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NICETOWN
NICETOWN 100% Blackout Curtains
The cheapest thing here and the one to buy first. A streetlight through an east-facing window undoes more sleep than any supplement will fix.
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Yogasleep
Yogasleep Dohm Classic Sound Machine
A real fan inside a shell rather than a recording, so the sound never loops. Made the same way since 1962, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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JALL
JALL Full-Screen Wake Up Light
Under forty dollars with tens of thousands of reviews. Test whether a wake-up light suits you on this one, not on a two hundred dollar version.
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Philips
Philips SmartSleep Wake-Up Light HF3520
The model that tops most independent round-ups. The sunrise shifts through colour the way real dawn does instead of simply fading up, and there is a matching sunset at bedtime.
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Hatch
Hatch Restore 3
Light, sound machine, clock and wind-down routine in a single object that looks better on a nightstand than anything else here. The subscription is the real decision.
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Fishers Finery
Fishers Finery 25 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase
It will not help you fall asleep. It is here because you touch it for eight hours a night, and because less friction means less frizz and fewer sleep creases by morning.
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