May sound silly but how long does the headgears lasts ? What is the best way to clean them ? Mine seems to be getting some fuzzy stuff around the velcro and I haven't been able to make them work right. Thanks guys , You people saved me , I have been two years on CPAP and couldn't have done it withou...

Hi Everyone, I wanted to ask if there are any usual time frame to replace the mask seals . I am using a Quattro FX full face mask, I wash them every morning and wash my face before going to bed everyday, under these circumstances what are the normal life expectancy for the mask seals? You guys are a...

Hi Everyone I have been on CPAP machine for 9 months now , thanks for all the support I had from this website ,I dont think I would have made it on my own. I learnt in this forum that I can survive through this process of using a machine to sleep and make it , I have used the S9 machine every night ...

Thanks LSAT , I think you may have a point that the plastic gets soft in couple of months, I will attempt to buy the plastic
from e-bay and see if this will work, they seem to be fairly cheap
( like $10. )
will report back with results.
Thnx everyone for your input!

Does anyone know why the quattro is hurting my nosebridge sooo much?
All was okay for almost month and a half ,now all hell has broken loose, is it because the plastic( in the nose section)
becomes harder over period of time? I have a big cut in my nosebridge its ugly....
Thnx

I am 30 days into my therapy and wanted to thank everyone for all the feedback in this forum( I have been sleeping great and dreaming again , didn’t even realize that I wasn’t dreaming anymore) , I was given a cpap machine by my dme 25 days ago and I learnt here in the forum that I could exchange th...

I am new to CPAP (about three weeks) and have the same problem , high blood pressure . I use a high tech BP machine that records it and downloads it to a computer to analyze with a software to see any pattern , as a matter of fact it was my software that caught my OSA because I found out that I was ...

Hi Everyone ,I am fairly new to CPAP machine using (less than two weeks) please pardon my silly question, how do Iknow that I have a good seal ? or shall I say what constitutes a good seal ? I feel that maybe some leaks maynot have easily detectable signs , My machine AHI reading is fairly low (.5 ...

Hi Everyone ,I am fairly new to CPAP machine using (less than two weeks) please pardon my silly question, how do Iknow that I have a good seal ? or shall I say what constitutes a good seal ? I feel that maybe some leaks maynot have easily detectable signs , My machine AHI reading is fairly low (.5 d...

Fairly new to the group and to CPAP using (less than 2 weeks), I have a Phillips Remstar pro CFlex+ that has data capabilities and was curiuos to know what is the accuracy of the machine in detecting AHI and Leak rate and coming up with data . Also what should be a normal AHI in one night and leakag...

thanks for your response! my pressure is set at 11cm of H20 and I am currently using confort gel mask but will try and see if the Quattro will work better within a few days. Hello , today was the second day use of CPAP machine for me , I woke up at 2:00am and took a while to get back to sleep but wo...

Hello , today was the second day use of CPAP machine for me , I woke up at 2:00am and took a while to get back to sleep but woke up in the morning feeling totally energetic!
i think this may just work for me , how do I get used to it ? I feel that my body is fighting getting used to it