F20 Hydroplaning off your face at a 15 IP

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F20 Hydroplaning off your face at a 15 IP

Post by alancalan » Tue Oct 07, 2025 1:15 pm

I don't want to talk about apps, I just want to know if anybody has had trouble with the f20 masks not sticking to your face as there seems to be a hydroplane effect and higher pressures. Have those of you who are using the F20 found the pressure had to be lowered for the f20s to stay in place because the good seal will increase the pressure and you can find the connection them weaken and you get huge leaks. Is it only me?

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Re: F20 Hydroplaning off your face at a 15 IP

Post by alancalan » Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:07 pm

Yes, I'm getting the farty noises also. I was wondering about the hydration is I have it set up to five for the p30i and I kept it for the F20 and there is a lot of liquid running around inside. I just noticed my tube temperature is on off I don't think that makes a difference? And I never use the ramp because it's useless on the p30i but maybe I need it for the F20 what do you think? Also climate control is on manual. I change the hydration to three The ramp to 5 minutes. I'm really wondering if I need to lower this the pressure but maybe the RAMP process may change the amount of air coming in.

Screen just got so dark and you get the light back in the lights the one but it's very dim. Now I can hardly see what's on. I have the autocurve 11. I just noticed even when I was using the p30i I had it set on full face mask. I also had no setting on the temperature of the heated tube so now I put it up to 65. Is the heat clear up the water? I'm lost with this thing and I can't even get the light to get brighter on the air curve 11. It was fine when I first started and maybe have to let it shut down and start it up again.

I'm really thinking that I need to have a lower pressure for the full face mask and they have lost weight but the problem happened before I lost weight.

You know there's also a different kind of mask for the F20 and it's like a cloth mask and I'm wondering if the silicone mask will prevent more of that farty noise.

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Re: F20 Hydroplaning off your face at a 15 IP

Post by ChicagoGranny » Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:30 pm

Have you watched a few YouTube videos about fitting and adjusting the F20?
"It's not the number of breaths we take, it's the number of moments that take our breath away."

Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta cuántas cuentos cuentas.

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Re: F20 Hydroplaning off your face at a 15 IP

Post by alancalan » Fri Oct 10, 2025 3:44 pm

I Didn't know they weren't any. I should have been on here and raise these questions sooner. The PA in my doctor's office I don't know if I mentioned this in another answer, but the only time I ever got a tip was when I had to go in for a checkup before they agreed sign off on the new machine the air curve 11 and left the office that sent the Airsense 11 after I said this to everybody of these three times. That was April in Palm Beach Gardens. I didn't want to use Palm Beach Gardens anyway cuz I live in Delray and there is a Delray office that's fine, despite with some people say about Patrick. I do like him and the staff. But the guy at apria was also nice but he was 45 minutes away and Bill Ray is 5 minutes away.

So anyway after beating around the bush, The PA in my ENT / sleep apnea doctors office, said to me if you're having trouble with your mass try some Vaseline on the silicone. I think I wrote this someplace already because I remember saying that you can't put Vaseline on the F20 that's got that cloth.

I I'm thinking about changing the settings maybe to go much slower and see what happens maybe go back down to 11 and 7 So it never goes to the 15.

Alan

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