I have the MZOO sleep mask as well and it’s the best I’ve found after trying a bunch of different brands. I bought a second as a backup and would rebuy in the future if needed.
This thread of comments seems like very nice example of "The exception that proves the rule".
Both are satisfied to have found good products, and somewhat surprised, at least tacitly acknowledging by even finding it worth commenting, that the productscape overall is basically a sea of lemons.
Yeah that is nice, but ironically we can only have this discussion because Hacker News itself is not full of lemons
I can click on the profiles, and see "created 2009 or 2014", and think "OK this is probably a real person"
Whereas if this were Reddit or Instagram, and the account was created recently, I might think "that's AI spam".
So yeah someone has to do real work to create spaces that are not lemon markets. I guess people who have experienced that have coined "Dead Internet Theory"
(Although ironically, I would trust HN more on non-tech stuff like sleep masks, than I do on tech stuff. The tech stuff does have a bias towards what CEOs/investors think, although plenty of opposing opinions get voiced as well)
When I research Reddit recommendations I always click into people's accounts to see old posts. If they have non brand safe posts (nswf, politics, profanity), I view them as more likely to be real.
I’ve bought several of the WAOAW sleep masks as well. They’re great for the price point - I have a nasty habit of forgetting them in hotel beds though. I tend to go through one every few years or so. My wife enjoys hers as well.
Has anyone bought the third brand to round out the discussion?