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by SLEEPY_RICHARD
Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Flexifit Full Face
Replies: 6
Views: 3585

Flexifit Full Face 431 problems

The FlexiFit 431 is very comfortable to wear but terrible to use!! It has been made cheaply and has no anti-suffocation valve - the FlexiFit instead has a non-return valve in the elbow, this means that when you exhale you have to FORCE the air out the exhaust vents and this means you are exhaling ag...
by SLEEPY_RICHARD
Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Full Face Mask recommendations?
Replies: 4
Views: 2830

Flexifit Full Face 431 problems

The FlexiFit 431 is very comfortable to wear but terrible to use!! It has been made cheaply and has no anti-suffocation valve - the FlexiFit instead has a non-return valve in the elbow, this means that when you exhale you have to FORCE the air out the exhaust vents and this means you are exhaling ag...
by SLEEPY_RICHARD
Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Full Face Mask ??
Replies: 2
Views: 2832

Don't use a F&P Flexifit 431

The Flexifit is very comfortable to wear but it is terrible to use! It has been made cheaply and has no anti-suffacation valve - the ResMed Full Face does have one - the FlexiFit instead has a non-return valve in the elbow, this means that when you exhale you have to FORCE the air out the exhaust ve...
by SLEEPY_RICHARD
Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:48 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Best full face mask?
Replies: 6
Views: 3607

Flexifit Full Face 431 or Resmed

I have tried both and the Flexifit is very comfortable but is also very hard to exhale into - the Resmed leaks on both sides near my mouth when the pressure goes over about 11 and the noise this makes is worse than snoring!! I have tried tightening the straps with little effect. I am thinking of mod...
by SLEEPY_RICHARD
Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:33 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Flexifit Full Face 431
Replies: 0
Views: 2762

Flexifit Full Face 431

I have tried one of the Flexifit 431's and also a Resmed Mirage Full Face Masks. I find that the Flexifit is very difficult to exhale thru even at low pressures - although it is very comfortable and doesn't leak. The problem I have with the Resmed is it leaks at the sides when the pressure is high -...