mold on CPAP hose

xxyzx wrote:

Slinky wrote:Actually, with MOST insurances you are eligible for a new hose every 30 days. Which is ridiculous, no one needs a new hose every 30 days - BUT - that hose you have that had the little black dot that looked like mold? I'd toss that baby in the trash immediately and get a new hose!!!

I do remove my hose from mask and machine each day and hang it over the bedroom or closet door to thoroughly dry - just from the moist, humid air from my humidifier. I've never had a problem w/rain out.

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what insurance is that
i need to switch

mine does a hose every 6 months

One with high premiums!!!!!! You get what you pay for, sometimes, most are set by medicare rules, but if you are paying the premiums they can add more, and take more of the money.

Barb (Seattle) wrote:

robbieh wrote:I think a mild vinegar solution is what was recommended to me to clean the hose. I hate the smell of vinegar so I follow that up with a baby shampoo soak. Then I hook the hose up to the machine and blow it dry.

question. Wouldn't letting the machine dry it skew the #'s on the software?

I would clean mine more if I could get the answer to that I have always wondered

The cool down function does not skew the data but it does add to the machine total run hours.

If your machine doesn't have a cool down feature, remove the humidifier (or the water from the humidifier) and turn it on. Set a timer and shut it off when the timer goes off. You will end up with a separate session that shows high leaks and it will add to your compliance time, if you need to track that.

jsielke wrote:At risk of once again starting a war. Although pricey, the SoClean, used daily, should prevent the formation of mold anywhere in the system. I to am allergic to mold, so the extra expense is worth it.

You are CORRECT, it SHOULD, for $300 it should also CLEAN as it's name suggests, Too Bad it doesn't.

LSAT wrote:

xxyzx wrote:

Slinky wrote:Actually, with MOST insurances you are eligible for a new hose every 30 days. Which is ridiculous, no one needs a new hose every 30 days - BUT - that hose you have that had the little black dot that looked like mold? I'd toss that baby in the trash immediately and get a new hose!!!

I do remove my hose from mask and machine each day and hang it over the bedroom or closet door to thoroughly dry - just from the moist, humid air from my humidifier. I've never had a problem w/rain out.

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what insurance is that
i need to switch

mine does a hose every 6 months

Slinky wrote that 10 years ago...learn to read.

You dreamer, you.

jsielke wrote:At risk of once again starting a war. Although pricey, the SoClean, used daily, should prevent the formation of mold anywhere in the system. I to am allergic to mold, so the extra expense is worth it.

Have to chuckle every time I read a comment about how the SoClean cleans this and that but they have never tested it themselves. There is a test called the VA soil test which is required of anything called a cleaner in the medical field. Think your SoClean can pass? Look up the test and give it a try, we will be standing by for the results. Want to do the shortcut version? Stick some peanut butter in your hose and run a soclean cycle, did the peanut butter disappear like magic?
On the edge of my seat waiting for the results.

flightco wrote:did the peanut butter disappear like magic?.

no, but it smells fresh like after a thunderstorm, that MUST mean it's CLEAN! right???

flightco wrote:

jsielke wrote:At risk of once again starting a war. Although pricey, the SoClean, used daily, should prevent the formation of mold anywhere in the system. I to am allergic to mold, so the extra expense is worth it.

Have to chuckle every time I read a comment about how the SoClean cleans this and that but they have never tested it themselves. There is a test called the VA soil test which is required of anything called a cleaner in the medical field. Think your SoClean can pass? Look up the test and give it a try, we will be standing by for the results. Want to do the shortcut version? Stick some peanut butter in your hose and run a soclean cycle, did the peanut butter disappear like magic?
On the edge of my seat waiting for the results.

I heard of a guy did try that test, the peanut butter was still there, but the found a picture of Jimmy Carter in the other end of the hose, glued on by peanut butter!

flightco wrote:

jsielke wrote:At risk of once again starting a war. Although pricey, the SoClean, used daily, should prevent the formation of mold anywhere in the system. I to am allergic to mold, so the extra expense is worth it.

Have to chuckle every time I read a comment about how the SoClean cleans this and that but they have never tested it themselves. There is a test called the VA soil test which is required of anything called a cleaner in the medical field. Think your SoClean can pass? Look up the test and give it a try, we will be standing by for the results. Want to do the shortcut version? Stick some peanut butter in your hose and run a soclean cycle, did the peanut butter disappear like magic?
On the edge of my seat waiting for the results.

The peanut butter was still there, but it was totally sterile.

chunkyfrog wrote:In order for the SoClean to be sold to unlicesed civilians, (idiots, included--as evidenced by who buys them)
it cannot be made powerful enough to clean anything but your wallet.

It is typical that a post made to help someone is met by name-calling. By the way, genius, it's spelled "unlicensed."

jsielke wrote:

flightco wrote:

jsielke wrote:At risk of once again starting a war. Although pricey, the SoClean, used daily, should prevent the formation of mold anywhere in the system. I to am allergic to mold, so the extra expense is worth it.

Have to chuckle every time I read a comment about how the SoClean cleans this and that but they have never tested it themselves. There is a test called the VA soil test which is required of anything called a cleaner in the medical field. Think your SoClean can pass? Look up the test and give it a try, we will be standing by for the results. Want to do the shortcut version? Stick some peanut butter in your hose and run a soclean cycle, did the peanut butter disappear like magic?
On the edge of my seat waiting for the results.

The peanut butter was still there, but it was totally sterile.

And the maggots appreciate it, more room to grow into flies.

OK, "unlicensed"--. Sometimes I miss a letter,
due to a TREMOR in my hand.
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