cpap machine location

[trytryagain]

Right now I have my cpap machine on a short little table next to my night stand.(one foot lower tan my mattress.) I am using a hose holder and my bed's headboard to bring the hose up high to prevent rainout. I would prefer to have it right on the nightstand but I've heard the machine should be lower than your head or rather your mattress. If the hose is bought up over the headboard then down to the mask on your face would that work? My mattress and nightstand are level with one-another, but my headboard is quite high, about 30".

[StevenXXXX]

In 1 location where I sleep, my CPAP is approx 2 feet lower than my head.

In another location where I sleep, my CPAP is exactly even with my head.

I have not noticed any difference at either location.

[rested gal]

My opinion about whether the machine has to be lower than bed:
Another Newbie - Therapy not yet started - Update - topic started by CruzTerri - Jan. 2011
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[LSAT]

The only reason to have the CPAP lower than the mattress is if you have signifigant rainout.

[Hose_Head]

The only reason to have the CPAP lower than the mattress is if you have signifigant rainout.

Not quite. Actually, there are TWO reasons that one might want the cpap lower than the mattress. The second reason is to control noise from the cpap. IF you have a problem with the noise of the cpap, then one thing you can do to reduce the impact is to place the cpap lower than your mattress.

If you have no problems with rainout or noise, then there is no need to place the cpap lower than your mattress.

[Slartybartfast]

Consider, too, how easy it would be to get tangled up in your hose and yank the machine off your nightstand. I do a lot of flying in my sleep and never know when I might knock something over.

Hence, I keep my machine in a drawer in the nightstand.

[avi123]

My night table next to the bed has two drawers. I put the CPAP inside a baking tray and inside the lower drawer. The CPAP is screwed to the bottom of the drawer with a swing clamp like a battery in a car. When I use the CPAP I open the drawer almost fully. On top of the night table I placed a plastic tray which covers the top completely. On the tray I place several masks inside plastic bins. On my headboard hangs a multi electrical sockets strip. The CPAP connects via a switchable plug mounted on the strip. The air hose comes up from the CPAP and goes under an elastic belt tied loosely around my chest before it connects to the mask. For lighting I use a swing arm wall lamp.

I still miss:
1) larger canister for holding humidifier water (need to look at hospital's version)
2) A remote control for the CPAP. I use the above switch to cut off the power.
3) I'll be receiving soon an S9 Elite with 2 kinds of hoses.

[Cuda]

It looks like you have the s9 with climatecontrol, do you use the climateline hose? If so I thought that did quite well handling rainout. Thats the setup I have and I have had no rainout as of yet. My setup is only a few inches lower than the top of the mattress.

After reading this I might modify my nightstand drawer for my cpap though, thats a good idea. A remote control would be nice too!

[trytryagain]

I've never had rain-out with any hose, just worried that I would if my machine wasn't low enough.

[sister]

HI, my machine is on my nightstand and I've never had any rainout.

[Cuda]

Mine is on the nightstand but I never got the contraption to manage the hose. It comes off the nightstand and drops to the floor and back up the side of the bed. I have the same machine you have but I do use the ClimateLine hose and have never used anything else, I have an extra SlimLine hose and will have to try it. But so far no rain out and I have the temp at 80 degrees and sleep in a cold room with no tube cover.

I would give it a try, you can always go with the ClimateLine hose or a hose cover or something if you notice problems. With the ClimateLine at 80 degrees and my room at 65 at best I wake up with NO moisture at all in my tube.

[bap40]

Mine is on my nightstand, even with the bed. Never have problems with rainout.

[Dimples]

I have my machine on the floor under my bed, on an old serving tray, so i can slip it out easily to fill up etc, and the hose goes up behind the back of the bed, over the top to my mask. The hose is held in place (in the centre of where my head goes), with a 3M Command cord bundler/organiser ( http://www.spacesavers.com/Storage/Cord ... undlers-3M ) , stuck sideways on the back of the bedhead, just below the top so it can't be seen, and in the morning I just let the hose slip back down through the cord bundler so it can't be seen during the day,(the end of the hose stops it from going all the way through) and it's there ready at night to just pull up and connect to my mask. Works for me. And the machine can't be seen, as it's under my bed - I cover it during the day to keep the dust off it, once it's turned off at the power point.

When I was on holidays recently I took one of the Command Cord bundlers with me, with extra adhesive strips, so I could attach it to the wall or the bed, because the adhesive removes easily without leaving any marks - great for travelling. (No, I don't work for the company - it's just a product that works ) but at this place I had to use a velcro tie to hold the hose in place on the top of the iron bed head - always pays to be prepared with a couple of different way to hold your hose.

I would never feel safe with my machine on the bedside table -- too easy to pull or knock it off.

[nanwilson]

Mine is on my nightstand even with my head.....but I route the hose up to the top of my headboad and then down. For a noise buffer I use a foamytype one inch pad that my cpap sits on...it is also non-slip so my machine won't slide around. In my motorhome my machine sits 3 feet ABOVE my head in a cupboard with the hose routed directly down to me. I don't use the humidifier in the motorhome so no chance of rainout at all. It really doesn't matter where you keep your machine except if you get....
rainout..then route your hose up to your headboard
noise.... use a foam pad
movement... use a non slip foamy pad
Did I cover all possibilities?

[flowergal3]

Hi trytryagain, my machine is a bit higher than the mattress as it sits on a rather tall nightstand. I don't have any trouble with rainout because my husband rigged up a lab rat hose hanger that keeps the hose up in the air. I like having the machine at arm's length so I can reach it easily. I like some of the other ideas on this post too, everyone is so ingenious!