Travelers Are Getting Almost 17 Hours of Sleep on Flights With This One-of-a-kind Neck Pillow

Travel + Leisure

8 hours ago

If your seatmate were to pull this device out of their carry-on, you might do a double-take. It's not your average travel pillow, but people say it's so much better because of its unusual design and techy features.
In addition to being cushiony and ergonomic, this travel neck pillow serves as a really comfortable set of over-ear noise-canceling headphones, directing your most comforting in-flight playlist straight into your ear canals while you settle in for a pre- or post-trip nap.
Travelers claim (hyperbolically) that the Yvnens pillow from Amazon saved their lives. For starters, the memory foam makeup and patented supportive shape make it one of the most comfortable travel pillows out there. Wrapping around your neck, the cushion comes up over the ears and around the front, offering 360-degree posterior, lateral, and chin support. It buckles in the front so you can customize the fit—the snugger the pillow, the less your head can move. Head bobbing and rolling is what causes neck soreness.
Inside the memory foam ear pads are seven layers of noise reduction, cutting background noise by 30 decibels. The materials alone muffle—if not completely cancel out—outside sounds, but you can also fire up the speakers and connect them to your phone with the built-in Bluetooth feature for an immersive audio experience. One reviewer wrote that the sound quality 'rivals [their] high-end noise-canceling headphones.'
Another happy customer said they 'cannot emphasize enough how incredible this neck pillow is,' writing that this accessory is the only way they're able to sleep on planes. 'I just flew 17 hours to South Korea, and I actually slept. Not just a quick nap—I slept . For almost the entire flight. I don't know what kind of magic this pillow holds, but it cradled my head in the perfect position, prevented any neck strain, and felt like sleeping on a cloud. I woke up feeling refreshed, comfortable, and honestly in shock that I had just slept more on a plane than I do in my own bed sometimes.' They rated the pillow 1,000 out of 10 and called it 'absolutely essential' for travel.
At 10.5 by 8.5 by 10 inches, the Yvnens travel neck pillow is a little larger to pack than a standard C-shaped pillow. The pillow comes with a drawstring carrying bag, a 3.5mm auxiliary audio cable, and a USB-C charging cable with a wall adapter. Reviewers say the headset battery stays charged through several hours of continuous use.
The Yvnens travel pillow comes in grey and purple, and both colors currently have a $10 coupon at Amazon, bringing the price down to $56. Your seatmate might do a double-take when you whip this strange pillow out of your carry-on, but it'll be worth the attention to achieve a full REM cycle in the sky (or in the car … or on the couch … ).
It's the top-rated travel pillow with Bluetooth capabilities at Amazon, but we found other comfortable ways to listen to music on a plane—including Bluetooth headbands—below.
At the time of publishing, the price started at $56.
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