The nose
Your nose closes
Lie down and the inside of your nose puffs up. The narrow part gets narrower — and every hard breath pulls it tighter still.
You're not sleeping badly. You're breathing badly.
Ten seconds before you turn the light off.
The system
One problem. Two ways in.
Air should come in through your nose. At night it stops, for two separate reasons — and fixing one without the other is why most people give up.
The mouth
Your mouth opens
The muscles holding your jaw shut let go the moment you're asleep. From then on the air bypasses your nose.
Open the nose first, then close the mouth. That order is the whole routine.
Reviewed
Why you wake at three in the morning.
We asked a clinician to look at the two mechanisms above and say what they actually cost a night's sleep.
Dr. Anthony Marino
Clinical Advisor
Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
A narrow nose and an open mouth are two different faults with one result: you spend the night working harder for the same air. It is rarely loud enough to wake you properly — it just lifts you closer to the surface, again and again.
What Solvane does is mechanical, and that is the point. One holds the nose open, the other keeps the lips together. Nothing is absorbed and nothing is switched off.
Dr. Anthony Marino reviewed the mechanical description on this page. Not a customer, not paid per sale, and nothing here is medical advice.
Reviews
In their own words
Megan H.
Started with the strips for the congestion and added the tape a month later for the snoring. It's the two together that finally sorted it out.
Rachel A.
My husband uses the tape and I use the strips. Different problem each, same order.
Emily J.
The nose was my issue, not the mouth. The strips on their own were enough for me.
Sarah M.
Ten seconds before bed. That is genuinely the whole routine, which is the only reason I've kept it up.
James A.
Dry mouth every single morning for years. Three weeks of taping and I've stopped waking up for water.
Michael D.
Wife says the snoring is more or less gone. I was asleep, so I'll have to take her word for it.
Matthew W.
I read about nose breathing for far too long one evening and ordered both. No regrets, but start with whichever one matches your actual problem.
Jessica T.
The strip holds my nose open and the tape stops me cheating. Turns out I needed both.
Daniel K.
Sensitive skin, a month in, and neither of them has caused me any trouble. I'd half expected a rash by now.
Ashley B.
I only use the tape on nights I've had a drink, because that's when I snore. Works out at a few a week.
Amanda W.
Not magic. I sleep a bit better and I notice it in the mornings more than I do at night.
Chris M.
Bought the strips for running and ended up wearing them to bed instead.
Andrew C.
The first week felt odd. By the second I'd stopped thinking about either of them.
Joshua H.
I was buying two different brands separately before this. Cheaper now, and it turns up in one box.
Lauren L.
I wake up once now instead of three times. Small change, doesn't feel small.
Ryan W.
I fully expected this to be nonsense. It's a strip of cotton and a strip of plastic and both of them do what they say.
Individual results vary.
- Applied in ten seconds
- Gone by morning
- Nothing absorbed
- 30-night risk-free trial
Both, in one box
Open the nose. Close the mouth.
One small routine at bedtime — for deeper, quieter sleep.
Pick a length
One price for both. Free shipping, every length.
30-Night Risk-Free Trial. Both products, 30 nights. If the mornings don't change, send them back for a full refund.
Before you ask
The questions worth answering.
What if I can't breathe through my nose?
Then don't use the mouth tape. A strip across your lips takes away the only route you have left, and that is the one hard rule with mouth taping.
Start with the nasal strips instead, and use the ten-second finger test on the strips page to find out whether they'll help you before you buy anything.
Which one should I start with?
If your nose is blocked at night, start with the strips. If your nose is fine and you wake up dry, start with the tape. If both sound like you, use both — the strips first, then the tape. That order matters, and it is the whole routine.
How long until I know if it works?
One night. The strips work the moment they go on — you can feel the difference in about sixty seconds. The tape shows up the next morning: your mouth is dry, or it isn't.
Neither is a thing you wait a month to evaluate.
Will they irritate my skin?
Both are hypoallergenic and latex-free, and both are designed to come off rather than to survive. We won't promise you'll have no reaction — nobody honestly can.
Patch-test on your forearm for an hour first, and don't apply either to skin that's already irritated or broken. If it isn't right for your skin, send it back inside 30 nights.
Is there a subscription?
No. Every pack is a one-time purchase, and the larger packs are simply more nights at a lower price per night.
Why aren't you on Amazon?
Amazon does not permit mouth tape listings. Which suits us — it means no hijackers, no counterfeits and no race to the bottom on price.
What if it doesn't work for me?
Send it back within 30 nights for a full refund. Your 30 nights start the day it arrives.
30 nights to decide
Give the night back its quiet.
Ten seconds before you turn the light off. Nothing to remember, nothing to give up, nothing absorbed.
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