jlsmithseven wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:22 am
Does anyone else feel like the hose hanger just doesn't work well with the Bleep? When I was using the Dreamwear with the connection at the top it was wonderful because I move around a lot in my sleep and I never felt the connection. I always feel it with the Bleep because of the weight on my nose. Is the Eclipse better at all? Do most of you keep the machine on the floor with the Bleep?
You may have misunderstood.....I don't like nor have I ever used a hose hanger but that is just me. I just have never felt like using a hose hanger has been needed for me. My headboard is metal with scrolling metal and I have tried pulling the hose through one of the scrolls to be using the headboard as a hose hanger to hold the hose upwards like a hose hanger does.
I just never saw that using a hose hanger improved anything but mainly I don't feel the need to improve anything....I have always been quite happy with how I route the nose.
And folks.....remember if you use a hose hanger if you get any condensation in the mask itself and the hose goes up over your head that water has no where to go but stay in the mask....water can't run up hill. With my preferred high humidity setting and a cold bedroom setting....I am quite familiar with condensation at the mask itself. I have tons of experience in that area. My preferences set me up for the joy of rain out and I just accept it and deal with it. It's a minimal issue. With the heated hose and the hose cozy I rarely get water in the hose itself...when I get condensation it is 95% of the time at the mask level where the water pools in the barrel of the "pillow".
I have never placed my machine on the floor...my machine sits on a little table that is just about level with my mattress....maybe ever so slightly lower than the mattress. Having the machine on the floor really doesn't help the water drainage for me. I have had water in the hose enough I get a racket and got up out of bed to hold the hose directly vertical and the water doesn't drain well back into the water chamber. Might have something to do with the bend at where the hose attaches to the machine....it's not totally vertical.
Stuart is a cpap user himself...longer than I have been using cpap and he just loves how the hose hanger works for him. Once he discovered the hose hanger thing it made a remarkable difference FOR HIM and that's why he recommends a hose hanger.
I don't really notice any weight on my nose. Or at least not enough to annoy me...but again everyone is different and we all have little things that bug us that might not bug someone else. Everybody is different...those masks where the hose attaches at the top of the head like the DreamWear of ResMed's version have always annoyed me....but others love it and prefer it. I don't care for it.
Again folks...stop and look at where the hose is going if you get condensation....it can't go up hill and since the majority of any condensation I might get is right in the mask itself...it's gonna stay in the mask because of pretty much always having to go up hill.
Take a step back and look at where the water would have to go to. From the mask itself...there is quite often an uphill road to things even if a relatively short distance uphill.
When I am laying in bed I simply don't feel the weight of any mask on my nose...now sitting up in bed is a different story but I don't sleep sitting up in bed. I lay down in bed.
We only had 2 or 3 beta testers for the Eclipse that are here on the forum that I know of. You aren't going to get much in experience from anyone until a lot of others start using the Eclipse.
I may have to RISE but I refuse to SHINE.
