Gear

Nap Quest

Five Essential Nap-Forward Items

November means Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving means turkey. Turkey means naps. Really good, really extensive naps. Naps that could only be improved by these five things specifically engineered to increase your dozing potential. Fine, there might be an actual sheep herd involved, too.

RING AROUND THE COZY

So Many Possible Napping Combinations

It’s a pillow that has no beginning and no end. The possibilities are endless. You can wrap it around your face or neck, roll it up on a desk or just use it as a regular pillow. Endless enough, at least.

MILL OF RIGHTS

You’ll Need a Nice Blanket. This Is It.

Wrap this wool blanket around yourself and someone else’s self. If they ask about its origin, tell them it pays homage to Pendleton’s Mission Mill and Pendleton’s founder, Thomas Kay. They probably won’t ask that, but at least you’re ready now.

MASK MANAGER

A Second Sunrise Never Hurt Anyone

There’s a name for that spaced-out groggy feeling you have after abruptly waking up from a nap. It’s called sleep inertia. And this sleep mask gets rid of that by recreating the soft glow of a sunrise. So there’s no strobe feature.

ASTRO TURF

Astronaut-Tested. You-Approved.

What happened here was a bunch of scientists helped NASA astronauts get some sleep. Then they took the knowledge they accumulated and made an app that does all sorts of stuff like naturally provoke relaxation and help you create better sleep habits. It also has a power-nap button. Nap science.

SHEEP NUMBER

Sheep Herd Delivery Is All

The idea of counting sheep to help you fall asleep isn’t new. This might be. Because this is a place that delivers actual live sheep to you. For counting. To fall asleep. Which is probably not what they had in mind when they started this business.