What is it?
Not, as the image above suggests, a balaclava for Elephant Men, or an easy solution to that Edvard Munch-themed fancy-dress party you’ve been avoiding until now. It’s an in-flight sleeping aid: a big pillow you wear on your head, basically. Stick your hands in the ear holes and lean forward to sneak 40 winks on your tray table — or, for that matter, your desk at work.
How was it?
Hot. Very hot — that will be the 95% viscose. In fact, the manufacturer warns against wearing it for more than 15 minutes at a time, so power naps only, please. The face hole was pretty small (I have a normal-sized face), so you have to make a tough choice as to whether you have one eye and your nose poking out, or your mouth and nose. Either way, you will look like a wally. A sweaty wally.
Pack it?
Only if you really want to look like a deformed Teletubby and thereby ensure the passenger next to you definitely won’t talk to you. That said, it’d be worth getting them to tap you on the shoulder periodically to check you haven’t expired from hyperthermia. Of more use than one of those silly neck pillows, but only just.
Buy it
For £71, from eu.ostrichpillow.com.