Breeze Sizing Question

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Breeze Sizing Question

Post by Snoozie » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:28 am

While I finally got my Aura tweaked to be as near perfect as I guess it will be (thanks, Lori) and love it, I am going to try the Breeze for rotation, as I just am not crazy about side sleeping and my Swift, since it pushes on my nares, plus curiosity will kill me if I don't try it.

My question is if I wear a medium interface with the Aura, would I order a small/medium Breeze pillows, or the medium/large pillows? Or would it not matter as long as I have the medium? Just wondering if the Breeze tends to run small, large, or the equivalent of the Aura?

Thanks in advance for any help.


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Post by ozij » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:43 am

Pillow size seems to be one of the mysteries of masks... I never ever considered my nares small - and yet, here I am using both a Breeze and and an Aura "medium". I would say the Aura's medium is just a little bit smaller than the Breeze's.

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Post by Snoozie » Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:20 am

Thanks Ozij, you answered my question. I will go ahead and order the small/medium, since the Breeze's run larger.


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Post by rested gal » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:33 am

How funny.

I have smallish nares, but all bets are off when it comes to nasal pillows.

Just goes to show how things work differently for different people. I wear medium pillows in the Aura and the Swift, but get a better seal with the Large pillows in the Breeze. I tried Small pillows with the Breeze and got lots of leaks.

I've got a hunch that in the Breeze most women would need Medium or Large. And that most men would use Large or Extra Large.

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Post by WillSucceed » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:07 pm

I use "medium" in my Swift, but "large" in my Breeze.

I also find that the Swift is hard on my nares when I am on my side. Breeze is a bit wonky when on my back but perfect for me when I am on my side, where I spend most of the night.

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Post by ozij » Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:19 am

The Breeze's "small" were too small for me.

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Post by sir_cumference » Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:46 am

I'm a large male and yet I use medium swift and medium breeze and small/medium aura (although I didn't get on with the aura at all) in fact, the large aura was simply too large to work for me!

I suspect black magic
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