SleepRight Intra-Nasal Breathe Aids Breathing Aids for Sleep Nasal Dilator Snore Reducer - 2 Pack (4 Count)

I've ordered this twice. I've tried many of the nasal inserts out there including the ones that come highly recommended. Hands down, I prefer this to all of them. It stays in place better than the others and it's more comfortable. I can't say enough about how well it works for me. I bend it a bit (as described in the instructions) to eliminate a couple of pressure points. It wasn't hard for me to figure out what I needed. You really do have to replace them periodically but this is true of them all. A bonus is the case they provide. I'm a female and I can't speak to how these might work for everyone, but I'm sold and believe they would work for most.

These have been a game-changer for me. It's best to learn how to put them in correctly by reading the instructions or viewing the video to be sure you're doing it right.It would probably fit better on a wider nose, but I am happy not to have the nose strips making my nose red and pulling off the skin (I sometimes still use them if I'm traveling and forget). I breathe perfectly with these.They do get uncomfortable at times, and I sometimes wake to find I've pulled it out in the middle of the night, but it does not fall out. I've been using these for a few months now and I'm getting more and more used to them.I find that by washing it every day, I can use the same one for at least two weeks and more; they do not seem to degrade.To compare for you -- from outside edge to edge my nose is about 3/4" wide. They push your nostrils out from the inside, and it looks like you have a nose ring on the middle :) - hope this helps!

When I was in high school I had surgery on my nose, in which my septum (the cartilage in the center of the nose) was removed. This resulted in my nose collapsing slightly, causing the right nostril to be smaller than normal and my left nostril to be almost completely obstructed. When I'm laying down, my nose collapses even further and it's almost impossible to breathe through my nose. I've been using Breathe Right Nasal Strips, Large, Tan, 30-Count Box every night for ~20 years, and they've greatly improved my sleep. But they're ~$0.40 per night every single night for the last 20 years, and I'll need them or something like them for the rest of my life. So every few years I go searching for some alternative that doesn't cost quite as much and that doesn't generate as much waste. This is the best alternative I've found.Initially I found these quite uncomfortable. I started out wearing them upside down relative to what the instructions recommended. The instructions said to hold it so it looked like a W when inserting it. But that puts the center of the wings (the bottom of the W) right in the airflow, which seemed weird to me. So I held it so it looked like an M, which puts the center of the wings (the top of the M) up in the bulb of the nose, well away from the airflow. They held my nostrils way open, making it much easier to breathe. But the pressure on the center of my nose was too great, and after a couple of nights they were just too painful to wear. It's possible that I experienced greater pain than others would, since I have scar tissue from the surgery that makes the center of my nose thicker than normal. Regardless, they hurt a lot, so I stopped using them and went back to the BreathRight strips for a while.Eventually I decided to try again, this time inserting them like a W as the instructions recommended. They don't hold my nose open quite as far as the other way, but they hold it open far enough. And the wings don't seem to obstruct the airflow even though they're right in the path. And they're WAY more comfortable that way. They still took some getting used to, but now they're my go to solution almost every night. I kinda love them now.EXCEPT: You can't really use these, or any of the "device in your nose" options, when you have nasal congestion and need to blow your nose during the night. You can't blow your nose with these things in there. So if you're having trouble breathing due to nasal congestion you're almost certainly going to want to go with the strips that stick to the outside of your nose. Otherwise every time you have to blow your nose you'd have to take this out, blow your nose, then re-insert the device. And having something inside your nose adds to the feeling of being congested, which makes you want to blow more often. Stick with strips if you're congested.For the record, I also tried Snoring & Breathing Aid - INVISIBLE NASAL STRIPS from WoodyKnows® - Advanced Nasal Dilators / Snore Stoppers / Nose Vents - Effective, Comfortable, and Durable Anti Snore Solution - Breathe and Sleep Right 3-Count (S+M+L) . Those are more expensive, harder to fit (you have to choose a size), and offer no advantage over these. This is by far the better choice.

First time I inserted it, it hurt in one area. But then i pulled it out and bent that part away from where it was poking me and it was confortable. I was able to sleep with it all night, no problem. So I guess this would be a good alternative to people for whom the nasal strips don't work for some reason. But for me, the nasal strips work just fine and stay on all night. I was just hoping those product would create even more air flow than those. But for me I didn't get enough of an increase in air flow to make it worth the annoyance of inserting something into my nose every night. So I'm going back to the strips. I did feel the product was effective, though. And not as uncomfortable as many readers said. It's pretty easy to adjust it so it doesn't hurt. I have a medium size mouse for a man and it fit just fine. But for me I'll stay with the strips because the airflow improvement wasn't enough for me.