Total face mask?

DCTom · Post by **DCTom** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:47 pm

Is the Respironics TOTAL FACE MASK new? Here is information:
https://www.cpap.com/productpage/total- ... onics.html

At first glance it looks hilarious, but could minimize leaks. I wonder if there are any issues with the eyes being in a pressure bubble?

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:01 pm

Tom,

I don't think that's anything new. I believe I remember seeing it sometime last year.

They're ALL probably "hilarious" when you think about it

Den

Darth Vader Look · Post by **Darth Vader Look** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:33 pm

That has been around for awhile and is funny looking. I think it would have a tendency to leak due to all the hills and valleys you find in facial structure. Just the regular full face masks that cover a nose and mouth are hard enough to keep from leaking, thanks to all those mole skins. Pressure exerted on the eyes would be a concern to me as well. Anyone with claustrophobia would likely run as far away from this mask as possible.

thedean · Post by **thedean** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:54 pm

The TOTAL is used a lot in the Hospital Emergency rooms because it fits a lot of faces with one size -fits many..
It seals around the parameter of the face so it actually leaks less!
Since it is a clear shell around the face , it is less claustrophobic than some
fullface masks.
It's appearance tends to turn off patients but it works
when other masks wont. go figure!

buckeyered · Post by **buckeyered** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:28 pm

I tried this mask a few months back for a few nights and it is much more comfortable than all the other masks I tried and did not leak "until" I turned on my side, this would have been the mask for me if I could sleep on my back.
There is a note
https://www.cpap.com/productpage/total- ... onics.html
saying not for side sleepers on the product info page.
I think I could have used a heat gun to warm the plastic shield enough to pull the sides in closer together and I don't think it would have leaked at all after that but I wasn't sure enough that I was willing to eat the cost so I traded it in for the swift.

Vader · Post by **Vader** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:39 pm

DCTom wrote: At first glance it looks hilarious, but could minimize leaks. I wonder if there are any issues with the eyes being in a pressure bubble?

I already have one of those in solid BLACK.....

roster · Post by **roster** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:51 pm

[quote="DCTom"]............................... I wonder if there are any issues with the eyes being in a pressure bubble?

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