I don't use a humidifier

[tansey]

I notice in my short time here that most of you seem to use the humidifier. I did for the first 2 years as it really dried out my sinuses to the point I was bleeding. But somehow, I don't remember, I got away from it and have no need for 3 years now to use it. It sure is nice not to have to maintain-clean that pesky little thing everyday.
Any of you here not use one?

[Julie]

Never used, never missed it (but I do live near the ocean, which might help things).

[Country4ever]

I suppose if you lived in a really humid area, you wouldn't need one. I live in central Indiana, and use a.c. in the summers and heat in the winters, and my sinuses would die if I didn't use a humidifier now. I guess it all depends on several variables. If you're doing absolutely fine without one, then I guess you're lucky!

[tuna]

Here in Tornado Alley, I have to use one as it is very unpleseant without it!

[zzzzzz!!]

You don't say what type of mask you're using; I've found that makes a difference for me.

I never used my humidifier when I was using the Ultra Mirage FFM because it retained a lot of moisture anyway. After switching to the OptiLife, I found the air going directly through my nares to be much more drying and so I sometimes add water to the tank and use it as a passover humidifier. On a couple of rare occasions last winter I used the heated humidifier at a setting of 1. I'm really not a big fan of the heat, though.

[JeffH]

I didn't use one the first 8 years of cpap use. I do now and miss it when I've turned it off, so I don't do that anymore.

[deerslayer]

don't use one with the nap machine. ...didn't use one last weekend for two nights in the camper and didn't seem to miss , however i don't plan on deleting for every night.Edit: must have hay fever nose ran all day between sneezes. used the f&p ff last night w/ humidifier on passover, worked out good !

[Bearded_One]

I have been using CPAP for nearly 14 years and except for a few months when I tried to like using a humidifier, I don't use a humidifier. I have lived both in dry high altitude and hot humid areas and don't need a humidifier. I do like using an Aussie Heated Hose in the winter to heat the air.

[sleepycarol]

Last winter I decided to turn the heat off on my humidifier. I was using a F & P stand alone humidifier. Didn't miss the heat at all and was fine with it being in passover mode. This spring I took the humidifier completely off and haven't missed it at all. I live in Missouri and we have high humidity, but our house is air conditioned.

[tansey]

all of your posts made me realize that it is important to experiment with the humidifier, unless you enjoy maintaining the little bugger. To me, the cleaning of the humidor is way worse than the mask.

[Babette]

Well, you have a tank model, too. I notice those chambers seem to like to grow things. My M Series chamber doesn't. It's small enough that if I'm running the heat at ALL, I have to refill the tank every night. And I use ONLY Distilled Water, unless I can't get it, then tap, and then I clean scrupulously afterwards, to avoid any buggies.

So, I mainly run it passover, or only as far up as 2. I can't run it past 2 or I drown in rainout and it's just too warm on my face.

Cheers,
B.

[roster]

I don't use a humidifier during the warm months. As soon as we need the central heat this fall I will have to start filling the humidifier again.

Charlotte, NC

[Wulfman]

I need my humidifier to hold the cold (distilled) water to keep my nasal passages open at night. And, in this part of the country, a little extra humidity doesn't hurt.


Den

[Goofproof]

Last week I started using my HH turned off and no water in it, before I used distilled water and it turned off. Found no problems without it, so tonight when I serviced the "Tank", I removed the HH for storage. I worried about breaking the hose outlet in the machine, but I was gentle with it, it had been on 5800 HRS, from day one. It surived! Tomorrow I will clean up the parts and store them.

I must be loosing interest in XPAP, I fine it hard to download my card on time, I could blame it on the dumber "M"eries, but as it's a "Tank", I guess the operator has to step up, and take the blame. That would be one advantage to owning a "M"eries, you can always blame the machine. Jim

[DreamStalker]

There is nothing to clean ... I just refill with distilled water.

Sure it takes an extra 5 seconds out of my life each night to refill it but it offsets having to spend much more time trying to stop a bloody nose for me.