Stop this annoying problem now!

[Bonnie]

I was surfing Ebay and came across this product, a simple enough thing to make. But what caught my eye was the terminology:

"WHEN YOU TURN IN BED DOES YOUR HOSE PULL ON YOUR MASK? DOES IT BREAK THE SEAL AND CAUSE BLOWBY?"

Blowby? That's a new one to me. Has anyone ever heard this before? When my mask shifts and the seal is broken I get, well, leaks.


http://cgi.ebay.com/CPAP-BIPAP-SLEEP-AP ... dZViewItem

[MandoJohnny]

I think it was an attempt at a "cathchy marketing term." I have never heard of it either, but nothing on EBay surprises me anymore.

[Bob...]

I would think "Blowby" is an acceptable term for leaks. In this case it simply means that something (air) is blowing by something that is supposed to stop it (the seal). It is common to hear blowby used to describe the condition where the rings (seals) of a piston in the engine of an automobile allow leaks into the crankcase

Bob

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[OwlCreekObserver]

Sounds sort of like "drive-by," as in "She was injured in a drive-by leak attack."

Maybe it should be "blowout" or "blow by blow."

Nevermind.

OCO