Hose Hints please?

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vicinsb
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Hose Hints please?

Post by vicinsb » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:29 pm

I am new and have noticed ideas for hose clips...what are some favorite ways of keeping your hose from ending up under your neck? Thanks for any hints!
Vicky



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Post by Linda3032 » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:36 pm

If you are still using the Swift, you might try routing the hose up over your head instead of down. Assuming you are wearing yours down.

Many run their hoses up, and attach the small interface hose to the top of the headgear. That brings it more in front of the face rather than at the side. It would never be near your neck.

But you might get more rainout via that route.


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Post by idahogal » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:42 am

I always use the "scrunchie" hair bands and attach the hose to my headboard of my bed. This has been a great help. There is also a post here that you can probably search for that showed the hose being suspended from a wire from the ceiling. Another one I have seen here is making a stand, kind of like and I.V. stand, out of PVC pipe.


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Post by vicinsb » Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:03 am

Thanks Linda and Susan,
I tried running it behind another pillow and didn't end up turning on top of it, so that worked.
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Headboard

Post by There » Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:37 pm

I have a headboard with slats, and I run mine over from the nightstand through the headboard so it comes straight down over my pillow. Works well with all my masks but the ComfortCurve (the y-shaped interface is way awkward over the head, so I use a clip to attach it to the front of my PJs or sheet/blanket.

Also, I intended - though never got around to it - to try a hook fastened to the wall. Since my bed is right on the wall, one of those two hook robe hooks like you see in bathrooms (kind of a y-shape itself), looked like it would do a great job holding the hose similarly to (but more subtle and less hardware-intensive) than making a stand for it.

YMMV

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