Thanks for all the good advice, I picked the ACTIVA™...

[harikarishimari]

Streisand. Durante. Cossell. Kate Elder. Tycho Brae. Michelangelo. Wedders. Myslivecek. Cyrano de Bergerac. Rudolf of Hapsberg. Bob Hope. Barbara Walters.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!
for not mentioning Michael Jackson.

[Ric]

SYNOPSIS:

Sounds like you may be a candidate for plastic surgery!!!!!

yes. starting with my credit cards.

Ric......don't you get the feeling it's trying to tell you something?

"it's broken"?

Ric, that online sizing page is driving me up the wall also.

Thanks. I feel better already! (yes REALLY!)

I think the Activa is a mask that does not require an exact fit.

Excellent advice, didn't know that! That is VERY helpful!

and I think you'd probably be fine with a standard unless you have either a particularly prominent nasal bridge

My bridge is even MORE stunningly ordinary than i even want to imagine! The "standard" just sounds right.

(because it's a weird mask)

(actually they matched it to my personality.)

Call the folks at CPAP.com and talk to a human.

I had almost forgotten about the phone system. AND humans. (how quaint). Yes, I will do that.

Cynical me, wonders if Bill (Nighthawkeye) is correct.

Bill is the official "SANITY CHECKER" on this forum.
If he says the mask is goofy, it's goofy. I trust his advice. .

One rep just told me they couldn't give a recommendation if the sizing tool said it wasn't a good mask for me.

Actually I did exchange an email, with pretty much the same result. I don't think I made it clear that the SIZING TOOL IS BROKEN with regards to the Activa™. The exchange was polite. Tomorrow I will take Mike Moran's advice and use the telly. For what it's worth, I scoured the Resmed sites, and found nothing especially helpful. Maybe the size tool is metric, and my face is English? (just a guess).

Yes, you can just buy the cushion... exact fit is not required

Seriously, this forum has better advice than the nearest 100 "professionals" combined. How many DMEs know that?

The person I talked to said I was firmly in the Standard size, not Large as indicated by crossing.

You are the second person to mention that. I know I would've fallen for the old "wrong size mask" trick, this is GOOD information !

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!
for not mentioning Michael Jackson.

(I think you just did?)

UPDATE: I am still negotiating. In the process I would like to convince the gentle folk at cpap.com that the sizing tool needs a jump start. Meanwhile here is what they suggested, based on my numbers. I'm sure I can find something in my price range:



(I will add that EVERYONE I have dealt with at cpap.com, to-a-one, has been extremely polite and helpful, and several have gone WAAAAAY beyond the call of duty to make sure everything was "just right". THANX Y'ALLZ"

[NightHawkeye]

Bill is the official "SANITY CHECKER" on this forum.

Huh?

I trust his advice. .

Whew . . ., I though you were serious for a second. But I do see already that my posting was misunderstood. I wasn't offering advice, merely stating the obvious.

Regards,
Bill

[Ric]

EPILOGUE: I called my local DME this morning and said I was ready to buy a Resmed Activa™, size STANDARD, and that I actually wanted to try it first since the size was an issue. To paraphrase, "they didn't know where I was getting my information, but there is NO SUCH THING!"

okaaaaay.

With the words of mikemoran still ringing in my ear, I called Leslie at cpap.com and ordered it straight out. no hassle. it's already on it's way.(thanks mike. thanks leslie)

(Bill, sorry to disappoint, I just HAD to try it. and plus I did't HAVE one )

Thanks again to all for the "size" alerts. I know I would have been led astray.

EPI-EPILOGUE: I think the sizing page is likely to remain somewhat deceptively semi-inoperable. But it's fun to play with .

[NightHawkeye]

(Bill, sorry to disappoint, I just HAD to try it. and plus I did't HAVE one )

Oh no, you thought I was trying to discourage you or be negative about the mask? Heck no, Ric! I was merely offering an explanation for why the sizing guide was acting the way it was. Merely attempting to satisfy intellectual curiosity. It never entered my mind that anything I said would influence your decision in any way. That wasn't the intent. And, obviously, it didn't. .

Regards,
Bill (who has lots of weird stuff, at least according to my daughters)