Breathe Right Strips & nasal pillows?
- SleepingUgly
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Breathe Right Strips & nasal pillows?
Anyone able to use Breathe Right Strips with nasal pillows, or do the strips just increase leaks?
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Re: Breathe Right Strips & nasal pillows?
For me, it just increased leaks, but I have narrow (slotted) nares. I couldn't get any pillow sizes to work with them.
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- M.D.Hosehead
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Re: Breathe Right Strips & nasal pillows?
I have moderately slotted nares. I'm able to use Optilife pillows (which are ovoid) without BreatheRights. However, BreatheRights change my nares to a rounder shape and the pillows fit better, i.e. I can loosen the straps somewhat.
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Re: Breathe Right Strips & nasal pillows?
I use BR Strips every night with my LT pillows.... very few leaks, if at all, and those that do occur are usually due to other reasons.
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- streetrodder
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Re: Breathe Right Strips & nasal pillows?
I have used Breathe Right Strips a couple times and never had any problems with extra leaks. I used them when my nose felt a little stuffy it seemed to help.
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Re: Breathe Right Strips & nasal pillows?
I use medium breath right strips with the medium nasal pillows on my liberty mask. I think if I go by their sizing chart I should use large pillows but they don't fit well at all, even with strips.
Without the nose strip, the medium pillows don't set nearly quite so well and I get more leaks, but they do work.
Without the nose strip, the medium pillows don't set nearly quite so well and I get more leaks, but they do work.