Solidea Night Wellness

Solidea make wonderfully soft compression, the texture is delightful and so comfortable against the skin.  

As I had been advised to keep wearing compression after surgery, I decided to try these "Night Wellness" stockings for wearing at night, to give me a rest from constantly being in tights. They cost £28.90 a pair and you can purchase them from Solidea or via Pebble UK.    They come in black or pale pink.  They are very light compression, 12-15 mmHg.  

They look attractive on, so are a good confidence boost if you don't like wearing ordinary compression at night but do feel you need some support sometimes.  

They definitely keep my legs a little warmer at night.  It is a comfortable warmth and I have enjoyed wearing them on spring nights, but I don't fancy trying them on a hot summer night!  

They are quite a dense opaque black, with the word solidea in white at the top and a grey foot/heel section.  They have a nice purpose made edge on the foot and I find they don't move too much in the night.  The foot band is quite elastic so you will be able to move and place it easily.  It looks nice as it has been woven to be open toed so has no loose threads.

They stay up very well overnight.  You can see I do get the elastic squashing in a little but I don't find it uncomfortable.  You can see below that the marks where I've turned the top over are not red or sore.  You can also see the way they are held up, loads of little elastic threads.  These little elastic threads did seem to break easily so I had to go up a size (I was near a size boundary as you buy these based on weight and height) after breaking quite a few threads in my first pair!  I am concerned about how long they will last before I break too many threads to keep them up!  

I would suggest that if you are near a size boundary you go up a size like I did in the end.  They should last longer and the word "Solidea" will look less stretched out on your thigh.  

Overall these are a nice addition for wearing if you are perhaps having an active holiday and feel like you need some night compression, or feel your legs would benefit from a little extra warmth or support at night.