, and the page says so. It works on the forward drop, which was my problem. My partner still prefers the foam ring for sideways leaning, so we take both.
the cups are the part I notice
Every mask I owned pressed on my eyes and I could feel my lashes against it. These sit off the face, so I can open my eyes under it without moving anything.
whole thing lives in one pouch
Packs down and goes in the seat pocket. I used to have a pillow swinging off my backpack through three terminals. Setup takes under a minute once you have done it once.
I wear glasses and it still works
I take them off and put them in the pouch, which is the obvious answer but it took me a flight to work out. The mask sits on the cheekbones rather than the bridge, so there is no pressure where the frames were.
the hook clips it to my bag
There is a swivel hook on the strap. I clip the packed pouch to my bag handle so it is not loose in a pocket.
it does nothing about noise
Obvious, but I will say it because I half expected the padding to help. It does not. Bring earplugs. What it does is hold your head, and for that it is exactly right.
I am tall and the strap reached
Six foot four, and my head sits above most headrests, so I expected this to be useless on me. The strap has enough length to go round the seat and still pull up to where my eyes are, and the mask reaches without stretching flat. Three long flights and no trouble.
the wrap is the bit I did not expect to use
I ordered this for the mask and the strap. The wrap is what I actually reach for first, because cabins are freezing and it stays on when you shift around.
a long coach journey, with headrests
The train review here says it failed without a headrest, which is fair. On a coach that has them it works exactly as it does on a plane. Worth knowing it is about the seat, not the vehicle.
washed it after four flights
Cool wash in a mesh bag, hung to dry overnight. The wrap came out the same, the strap padding did not go lumpy and the buckle survived. I would not put the whole thing in a dryer.
the buckle clicks in a quiet cabin
Doing it up and undoing it makes a plastic click that felt loud at two in the morning with everyone asleep. I now set it before the lights go down. Small thing, worth a mention.
my first red-eye without the jolt
The thing that used to wake me was my own chin hitting my chest and the jump that follows. That did not happen. Whether I slept well is another question and not one the product promised to answer.
stubble and the strap
The strap goes behind you across the headrest, so nothing sits under the chin and there is nothing at all to catch on stubble, the way my old one did.
uses it at home now
The mask on its own, without the strap, has replaced the flat one I had on my bedside table. The cups are the difference. I did not buy it for that and it is half the value to me.
the pouch is small enough to forget
Packed down it is about the size of a sandwich. It goes in a jacket pocket, which is why it actually comes with me rather than living in a drawer the way the U-shaped one did.
takes a flight to get the tension right
Too loose and your head still moves. Too tight and the mask pulls on your face. There is a setting between those and I found it somewhere over the Bay of Bengal rather than on the ground.
the middle seat, which is where it counts
Nothing to lean on either side, which is the seat this is built for and the one where a U-shaped pillow does least. Your head has nowhere to go but forward, and forward is what this stops.
my daughter borrowed it and bought her own
Twenty-two, flies for work, took mine to Singapore without asking. She ordered her own the week she got back, which tells you more than anything I could write here.
all black, no branding on it
Three black pieces with nothing written on them. You are wearing this on your face in front of a cabin full of people, and a logo across the forehead was the thing that put me off two others.
reclined or upright, both fine
I half expected it to only work with the seat straight up. Reclined the strap still holds, because it is attached to the headrest and the headrest moves with you. That was my main doubt before ordering.
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Your head stays back. That is the whole product.
A contoured eye mask on a wide padded strap that loops the headrest, a body wrap that crosses the chest and stays on, and a pouch the pair of them pack into. It stops the forward drop and the jolt that follows it, which for most people is the thing that keeps interrupting a long flight. It is not a neck pillow, it needs a headrest to work, and it does nothing about noise. Shipping is free and you have 30 days to change your mind.
Napora is a travel accessory. It is not a treatment for anything, it makes no health claim of any kind, and nothing on this page should be read as one. It holds your head back against a seat headrest and that is the extent of what it does.
It requires a seat with a headrest to strap around, and it is designed for sitting upright against that headrest rather than leaning to one side. It does not reduce noise. It does not block every trace of light, particularly beside the nose when cabin lights are on. We publish no fabric composition, no dimensions, no weight and no care instructions, because our supplier has confirmed none of them to us.