Snoring tech Mute review

It’s been about one week since I started using this anti-snoring nose device called Mute, by Rhinomed. Mouth tape never worked for me. I wanted to try this to improve my sleep quality.

How it works: Like nasal strips, but instead of applying the strip on the skin of your nose bridge, you insert the device into your nose that props open your nostril. It’s made of soft plastic, and adjustable. They report that over 70% of users could sleep better, snored less, and snored less severely.

First up, right away upon wearing it, the inner nostril cavity seem to open up and feels like I can breathe better, clearer. But there’s definitely a slight discomfort from the adjustable ends, but no pain.

I used size small Mute but it still felt kind of big inside my nostril - I wonder if it considered Asian noses as part of product design? But nothing that’s a dealbreaker in terms of the fit. I could wear it through the night fine, unlike taping my mouth.

It seems I could breathe slightly better lying down, but it didn’t help with nasal breathing if I laid on my left (the side where I could never breathe nasally properly).

But ultimately, how did it affect sleep quality?

Here’s my sleep hours and sleep score since starting on it on 13 Aug:

• 6h, 68%
• 7h, 73% ↑ (started on Mute)
• 7h, 79% ↑
• 8h, 89% ↑ (started 8h sleep)
• 8h, 60% ↓
• 8h, 78% ↑
• 8h, 92% ↑

The problem is, I’m not 100% sure if it led to better sleep quality. The confusion is due to me starting another habit to sleep 8h per night. So I won’t know if any improvements in sleep scores came from 8h sleep or from Mute.

Hence, my verdict: Feels promising, but not 100% sure…yet.

Next steps:

I need more time using it to observe the longer term effects.

Maybe I should try one night without Mute and see if I feel any different, if the sleep scores differ.