I had a fleecy balaclava once- are the mec.ca ones the hot heads? It worked well enough in the cold except the face opening was too wide and Toronto's nasty winter wind got at my ears. Then I discovered neck warmers which can be pulled up to seal the ears off, and sometimes to cover the lower face. Which, with the hoodies I also wear constantly in winter, keep me perfectly warm. Just, neckwarmers are never long enough for night use: or, for that matter, really soft enough, even the fleeces. (And now I've lost my source for neckwarmers as well.)

Toques don't stay on energetic sleepers like myself. I have central heat which means a furnace fan that moves the air enough in winter, at least, that I don't need a fan fan. Summer and autumn to date are another matter.