A leaking hole on the front of Dreamwear Nasal Mask

[rsaritzky99]

I just got a Dreamwear in hopes of eliminating the front-facing exhaust port (my wife hates it) of my Swift LT, and was disappointed to discover this mask also blows forward. 2 questions:

1. Has anyone tried blocking the hole completely (say with silicone)?

I have thought about it but I have been too afraid to mess with it to actually do it.

2. I've seen the Resmed P10 mentioned here. The description says it has "Woven-mesh vents..."

Get the P10. You and your wife will be happy. I have to put my hand about an inch from those vent holes just to barely feel the air.
Your wife will thank you. I know my husband did.
Not only is it barely able to be felt the venting is essentially silent.

Welcome to the forum.

Thanks. I've just tried a 3-hour awake test with the hole temporarily plugged. No ill effects as far as I can tell, but I think I'll try a P10 as well. The P10 has another advantage in that they have a model that holds an HME (Humidity Moisture Exchanger for those who haven't heard of it - yet) so I can travel without a humidifier.

Ron

[JayDee]

Has anyone tried blocking the hole completely (say with silicone)?

I have experimented with covering the hole with a cotton ball as a diffuser held *loosely* in place with scotch tape. The down-side is that it fell off quite easily. I really just wanted to see if a cotton ball would work as a diffuser and it seemed to work a treat. I did not pack it down or anything and was very careful to leave the cotton ball loose/fluffy. If my *far* better half ever mentions it (the air jetting out) or complains, I'll figure out a way to affix it better so that it will survive my tossing & turning.

-JD

[Sheepish]

Another thought we had on this board a while ago was to somehow wedge and affix the filter only part (without the frame) of a CPAP machine filter inside the front exhale port of the DreamWear mask, the logic being that in principle it's designed to let enough air through for adequate breathing.

We didn't really fully get around to implementing it, though, since IIRC the challenge was getting it to stay in place. But the idea remains uncopyrighted and open for those still willing to give it a go (safely and gradually, I would recommend).

[palerider]

Another thought we had on this board a while ago was to somehow wedge and affix the filter only part (without the frame) of a CPAP machine filter inside the front exhale port of the DreamWear mask, the logic being that in principle it's designed to let enough air through for adequate breathing.

We didn't really fully get around to implementing it, though, since IIRC the challenge was getting it to stay in place. But the idea remains uncopyrighted and open for those still willing to give it a go (safely and gradually, I would recommend).

That's not a good idea. diffusing the air *before* it's going through the orifice is ineffective.

The point of filter material is to diffuse the airflow into all different directions, not reduce the airflow.