"My cpap is trying to drown me!" heh

[Palamedes]

You'll all find this amusing most likely.. My wife sure did.. (She laughed her ass off..)

I recently switched my primary mask from the mirage full faced mask to the breeze nasal pillow mask.. I did this because I simply couldn't get comfortable with the mirage on my face .. I had to tighten it way tighter than was comfortable in order to get it to not leak and I didn't like how it forced my mouth open and puffed my cheeks up at night.. Plus if I had an itch my nose or something, I couldn't.. Long story short, that mask had to go..

I opted for the nasal pillow style mask because it was an open faced style mask that didn't cover your face and had a very "light footprint" on the head.. So far I love it.. it's extremely comfortable and other than the two plugs in your noise you hardly know its there.. It's 100% silent where as the mirage whistled all night long.. And although there might be other nasal pillow style masks that are better.. For me the breeze its the perfect mask..

Except for one minor issue;

The first night I used it I forgot to turn off my humidifier which I found to be a requirement when using the mirage mask.. The mirage would dry my mouth out to the point of being like sandpaper.. With the breeze mask though, all that humidity collects as condensation within the nasal tube!! The other night I rolled from my side to my back and all that water ran down into my nose about drowning me.. I woke up coughing and laughing at the same time because I knew immediately what had happened.. It scared my wife at first, she was asking whats wrong to which I replied "My cpap is trying to drown me!" She was laughing so hard it woke the dog up.. We had a good chuckle.. (we laugh at one another constantly, so I was doing my part to give her something to laugh at... yeah.. thats the story i'm sticking to... )

I have since removed the humidifier completely from my machine..heh but still I do notice wetness in the tube in the mornings and some water collection due to condensation..

While not life threatening, and no where near as bad as the first night.. it's still a tad disconcerting.. By the end of the night there is some times some "bubbling" in the line.. sorta sounds like I'm snorkeling or using a hookah..

Is there something I can do about this? Or is this just a factor that I will have to get used to?

[BlackSpinner]

Go to the dollar store and buy some tube socks. Cut the toes off and cover the hose with them.

[DoriC]

Place your machine lower than your bed, that might help.

[Emilia]

Your machine should be a bit lower than head level when lying down. Also... most of us snake our hoses up over the headboard to allow condensation build up to drain back down into the humidifier. You can still have your humidifier on the machine and use it in passive mode. Fill the chamber, but do not turn it on. This is what I do along with the hose over the headboard and covered in a cozy. I use nasal pillows, too... and I have not had one drop of water in my mask.

[Palamedes]

Okay it sounds like user error on my part then.. I'll lower the machine and look into getting a hose cozy..

Thanks everyone..

[FlyingB]

Wow. I must have been spoiled starting with the S9 and Heated Hose. I have never had any moisture build up. And I have experimented with many humidity settings.