liberty-broken brackets

craftersfriend · Post by **craftersfriend** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:22 pm

Any liberty users have the problem of the upper bracket breaking on them? Mine has broken and not sure what to do about it. I've had it since mid august I think and have only used it a few times. Any suggestions?

cpapnewby · Post by **cpapnewby** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:05 am

ask for a warranty replacement and get the Hybrid....

Jim

craftersfriend · Post by **craftersfriend** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:17 am

Thanks for the idea, never thought about a warranty replacement. My wonderful DME doesn't carry the hyrbid though. Gotta love Apria. NOT!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:05 pm

you can buy the brackets from most cpap suppliers. CPAP.com has them for $5 a set. They're listed as "upper headgear clips" There's no picture but I have ordered extra sets myself and I can assure you that they are the long thin wavy-shaped pieces that connect the headgear to the mask.

Personally, I have a love-hate relationship with this mask. It is very comfortable and I love it for that. But it is WAAAAAAYYYYY too fragile. For what this sucker costs Resmed could at least make the plastic bits more durable. I owned mine all of two or three nights before the elbow quick release connector broke. I managed to jury-rig it back together but it still pops off from time to time which drives me up the wall.

I also have the somewhat odd problem of having a fairly long face (I never thought so until I started buying FFM and discovered that they all seem too dang short) and a rather small head circumference (I can easily wear youth sized hats) So for me the large size cushion is still technically a bit too short top to bottom (especially when my mouth opens) and the headgear is way too big. True I could fork over another $35 and get the small size headgear... but I haven't gotten annoyed enough to do that ..... yet.

Tasmania · Post by **Tasmania** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:07 pm

Hate it when I forget to sign in... DOH!

oceanpearl · Post by **oceanpearl** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:38 pm

[quote="craftersfriend"]Thanks for the idea, never thought about a warranty replacement. My wonderful DME doesn't carry the hyrbid though. Gotta love Apria. NOT!

craftersfriend · Post by **craftersfriend** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:25 pm

[quote="Anonymous"]you can buy the brackets from most cpap suppliers. CPAP.com has them for $5 a set. They're listed as "upper headgear clips" There's no picture but I have ordered extra sets myself and I can assure you that they are the long thin wavy-shaped pieces that connect the headgear to the mask.

Thanks for the info on buying parts for this mask, but I don't think the part I need is a separate piece. The piece I need is the clear one that holds the upper headgear clips in place. One of these days I'm just going to have to get Apria to to do a warranty replacement for me.