Best hose routing system when weight and space are tight?

[jpek]

Hi, folks. I am still working on making friends with my CPAP at home, but at least able to fall asleep with it on. What has made this possible is a very simple hose routing mechanism -- a large brass ring attached to a wide piece of cloth, which is attached to the wall by a couple of screws.

But now I'm planning an overseas trip so I need some kind of routing system for where I'll be staying. Space and weight are at a premium in my suitcase and also the be configurations where I'll be staying are somewhat unpredictable. Most likely there will be some kind of folk out couch situation or something, but certainly not a mattress and box spring (which actually i don't even have at home).

Do people have any routing systems they recommend that are light weight and versatile enough? Hopefully htey also won't break the bank. The one I found that looked promising was this: https://www.cpap.com/productpage/arden- ... ystem.html though I don't know how versatile it is.

[Sheriff Buford]

I'm not familiar with the hose hanger you displayed, but it APPEARS to be ok. I use the Hose Buddy, it comes apart in 3 pieces, and easily fits in my suitcase. I cannot use the base of the Hose Buddy, because I have a lift-type bed... similar to a hospital bed. When I raise the head-end of the bed, there is not place to secure the base of the Hose Buddy. I secure the Hose Buddy to the wrought Iron head board with zip-ties. Works for me. For whatever its worth, I have found the hose hanger one of the best cpap investments I've made. I hated fretting with the hose all night long. To me... it seems useless when you don't have to.

Sheriff

[Janknitz]

I can't find the video anymore, but I once saw a video where the guy looped a bunch of rubber bands in a chain. With this he could always find something somewhere in a room (a picture on the wall, headboard, lamp, door, etc) to hook the rubber bands on and use it to hold his hose. The chain can be lengthened or shortened as needed, it's light weight and free if you take a daily paper.

I carry a rubber band chain when traveling and it works! I don't travel much, but I usually use a sturdy bedside lamp or picture or headboard (hotel pictures are often securely bolted to the wall anyway) and this system works fine.

[john5396]

I use the hose system you are looking at, It is very small and light. It folds into a flat package about 4in x 8in or so.

[jpek]

Sheriff, the Hose Buddy looks very similar to me to the hose system link I provided, doesn't it? The one I found is about a pound lighter, which matters when you're traveling by plane.

Janknitz, I'm not quite understanding how a rubber band chain would help. Seems to me A) It's too flexible, so would give if you moved the hose and B) If you use it to pin the hose to some object you wouldn't be able to move it when you moved. Am I missing something?

[JDS74]

If you are happy with the ring setup, get a couple of those instant release wall hooks and stick one one the wall where you stay.

[chunkyfrog]

While traveling, I have used hair elastics, duck tape, and clothespins/binder clips.
Some combination will hold your hose almost anywhere.
And these items can be very handy if other things break.

[StuUnderPressure]

I use just a thick rubber band looking band that I hang from the post on the headboard of the bed.

It is about a quarter inch thick & round & is long enough that I make a couple of loops around the post to secure it.

That still leaves a loop of about 4 inches hanging down.

I run my hose through that loop.

Before I found this band, I used Velcro with the sticky back.

I made a loop in the Velcro (by sticking it to itself) that was long enough to accomplish the same thing. I then stuck that length of Velcro to a small square of Velcro I attached to the back side of the headboard.

During the day, I would just flip the hanging Velcro back over the top of the headboard & it hung behind the headboard until I used it again the next night.

In fact that setup is still behind my headboard today - even though I no longer use it.

The hose does not slide as well on the Velcro as it does on my present setup.

My wife would always accuse me of wearing my drawers until there was nothing left but the waistband.

Well, I now have found a use for the waistband.

I take a couple of those in my suitcase when I travel.

I use the waistband the same way I use my big rubber band on the headboard.

It ain't pretty, but it does the job.

I once forgot one of those waistbands on the headboard of a hotel room.
To this day, I wonder what the maid thought had been going on in that room.

Most hotel headboards do not have a post.
But, I find I can wedge it between the headboard & the wall enough to accomplish the same thing.