CES 2025: This little magnetic band will help you breathe better

Not all at CES it must be a complicated technological marvel. Sometimes, there is a low-tech device that figures out a new way of doing something even better than what came before.

Take the Intake, for example.

Mashable met Intake, which is touting itself as the “only magnetic nasal dilator” at CES’s Showstoppers event, where startups present their new products. How did we find out about Intake? Well, because about half of the participants in the event walked around with a small black strip on their nose. So naturally we had to check out what was going on.

Intake’s goal is simple: The company wants you to breathe better. Whether you are just dealing with nasal congestion or have any disease that affects your breathing, Intake aims to have its nasal dilator on the outside.

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The Intake deals with this in a unique way. The user simply applies two sticky magnets to their nose, one on the side of each nostril. Next, they put the Intake, a small curved black band, across his nose, with each side snapping onto the magnets.

And that’s it. After putting it on, it worked immediately. You can really tell the difference. All the Intake does is open up your air passages a little more, just enough where you don’t even feel pulled. But, that little extra makes a difference when you breathe.

It was not comfortable to wear. Sometimes, I completely forgot that I had. The band is reusable, with only the magnetic strips needing to be replaced with each use.

IntakeThe starter kit costs $49.99 and magnetic refills start at around $20.