Hoses and tubing, oh my!

laurel · Post by **laurel** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:36 pm

I looked at the FAQ and Collective Wisdom and did some searches, but didn't find quite what I'm looking for. 'Course it's hard to search on anything involving "hose" and not have a zillion things turn up! I'm sure this has been discussed at some point, I just couldn't find it right now.

Anyway. Do they make hoses that are shorter than 6 feet? I don't seem to move at all during the night now that I have a CPAP except occasionally rolling over and I'm usually awake if I do that. And my machine is close to the bed.

All the excess hose drives me nuts trying to get it out of the way, especially if I have an uncooperative bendy hose or use the ComfortLite2 with it's evil elbow spinny thing. I don't use a hose clip or stand and I suppose that might be the logical thing to do, but seems overkill given I don't need that much slack in the first place.

Have any of you tried a shorter hose? Are they available? (I didn't see any at cpap.com).

My other question is about tubing or smaller hoses on masks. The part of my Aura that I have the most trouble with is the tube/hose on the mask that I connect to my CPAP hose. Seems to wear out and/or get chewed on by my cats more often than I'd like. Would love to be able to purchase this tube someplace, but I don't see it listed as a replacement part on cpap.com. Is it a standard sized tube that I can purchase somewhere else (on that site or another)? Having a spare or two would be a very good thing for me. I figure it's gotta be available, I just don't know what it's called or what size it is.

I'm also interested in covers for that tube and for the tube on the ComfortLite2, though I can probably cobble together something. Someone's gotta sell sleeves for these, right?

Thanks in advance! (And apologies if I'm repeating stuff that's been discussed a billion times before).

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:54 pm

XPAP hoses can be bought in many lengths, 18" to 10 foot. 6 foot is normal and the easiest to find. Your machine should be lower than your bed, to help on rainout and the farther away the machine is the less noise you will hear from it. Jim

frete50 · Post by **frete50** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:10 pm

Here is a solution about hose management from Bellcrest from a previous post:

http://bellcrestboxers.com/cpapsetup.html

Becky

laurel · Post by **laurel** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:54 pm

I do like the looks of that hose setup. Hmmmmm.

Though I am still curious about where I can find a shorter hose. Could be handy on trips, even if I rig something at home.

Rando · Post by **Rando** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:43 pm

Funny, I was looking for a replacement hose, read your post, found this 4' hose:

http://www.cpapusa.com/item.php?product ... se%2C+4%27

twillson · Post by **twillson** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:12 am

Laurel,

I posted a review of the respironics High Performance hose on this forum recently. Mine is 6ft, but might work a lot better for your CL2 because it is so flexible that you can literally fold it back on itself to take up slack. I'm guessing it is pricey, so you may want to use insurance if you try it at all.

Let me know if you find anyone with experience fixing or modifying hose. I have a baseboard heater that occasionally melts mine and I would love to be able to keep using the undamaged length if I could figure out how to attach the hose end.

Thanks for suggesting the FAQ, I think that is a good idea.

Offerocker · Post by **Offerocker** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:29 pm

Laurel,

Forgive me if this seems "too obvious", but can you move your xpap machine further away? That's the cheapest way out, until you decide on anything else.

wayner · Post by **wayner** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:23 pm

some hose the rubber end is screwed on to the ribbing of the hose (much like a nut and bolt ) ..... unscrew the end usually LH thread cut hose and re thread back on , BUT most hose today have molded ends so if you try removing it , take it easy

SleepGuy · Post by **SleepGuy** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:35 pm

SnuggleHose and ComfortSleeve make fleece covers for your hose. I just got one the other day and really like it. They're about $15 and I think well worth it. It keeps the humidity up and makes the thing much more user-friendly. Course I did get the "bear claw" pattern--with all that fleece I had to do something to make it manly....

Offerocker · Post by **Offerocker** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:35 am

wayner wrote:some hose the rubber end is screwed on to the ribbing of the hose (much like a nut and bolt ) ..... unscrew the end usually LH thread cut hose and re thread back on , BUT most hose today have molded ends so if you try removing it , take it easy

Wayner: IF that's your case, I'd try taking the length from the middle - MAY be easier to repair, as the ends could be cut to match. .

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laurel · Post by **laurel** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:14 am

I've got a SnuggleHose for my hose but I'm still having problems with rainout. Even when I just use the humidifier without heat (passover) and even sometimes when I don't have any water in the chamber at all! Weird! The problem may be with not having any sort of covering on the tubing on the mask (either with Aura or Comfort Lite 2) and with condensation in the actual nasal interfaces (not much you can do about that, I would imagine). I'm contemplating a heated hose, but then you really don't have much choice in length and I would have to rig something up (I'm fine with that, really, but still would probably want a shorter hose for travel and/or a backup)!

Someone PMed me (thanks!) to tell me that cpapplus.com carries hoses as short as 1.5 feet! (Yikes!) but also in 2 feet, 3 feet, four feet, and on up. Cool! Good to know!

Hoses and tubing, oh my!

Hoses and tubing, oh my!

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