Crackling sound when tube flexes

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Stevie007
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Re: Crackling sound when tube flexes

Post by Stevie007 » Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:13 pm

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And there it is.

SoClean uses Ozone.

Ozone is incompatible with many rubbers and plastics and causes it to breakdown sooner.

BTW, ozone is also incompatible with your lungs.
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I guess it's a good thing I wasn't putting my lungs inside the tank for cleaning.😉

In all seriousness though, I also thought about that. However, my first hose did this when I didn't have a soclean. I was using a free sample of pudoux cpap hose cleaner.

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Re: Crackling sound when tube flexes

Post by chunkyfrog » Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:29 pm

@Stevie:
My hoses last for years.
Why?
Because I never effing wash them.

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Re: Crackling sound when tube flexes

Post by Okie bipap » Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:30 pm

Many of us never clean our hoses. The only thing going through it is filtered air that is basically the same as you breathe all day, every day.
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Re: Crackling sound when tube flexes

Post by Stevie007 » Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:37 pm

chunkyfrog wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:29 pm
@Stevie:
My hoses last for years.
Why?
Because I never effing wash them.
Really? But the respiratory therapist was pretty adamant that everything should be washed.
This is all good to know. I've only been at this for a couple years.

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Re: Crackling sound when tube flexes

Post by chunkyfrog » Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:54 pm

Stevie007 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:37 pm
chunkyfrog wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:29 pm
@Stevie:
My hoses last for years.
Why?
Because I never effing wash them.
Really? But the respiratory therapist was pretty adamant that everything should be washed.
This is all good to know. I've only been at this for a couple years.
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