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minerva wrote:Just curious how many of us would pay the $200-plus retail price for the new Hybrid mask...

Minerva

Oh, you mean one that wouldn't cause me to wake up about 20 times a night to adjust?? You bet!

OCO
aka The guy with strap marks on his head and sand in his eyes

Just paid $180 for it at CPAP.com. I don't want to get into how many masks I have bought, lets just say my inventory is only slightly less extensive than theirs. I would of stuck with the Oracle if I could of figured out how to plug up my nose. Really don't like things on my nose so this fits the bill. Perfect I doubt but more to my preference.

Yes with the usual caveat-returnable within 30 days-or even 10. Some good reviews from people on this forum would help me decide in favor. Considered the Hans Rudolph but found few positive reviews-and couldn't find anywhere to try one on-so decided against it.

It would help if the makers of expensive masks would put them in DME stores so people could try them on before ordering.

I dunno. My Swift seems to fit the bill for $130 (which seems high to me compared to other masks but I assume that it's because it's so light and all that jazz.)

A $200 one would have to be pretty special and I can't imagine taking away needing to adjust the straps at some point in the night.

No.
If for no other reason, but to discourage this sort of price gouging.

Only if it came with a FULL, unconditional money back guarantee. I have well over 15 masks and have modified several of them. I am still searching for the perfect mask.

Given the fact that I (mainly my insurance company) have paid as much as $400 for a far less than perfect mask I would be happy to see my insurance company pay $200 for the perfect mask. I would go so far as to pay for it myself if they didn't. When you find that mask please post it all over the place, but of course I would greatly appreciate advance notice so I can get mine before the perfect mask maker is inundated with orders from less than perfect people. I think it's only fair that perfect people (like me) should have the perfect mask. But for now I'll have to deal with the less than perfect mask, which is very sad, as that potentially implies that I may not be perfect, and that's quite a blow to my inflated ego.

I am happy that sites like CPAP.com allow me to pay far less than $400 for a less than perfect mask - At least it's a good price.


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Absolutely. Let's hope this is it.

Mike, please give a report after a few nights use..........

I won't spend over 200. if I can buy it here for 179.00

anyone with some face hair try it yet? got to admit that it's different enough to address the problems i have mouth breathing. I would gladly spend 200 clams if I could get rid of the tape over my mouth at night. Who wouldn't. I need to wear glasses at night because I get sleepy watching the tube. I fall asleep with my glasses on a lot.

lurker wrote:I won't spend over 200. if I can buy it here for 179.00

anyone with some face hair try it yet? got to admit that it's different enough to address the problems i have mouth breathing. I would gladly spend 200 clams if I could get rid of the tape over my mouth at night. Who wouldn't. I need to wear glasses at night because I get sleepy watching the tube. I fall asleep with my glasses on a lot.

To answer that question they would have to be for sale. unlees you want the manufactures word on it, surely they wouldn't lie.