I guess it all comes down to what your time is worth. From what I have read, flannel doesn't work as well as fleece and I agree, you don't need polar fleece but I found that regular fleece was still in the 10 dollar per yard range. Time to go get the material, cutting it out, sewing, my opinion and ...

I used to have condensation in my mask also. I looked into the heated hose but found it to be quite expensive. I also looked into making my own insulated tube cover as there isn't much to them but then when I started looking at material, I found I had to buy two yards of material as it is only 45 in...