EXHALE PORT QUESTION

Kharris · Post by **Kharris** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:09 am

I have a respironics comfort select, Its the only one I have ever tried, I have
had a few issues just like eveyone else but have been pretty lucky.
The mask I used for my titration was some other kind. The exhale port
was an opening in the elbow of the mask. The air that came out went away
from your face, no blowback of any kind.
My CS has the port built into the mask/hose connection. With the hose
hanging straight down, the air goes toward my chest.
If I have the hose over my head, it sends a cool flow of air over my forehead.
If I have it to the side it sometimes goes right for the eyeballs.
Anybody ever drilled a hole in a mask? Redirected the airflow?
I can get another mask this month and have it covered-mostly- by
insurance. It just takes an appointment and a half day off from
work.
thanks

nosbig17 · Post by **nosbig17** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:28 am

You might try fashoning a custom air deflector using tape, I used gaffers tape on a Comfort Lite "think it uses the same exhale port system".

major_works · Post by **major_works** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:02 am

Kharris, I wouldn't recommend drilling any holes. That's going to result in lowering the effective pressure the mask delivers to you, and you'll have no way of determining by how much.

You would be better off trying to alter the direction of the flow somehow as nosbig17 suggested.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:06 am

I don't think they could have made the vent of that series of masks any cheaper, my Comfort Gel is the same. It's the one thing I find fualt with in it.

If you mess with the venting you can make the mask unsafe or vent too much. both not good. If you do tape divert the oiuput, make sure you don't change the vent rate. Jim

Kharris · Post by **Kharris** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:18 pm

Thanks goofproof
I had thought of the getting a comort gel,don't think I will now though.......maybe ducttape and
dryer vent hose .
It's not a big deal, I can live with it. but if it could be better........
without changing the therapy results.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:34 pm

Hand air powered tools usually have a exhaust vent near where the air goes in, One air tool from Snap-On, had a hose slipped over the inlet hose, that vented the air down the inlet and away from the operator.

Something like that, might be useful, as long as you didn't make it so long you would be rebreathing from it. It could even be made from cloth.

Don't write off the ComfortGel, the wide forehead support is a good idea, and the gel seals better too. Jim

EXHALE PORT QUESTION

EXHALE PORT QUESTION

Possinble solution to redirect air flow