Headrest deconstruction and gender

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:26 am

Women's heads and men's heads have a different shape. I can think of many female members who removed the headgear from the Headrest (aka Aura), I started wondering the relative numbers of deoncstructors.
I only want to know if the headgear is removed - other modifications (e.g. the rubber band tweak) don't count for this poll.

Thanks for participating!
O.

goose · Post by **goose** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:59 pm

I've still got the "factory" headgear in place. I have two masks now, so the old one is going to be decapitated one of these days, I just need to get a round tuit.......

Great mask with the XL pillows!!!!

cheers
goose

tangents · Post by **tangents** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:14 pm

Ozij,

I didn't mind the headgear, but it rubbed my hair off. Plus I had to wear my hair in a ponytail for another anchor point, which stressed my roots too.

Nice poll, I'm curious about the results!

Cathy

GumbyCT · Post by **GumbyCT** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:51 pm

I haven't hacked mine yet either.
For a couple reasons - it is working plus I like the ease with which I can put on or take off the HeadRest. It fits like a hat. It is hot during the summer no doubt. Oh plus I'm not ready to put all the extra ties on yet.

fwiw - male, XL nose piece (Med to trade), pressure 18/15cm, just a dab of Lansinoh helps it to seal better.

Best mask I have found for side or belly sleeping

Thanks to RG's for suggesting it, ufo13 for the opportunity to try it, and Jules for the tip.

For those looking to learn more about the HeadRest -
http://www.aeiomed.com/products/headrest.php

Brochure- http://www.aeiomed.com/documents/AEIOMe ... st_123.pdf

Movie - http://www.aeiomed.com/video_product_in ... adrest.php

Good Luck,
GumbyCT

SleepyNoMore · Post by **SleepyNoMore** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:49 pm

I voted for #1, I am a female and I use a decapitated/deconstructed headrest, thanks to RestedGal/Laura's wonderful [/b]ideas, she's the one that first started this decap thing , experimenting with the decapitation process of masks... "Thanks Laura"
I use mine with the pap~cap, I am not totally finished because I have been busy with my Daughter (long story) and my back has been out for 4 weeks now.
I just need to find some type of padding that will fit properly under the top of the headrest, i've tried the make-up pads but they are to small and aren't thick enough to hold the mask in place well enough!

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:50 pm

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:57 pm

Well, I think I DID de-capitate mine, then I passed it off to another local forum member, so I'm not much help.

However, I'm reconsidering the Headrest again, just because of the vent situation, because I've now got a bed partner - who I might add YELLS AT ME that my CPAP DOESN'T BOTHER HIM IN THE LEAST - and I'm worried about annoying him with the vents on my NAII.

Isn't it funny how when someone is a pill you could care less about annoying them? And when they are just the sweetest human on the planet you become hyper worried about bothering them? We still haven't spent a whole night in the same bed yet. MY FAULT.

Anyway, I'm torn between the Liberty and the Headrest right now, and November 1 is my due date for buying a new mask. If I buy the Headrest, I'm pretty sure I'll decapitate it, not because it rubs my hair off, but because it's just lighter and more comfortable to attach it to a chinstrap than to us it as-is.

Cheers,
B.

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:09 pm

bump...

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:53 pm

Ray & Bubba

were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up.
A woman walked by and asked what they were doing.
'We're supposed to find the height of the flagpole,' said Bubba,
'but we don't have a ladder.'
The woman took a wrench from her purse, loosened a few bolts,
and laid the pole down.
Then she took a tape measure from her pocket,
took a measurement, announced, 'Eighteen feet, six inches,'
and walked away.
Ray shook his head and laughed. 'Ain't that just like a woman!
We ask for the height and she gives us the length!'

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:42 pm

LOL!! Good one, Snoredog!

deerslayer · Post by **deerslayer** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:56 pm

me thinks the headrest has been kept a deep dark secret for way toooo long now. .....I have a (sealed)large headrest pillow i want to swap for a small-med. first one to pm gets it

GumbyCT · Post by **GumbyCT** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:33 pm

deerslayer wrote:me thinks the headrest has been kept a deep dark secret for way toooo long now. .....I have a (sealed)large headrest pillow i want to swap for a small-med. first one to pm gets it

Check your emale.

Born Tired · Post by **Born Tired** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:38 pm

I had been struggling with CPAP for a year and a half until I got the Aura and an Auto. From that point things started looking up. I finally started feeling like CPAP was doing me some good. I really liked the headgear for it's ease of taking on/off and it's stability, but I hated the "hat hair" in the morning. After well over a year I finally took Rested Gal's advice and deconstructed it and used pantyhose to secure it. Works for me.

Born Tired

deerslayer · Post by **deerslayer** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:19 pm

GumbyCT wrote:
deerslayer wrote:me thinks the headrest has been kept a deep dark secret for way toooo long now. .....I have a (sealed)large headrest pillow i want to swap for a small-med. first one to pm gets it
Check your emale.

Got it Gumby, done deal brother

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:53 pm

As I'm bumping this, there are still no males choosing to deconstruct the Headrest....

O.

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