The science

Your nose was built for breathing.

Mouth tape keeps your lips gently together while you sleep, so you breathe through your nose. Nasal strips lift the sides of your nose to open up the airways. Together they can help reduce snoring and dry mouth, for quieter, more restful nights.

Nose breathing

One small habit. Six good reasons.

Your nose is built to do the breathing while you sleep. It filters, warms and moistens every breath. Keep your lips closed, and it gets on with the job.

Filtered air, a moist mouth, quieter nights and fresher mornings.

No pills, no gadgets. Thirty seconds at bedtime.

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Filters the air Tiny hairs in your nose trap dust and pollen before they reach your lungs.
Warms and moistens Your nose takes the chill and dryness out of every breath.
Quieter nights In a 2022 pilot study, 13 of 20 mouth-breathers snored at least 50% less with tape.
No more dry mouth Lips closed means no sandpaper throat at 3am.
Less acidic mouth Nose breathers' mouths stayed near neutral overnight in an Otago study.
Fresher mornings Wake up without that dry, stale-mouth feeling.

Charcoal nasal strip with its size: one size fits most adults

Spring-loaded lift

Engineered to lift

Opens your nose. Gentle on your skin.

A flexible spring band gently lifts the sides of your nose to widen your airways, so you breathe more easily the moment it's on. A touch of lavender oil adds a calming scent as you drift off.

Latex-freeSuitable if you're allergic to latex
Sweat-resistantStays put all night
Lavender-infusedNatural, calming scent
Hypoallergenic adhesiveKind to sensitive skin

Beard-friendly mouth tape pressed over closed lips on a man with stubble

Beard & CPAP friendly

Designed for comfort

Breathable, flexible, barely there.

Soft, breathable fabric and a hypoallergenic adhesive that moves with you, holds all night and peels off without the sting.

Latex-freeSuitable if you're allergic to latex
Breathable fabricSoft and flexible
Beard friendlyGrips stubble and beards
CE & RoHS certifiedSkin-safe materials

The evidence

The research, in plain English.

No miracle claims, just what's been measured. Every finding links to its source so you can read it for yourself.

NHSlists nasal strips for snoring

When a blocked nose is behind the snoring

The NHS snoring page lists strips or nasal dilators that hold your nose open while you sleep as a treatment for snoring caused by a blocked or narrow nose.

NHS: Snoring (opens in a new tab)

48%more room at the nasal valve

Strips widened the narrowest part of the nose

Using acoustic rhinometry, which maps the inside of the nose with sound waves, researchers found a nasal dilator strip widened the nasal valve, the narrowest point of the airway, from 0.52 to 0.77 cm² across 32 nasal passages.

Nigro et al., Am J Rhinol Allergy (2011), via Dinardi et al. (2014) (opens in a new tab)

13 of 20snored at least 50% less

Mouth taping cut snoring for most

In a small 2022 pilot study, 20 adults who breathed through their mouths at night slept with gentle hypoallergenic tape over their lips. Thirteen of them cut their snoring by half or more. Everyone in the study had mild sleep apnoea.

Lee et al., Healthcare (2022) (opens in a new tab)

6.6 vs 7.0average pH, mouth vs nose breathing

Mouth breathing made mouths more acidic

University of Otago researchers tracked the mouths of 10 healthy volunteers overnight. Made to breathe through their mouths, average pH fell to 6.6, against a neutral 7.0 through the nose, and at times dropped to 3.6. Tooth enamel starts to break down below 5.5.

Choi et al., Journal of Oral Rehabilitation (2016) (opens in a new tab)

10studies reviewed in 2025

The wider evidence is still limited

A 2025 systematic review looked at 10 studies with 213 people in total. Two found improvements in sleep apnoea measures; the others found no clear difference. The authors warned that taping your mouth could be dangerous if your nose is blocked. That's why we say: only use mouth tape if you can breathe comfortably through your nose, and add a nasal strip if it feels stuffy.

Rhee et al., PLOS ONE (2025) (opens in a new tab)

These findings are about nasal breathing, mouth taping and nasal strips in general. They aren't tests of our products, and the NHS and the researchers don't endorse any brand. Mouth tape isn't a treatment for sleep apnoea: if you snore loudly, stop breathing in your sleep or feel exhausted during the day, see your GP.

Why it matters

Mouth breathing is the habit you can't see.

Breathing through your mouth at night leaves you with a mouth like sandpaper, often comes with snoring, and can leave you waking up anything but refreshed. Keeping your lips gently closed and your nose open encourages the slow, steady nose breathing your body is built for.

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