The travel-hammock for your head looks bizarre but may revolutionise your next journey

3 months ago

A US-based company has released a game-changer for tired passengers on planes everywhere.

Say goodbye to the neck pillow and say hello to the “NodPod” – a cushioned hammock for your head which attaches itself to your seat.

The advert for the “ultimate sleep travel solution” raises many questions, not least “why is that woman staring off emotionally into some trees at the end” and “does the man doing the voice-over know what emotions are?”

Well, perhaps the lady looking in the woods is just showing off her relaxed neck with all that head-turning. The NodPod boasts that it keeps your head at a 90 degree angle or “the exact same position in which you sleep in a bed” while keeping your head from falling forward or leaning left or right.

The advert rightly notes this falling about of a sleeping head can cause problems such as “a kink in your neck” or “a bit of awkwardness from sleeping on the person seated next to you”. It seems unlikely the voice-over guy has felt this awkwardness though.

The innovative head-hammock apparently fits itself to seats from planes, trains and cars, and “even desk-chairs”. Aside from this clear advocacy of sleeping on the job, the product is also “breathable and water-repellent”, so all your drooling concerns are dealt with too.

This “super-soft” replacement for your mashed-up jumper is available to us here in Europe too, so long as you fork out enough on their Kickstarter page (a bit more than $30). So far, the project has received a huge amount of support, with its Kickstarter fundraising campaign raising over $200,000. Its goal was only $20,000.

Why did no-one think of this before?