The mask is an airtouch F20. I've had the humidity set to 4 and I have a dry mouth, but if I turn it to 5, I get dripped on.
What is normal for the tube temperature setting?
Getting humidity right
Re: Getting humidity right
Hose air temp setting is simply whatever is comfortable for you and prevents condensation in the mask or hose. There is no "normal" for anyone...it's simply whatever works for the individual.
What is your hose temperature?
I use a setting of 6 with my mask and I have to use 86 degrees hose air temp to prevent condensation and my bedroom ambient temp is probably around 65 degrees.
Even at maximum humidity the mouth may still be dry. Some people just get dry mouth easier than others from the mouth breathing and/or maybe even medications that tend to dry out the mouth.
You do have room to increase the humidity though to see if more moisture helps or not....assuming you have room to increase the hose air temp so that you don't get the condensation that goes along with more humidity.
What is your hose temperature?
I use a setting of 6 with my mask and I have to use 86 degrees hose air temp to prevent condensation and my bedroom ambient temp is probably around 65 degrees.
Even at maximum humidity the mouth may still be dry. Some people just get dry mouth easier than others from the mouth breathing and/or maybe even medications that tend to dry out the mouth.
You do have room to increase the humidity though to see if more moisture helps or not....assuming you have room to increase the hose air temp so that you don't get the condensation that goes along with more humidity.
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Re: Getting humidity right
I had the hose set at 80. I wasn't sure why I had it set at that, but just a moment ago I was googling it and found a recommendation of 78-82 for hose temp. Can the hose temp affect mouth dryness too? Or is the hose temp only to offset condensation coming from the humidifier?Pugsy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 9:08 pmHose air temp setting is simply whatever is comfortable for you and prevents condensation in the mask or hose. There is no "normal" for anyone...it's simply whatever works for the individual.
What is your hose temperature?
I use a setting of 6 with my mask and I have to use 86 degrees hose air temp to prevent condensation and my bedroom ambient temp is probably around 65 degrees.
Even at maximum humidity the mouth may still be dry. Some people just get dry mouth easier than others from the mouth breathing and/or maybe even medications that tend to dry out the mouth.
You do have room to increase the humidity though to see if more moisture helps or not....assuming you have room to increase the hose air temp so that you don't get the condensation that goes along with more humidity.
Re: Getting humidity right
So I continue to have some struggles. I will say that even though some of the features on this new machine I have are great, I'm not as impressed by the humidity output, or tank size. With that being said, this weekend, I went out of town and didn't have any dry mouth issues, so I think I'm starting to think it's the humidity levels in my house right now. Kinda frustrating since going into Spring, it should be getting better soon. We used to run a Vaporizer during the winter - looks like I may need to do that again.