Drying your hose.

I posted this elseware and thought you might find it usefull.
To speed up the time it takes to dry the inside of your XPAP hose after cleaning or rainout try this gizmo-


Take new (unused) terry dishtowel or face cloth and cut a strip a few inches long and an inch wide. Tie one end of a 7' long piece of string (fishing line- dental floss ETC.) in the center of the strip. Tie a weight of somesort (a nut or bolt will do) to the other end. hold the hose up and drop the weight through. Pull the terry cloth through drying the hose


I would run some air through the hose without the mask to blow out any lint or fuzzies that may slough off the terry cloth.

Why would you want to dry the hose?

If, after washing it, simply hold in middle and spin it to remove most of the water. I still do not know even why you would want to do it even then.

another way in the machines without auto off is to simply plug it in and turn machine on.

I just don't like water sitting in my hose and have read that whipping the hose around is a good way to hasten its demise

Timely topic....Last night after boosting the heat setting on my humidifier I had my first exp w/rainout! It didn't bother me to have a little moisture around my nose but when I detached the hose to go to the bathroom at night there was something leaking and it wasn't me! Then when I hooked it back up again and turned on my machine it made a rather loud noise until I unhooked the hose and allowed the water to drain out one end. Tonight I had my darling dh carry an old wooden shelf my Dad made when he was a "youngone" upstairs since its quite a bit lower than what I've had my remstar auto sitting on. I remember reading somewhere on this site that lowering the level of the machine can reduce rainout. Mine had been about even w/my mattress top. Terry

Once I washed my hose in the morning and there was still some water when I went to bed. It was very loud when I turned it on and I didn't know what to do about it. My boyfriend was crabby and went to sleep on the couch which just made matters worse because I felt like he blamed me for the noise (he apologized the next day for not handling it well). I ended up drying it with a hair dryer and then after it was on for a while the noise stopped. I called the DME and they said they would send me another hose so I could alternate and have time for the hose to dry out between washing it.

I thought the RT who brought out my initial machine said not to use a towel to dry anything. I assumed that was because you wouldn't want to get lint on the mask or hose that might blow into your nose but I guess if you blow the link out that would take care of it.

I was wondering if I was the only person who had trouble with the equipment drying - my first mask would also not be dry by the time I went to bed. I think there is a problem with the ventilation in our house but hopefully the new fans in the bathroom and attic will help.

or if you had the australian heated hose, you wouldn't have an issue with a hose getting wet in the first place.....


I love my heated hose.

I just hook up my old Sullivan and dry mine. Good thing I kept it around, as the auto isn't any help as it quits when the mask is off