Nasal Pillows: Swift FX for Her ok for Him?

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Nasal Pillows: Swift FX for Her ok for Him?

Post by tdus1 » Sat Jun 21, 2014 1:44 pm

While looking for medium replacement pillows I found the "For her" variety on Amazon (not gender-neutral variety). Are these ok for dude use? Size and construction likely the same as what came with my original kit? Last, will I need to do extra manly things to keep my man card if I buy these? Many thanks in advance.

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Re: Nasal Pillows: Swift FX for Her ok for Him?

Post by Nick Danger » Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:01 pm

As far as I know, the only differences are that an XS size is available and the headgear is pink.

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Re: Nasal Pillows: Swift FX for Her ok for Him?

Post by Pugsy » Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:33 pm

I have had both.
The "For Her" package comes with XSmall, Small and Medium nasal pillows.
The "Reg or for Him" comes with Small, Medium and Large nasal pillows.
Other than the size they are identical.

The silicone part of the headgear is the same with either package.
The back strap in the for Her package is pink/gray and the regular package has a dark blue back strap.
The dark blue back strap was about an inch or two longer than the pink strap but unless a man had a large head I think that a man could also use the pink strap. I could wear the dark blue strap but the velcro had both ends touching so it was almost too long for my female head. The pink strap I had about an inch and a half between the 2 velcro ends.

So for the guys....the for Her package would only be a problem if you used the Large size pillow and if your head was rather big around...that pink back strap might not be quite long enough.

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Re: Nasal Pillows: Swift FX for Her ok for Him?

Post by Catlizg » Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:11 pm

I promise I won't tell anyone you're wearing pink!

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Re: Nasal Pillows: Swift FX for Her ok for Him?

Post by palerider » Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:48 pm

don't worry, using a swift fx for her will almost certainly not cause you to grow lady bits....

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Re: Nasal Pillows: Swift FX for Her ok for Him?

Post by Tatooed Lady » Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:42 am

if that's all it takes to have your man card revoked...you're doing it wrong.

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Re: Nasal Pillows: Swift FX for Her ok for Him?

Post by chunkyfrog » Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:46 pm

As long as you don't use the pink covers, no one will ever know (and we won't tell)
The headgear are exactly the same size, with 3 extra notches on the top strap for little lady heads.

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Re: Nasal Pillows: Swift FX for Her ok for Him?

Post by jedimark » Mon Jun 23, 2014 3:32 am

palerider wrote:don't worry, using a swift fx for her will almost certainly not cause you to grow lady bits....
That cracked me up

I just replaced my SwiftFX headgear with "Nano" headgear that was technically for her.. (it was all the Chemist had in stock, and I needed it urgently)
But it came with sexy gray though, and not pink. :-}

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Re: Nasal Pillows: Swift FX for Her ok for Him?

Post by tdus1 » Mon Jun 23, 2014 11:08 am

Thanks all. Always appreciate the quick & accurate feedback here.

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