McGyver hose cover foils rainout.

DreamDiver · Post by **DreamDiver** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:11 pm

I went to the fabric store and found a half yard of hot-pink fleece in the remnant bucket for a dollar. (Nobody's buying hot pink, so I guess that's why it's a dollar. It was either that or phlegm green. Since I'm sleeping, I don't care what the color is.) I cut it into strips and used a big needle and some colorful string to sew it into a tube. I had enough to make two good tubes and hemmed the ends similarly. Then I inverted the tube to hide my non-professional sewing job. It was not quite the length of the hose, so I created another short tube to make up the difference and also cover part of my mask hose.

My humidity has at setting 3, so it's pretty easy to get rainout. I notice that if you don't completely cover the main hose -- for instance if the tube sneaks up the head of the bed and leaves a foot of the hose uncovered -- you're still going to get significant rainout. I had some computer cord velcro tabs from the local Target store and used them to secure the tube properly to my hose. Now the tube doesn't slide off the hose and my rainout is generally reduced to the first six inches of the mask tube and the mask itself, and not much there.

I wonder how many other people have done a bit of similar creative McGyvery?

Your mission: You have an ice skate, a pack of bubble gum, a squirt gun and three matches... Make me a cpap!

j.a.taylor · Post by **j.a.taylor** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:20 pm

Very cool, and very inventive.

I thought when you mentioned McGyver that I was going to read something about Duct Tape.

He always seemed to have it available when he needed it.

One of my favorite episodes was when he was rescuing a U.S. satellite that had fallen into Soviet controlled territory. He dropped in via parachute, and was wearing a skin-tight jump suit.

"Ah, I thought, if only he had Duct Tape now!"

McGyver opens a compartment in the satellite, reaches in, pulls out a roll of duct tape, and builds himself a hang glider to fly off the mountaintop (as he carries away the central brain of the satellite).

Funny in a cheesy sort of way.

birdshell · Post by **birdshell** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:23 pm

OH, what a laugh!

Thank you for the Rube Goldberg-esque cartoon, too.

I hope to read many of your posts.

I just checked in before going to sleep--this is the perfect ending of the day for me.

Be careful of what you ask from this group:

They just may surprise you.

DreamDiver · Post by **DreamDiver** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:36 am

Duct Tape: It's a NASA standard to have a compartment for duct tape built into every satellite, isn't it?

Red Green, Rube Goldberg and McGyver -- none of them would have gotten anywhere without duct tape!

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:05 am

Good job, DreamD'Gyver.

allergyridden · Post by **allergyridden** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:44 am

I spent a lot of money on masks, so decided to be thrifty for the hose cover. I bought powder blue flannel at Walmart for $1.00 in the clearance pile. Couldn't get my Mom's sewing machine to work on it, so I came home & used HeatnBond tape on it, & velcro. It works fine, no rainout.

DreamDiver · Post by **DreamDiver** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:01 am

allergyridden wrote:I spent a lot of money on masks, so decided to be thrifty for the hose cover. I bought powder blue flannel at Walmart for $1.00 in the clearance pile. Couldn't get my Mom's sewing machine to work on it, so I came home & used HeatnBond tape on it, & velcro. It works fine, no rainout.

Awesome allergyridden!

I have to admit -- last night, even with the hose all snuggled up, I got significant rainout. We also had the coldest night so far, about 60F in the hallway of the house. So I'm finding there are other factors.

Hey, it's my own indoor weather system. I imagine if I kept a diary of the humidity and temperature, I could forecast a rainout night. I think I have a PROJECT here, unless someone has already done this and can forward link about it.

"Tonight will be a one ounce rainout night in the area, so snuggle that hose..."

NeedinZs · Post by **NeedinZs** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:08 am

BUMMER!!!!

You had me all psyched to try and re-do my hose cover. Mine sounded similar to yours, but it also was a bit too short.

I think I will take the rest of my fleece blanket and try it ONE MORE LAST TIME to get it covered completely and sealed.....if not, I'm on to the heated hose!!!

Sorry it didn't work out for you.

DreamDiver · Post by **DreamDiver** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:24 am

NeedinZ

It works, but when the inside temperature and humidity get so low compared to the humidity and temp in the hose, you're going to have rainout. If you live in a relatively warm area or you never forget to turn the thermostat from ac to heat, a hose cover will likely be enough.

I understand some folks double- or triple-wrap their hoses in order not to go the heated route, but I'm with you. The swift II actually drips from the gaskets onto your upper lip with cold water when it's in full rainout, and it's enough to wake me up, but not really enough make me get up, turn off the machine, unplug the mask and whip out the water and put it all back on again. I just might go the heated hose route.

Don't give up on your hose sock if it works for you.

NeedinZs · Post by **NeedinZs** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:32 am

McGyver...er DreamDiver,

Summer with the a/c, and cold winters here, are a lose/lose situation here for a CPAP hose.

I know I will go to the heated hose, but just too stubborn to not try a super-dooper wrap job one more time!!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:12 am

Here's my input - make the tube too long, so you have EXTRA fleece to really snuggle down and bunch up.

When I made mine, I made it about 6 inches too long. I had to piece together some strips to make it long enough.

I also made it wide enough so that the tube can flow freely inside it, which makes it easy to strip off for washing.

I sewed velcro onto the ends of the fleece, but next time, I won't do it that way. I'll just hem the ends, and wrap a piece of Velcro OneWrap around the outside to hold them tight.

I pull mine up so it's actually OVER the connector to the mask tube, before I tighten it down. It works really well to eliminate that grating tube noise from the tube hitting the wooden headboard. And putting it over the connector keeps that part from bumping, too. The NAII hoses are so light they don't make much noise.

Diver - you may need to make more snuggles for your mask tubes, depending on what mask you're using. Which reminds me I need to do that for my NAII....

The only thing that has really helped me with rainout is to raise the ambient air temperature in the bedroom.

Cheers,
Barbara

birdshell · Post by **birdshell** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:18 am

NeedinZs wrote:McGyver...er DreamDiver,

Summer with the a/c, and cold winters here, are a lose/lose situation here for a CPAP hose.

I know I will go to the heated hose, but just too stubborn to not try a super-dooper wrap job one more time!!!

And, to quote another TV icon:

"How's that workin' for ya?" --Dr. Phil (McGraw)

Flying_Norseman · Post by **Flying_Norseman** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:55 am

Couldn't you just wrap an Ace bandage or two around the hose?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:43 am

Yeah, you could. Some of us have dreams of creativity. Some of us have really SCAREY AMBITIONS of creating cpap "decor" that will blend in with our designer bedroom ensemble....

LOL,
B.

Flying_Norseman · Post by **Flying_Norseman** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:02 pm

LOL, my girlfriend would probably appreciate that whole "decor" thingy. It eludes me however.

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