Re: X-small is too big... :-( SOLVED IT! :-)

cathyf · Post by **cathyf** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:16 pm

I wear an F10-for-her, and because it's the x-small, I have the pink (really lavender) headgear. I've been wearing the headgear for a couple of months now, and I've slowly been cinching it up as it stretches out. It started pretty close to the inside ends of the straps, and now I'm at the end and it won't go any tighter. My insurance only pays for new every six months, and I've got another month to go.

Does anybody have any secrets for getting it tighter? Anybody know of a smaller headgear that will work with the F10? It's really annoying because the intersection of the back and front straps is over my ears and irritates them, too.

(oh, yeah, bring on the zippy-the-pinhead jokes... )

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:06 pm

https://www.cpap.com/productpage/resmed ... -mask.html

$30 for the headgear alone... can you not afford that?

cathyf · Post by **cathyf** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:35 am

Sure, I can afford a new one out-of-pocket, but one that actually fit without rubbing on my ears would be better. This one may get me through another month, and I figure I've got that time to figure out if there is something that fits better...

LSAT · Post by **LSAT** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:00 am

Investigate a childs mask

chunkyfrog · Post by **chunkyfrog** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:05 am

Needle and thread. Doesn't even have to look pretty.
Just thread the needle, tie a knot, etc.
Velcro, buttons, and new elastic, or elastic salvaged from your skinny underwear.

Sir NoddinOff · Post by **Sir NoddinOff** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:48 am

Regarding headgear, sadly, I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum.

nanwilson · Post by **nanwilson** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:44 pm

If your headgear is too big, just take a tuck in it and either stitch it by hand or on your sewing machine.

Redonthehead · Post by **Redonthehead** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:44 pm

cathyf wrote: Does anybody have any secrets for getting it tighter?

wash in REALLY hot water.

cathyf · Post by **cathyf** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:30 pm

Redonthehead wrote:wash in REALLY hot water.

Does that really work? One time I had a cotton sweater that was too big, and I washed it in hot water and ended up with the body of the sweater way too short, but the sleeves actually got longer and were down to my knees!

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:44 pm

Just sew it by hand... so little involved after all.

tuzacat · Post by **tuzacat** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:04 pm

I have that issue too. I have had to pull the top strap tabs so they actually fold over on the back. I use some velcro and secure it on the front and on the back so the tabs don't come loose. Just about every mask I have tried over the years has nipped my ears in some way - it is very uncomfortable!

cathyf · Post by **cathyf** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:34 pm

I fixed it! I remembered that I have some velcro-in shoulder pads from an old sweater. (My daughter kept telling me how dorky they looked, so I took them off and threw them in a drawer.) The velcro sticks to the inside of the headgear at the back, and now it's nice a snug with the straps more like they are supposed to be.

Before:

After:

(...ok, as my daughter will attest, I'm still kind of dorky looking, but no one can see it in the dark! )

Sir NoddinOff · Post by **Sir NoddinOff** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:56 pm

A nice comfy fix, plus you recycled something...

mariejeanne · Post by **mariejeanne** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 4:13 pm

Brilliant!

palerider · Post by **palerider** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 6:04 pm

cathyf wrote:
Redonthehead wrote:wash in REALLY hot water.
Does that really work? One time I had a cotton sweater that was too big, and I washed it in hot water and ended up with the body of the sweater way too short, but the sleeves actually got longer and were down to my knees!

p10 headgear isn't made out of sweater,