Vive Neck Brace for Neck Pain and Support for Women, Men - Cervical Collar - Soft Neck Brace for Pinched Nerve - Vertebrae Whiplash Wrap for Posture, Sleeping - Spinal Support and Spine Pressure

Very comfortable

It's a neck brace. The thing is, if you need this, you're likely in a lot of pain and there's no real way to make you comfortable. So, taking into account the reality of this situation, I've had this brace for a while now. It is of very good quality. It is stiff, which is both uncomfortable, but necessarily uncomfortable. It needs to be stiff to stop my head from irritating my neck. So, It has helped to reduce the pain in my neck. So, due to the inherent discomfort of having to use this product gives it four stars I believe. If you have significant chronic neck pain, you're likely a little unhappy all the time. It's tough to deal with.The product itself is 5 stars.1. Durable. I've now had it for years.2. Stiff. Holds the head up effectively to reduce pressure on the neck. So, it's effective at reducing pain as well. It doesn't make the pain disappear. it helps significantly.3. Shaped about as well as it could be considering it has to work for a wide range of people.

The brace is very supportive albeit stiff. It takes working with the foam some to break it down a bit to get it to where you find a comfortable position with it. It works well for my issues and I’d recommend to others, however, make sure you know the size you need. This one it higher as I needed it for the stabilization in keeping my neck from going downward.

only go with the 3inch if your not looking for support but to lower your range of motion, if your trying to find a brace to sleep with, id find a different one like the betovio, its not comfortable enough to sleep on like the betovio is and there really isnt a big price diff either so go with the better one, I did not try the 4inch however if your in need of more support and want to go this right, id def go with the 4" over 3", the 3inch might be one youd want to wear for while your during your neck exercises to limit the motion without disabling it.

I liked this one out of the 3 soft collar braces I bought. This one had the most support, the foam didnt tear, it was breathable, gave the most support, & wasn’t itchy. Was also very easy to clean. It also didn’t wear down like the others I tried. I bought the 4inch.

The comfort would probably be a 1 out of 5. The material is rough and I’d imagine would chafe my neck. I already have enough pain.

This is my second Vive Collar, for traveling. The first worked so good, I wanted a back-up. Absolutely reduced my snoring by 90%! Get the SnoreLab app and see for yourself. I went from snore scores of 30-40 (BAD) to 3-7 (Excellent).I breathe and snore through my nose, and this works great. Comes with a removable cover (see pictures) that can easily be washed.Be careful placing it...not too tight. If you place it tightly, you will restrict your air flow, and it will be ineffective. Good luck!

Years ago I had a similar soft collar that I wore for months after three months in a hard collar following a spinal fusion. For years I followed the recommended limitations designed to ensure stability of the fusion. A couple of months ago I found myself in a situation with no options but to lift a 135 lb person. Not smart, but sometimes you simply have to do what you have to do. After a week of increasing pain, I tried sleeping in the old soft collar, miraculously still around. After a couple of weeks, I thought it was helping enough that I wanted a new one, so I could trade off while one was drying after washing. I liked the features of the old one, especially the velcro closing that allows adjustment, and wanted one as close as possible to that. This neck brace by Vive was the closest match. At the time, Amazon only had it black, but I decided I could live with that; anything that would help with the discomfort! This soft collar is as described, provides comfortable support, and is easily slept in with no problems.I started to give it Four Stars, because it did not come with a removable stockinette covering that could be taken off and washed daily. I had some stockinette at home, and Medline MDT221204 Non-Sterile Tubular Stockinettes, 4" x 25 yd, Unbleached, 1 Roll can be purchased here at Amazon. I do recommend a stockinette or similar removable cover to go with the soft collar.In the end I gave this product Five Stars because of service from Vive. Almost as soon as Amazon had confirmed my order, I received an email from Vive telling me how to register the product for the guarantee, once it arrived. This was a necessary step because the collar was purchased through Amazon rather than directly from Vive. I considered that good service.This soft collar does not "cure" the discomfort of the neck sprain, but that is the nature of the problem, not a failure of the collar. The collar gives relief that allows me to accomplish "activities of daily living" while the neck sprain heals over (some extended) time. It does what it was designed to do and the company has provided good service. Five stars.