Bummer.
I looked on cpap.com for the replacement piece, but could only find the entire elbow set, including several other pieces I don't really need:
I just need this piece:
I can't spend $60 on a swivel elbow if I only need that. It just wrankles. Surely that little piece can't cost them more than 20 cents to make. Yet, if they charged me five bucks, I might consider it because that's what we've come to expect. But buying the whole darned elbow set just because I need the "radial asphyxia gasket rest" (or whatever they call it) just frosts my Scots heritage. Not only is it not frugal, it's wasteful to make people buy a complete set of parts when all you need is the one part that's obviously the one that always breaks anyway. It smacks of planned obsolescence coupled with mandated upsell. Argh.
Alternatively, I could try super-gluing the four radial struts that broke. Two are still intact. Of course last year some time, we bought super-glue for some odd thing, but when you need it, you end up having to buy a whole new tube because you put the other tube away for safe keeping in a place that's so safe, you'll never find it until you don't need it again.
Any problem with super-gluing it? Will it work, or am I just prolonging the inevitable? Any problem with volatile organic compounds and out-gassing after glue has set? I'd ask if there is a special glue I should buy, but something tells me someone is going to say, "Yeah, but it costs $60."
Or can I buy this one little piece for a more digestible price from cpap.com?
I'm glad I have a fall-back mask.
