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hegel wrote:Thanks guys: yaconsult, I saw this on amazon and it looked flimsy; the initial reviews said it was too. But then later reviews said it was ok. There was a picture of it in use and actually that picture matched my bed set-up perfectly. I love that it's $11.00 instead of the 65.00 or so of the hose buddy. It's probably worth $11.00 just to see if I like a hose hanger at all.

I find it plenty durable enough. The tubes are metal and there is an elastic cord that runs all the way through from the bottom to the top. If you ever need to pack it, you pull the sections apart and the elastic cord holds all the pieces together, so it practically puts itself together. At the top, the elastic cord has a piece with plastic rings on it for the hose to go through. This lets the hose slide though it easily when needed.

I have it between the mattress and boxspring at the head of the bed. I pull enough hose through it so that there is a section of the airfit p10 hose hanging down that stops just short of touching me. This gives me plenty of room for turning to either side without pulling on the hose so my mask is not disturbed. I would say - give it a try! Why spend six times more if you don't have to? I bought mine in March 2012 and have used it every single night since.

But either way, keep in mind that amazon is excellent about returns so if you really are not sure, you could buy them both and return the one you don't like within thirty days. I hope you get something that you like!

Sorry chunkyfrog, I was so caught up in my little hose hanger issue that what you wrote didn't fully sink in. We're all praying for you husband-if frogs marry--and hoping for a great outcome. Frogs are well equipped for leaping into the future!

hegel wrote:...looks like I'll need a longer hose? I use a six footer. I'm not sure if I need this; I'm just looking to refine the whole sleep thing and hopefully stop waking up so often.

I, too, am new to this, and I'd like to know this as well. Is six feet generally a workable length? I'm a side-sleeper and my hose keeps breaking my nasal mask seal. I just ordered a Hoze Boss and will be giving that a try. http://tinyurl.com/nv9xf8j

Hi I too tried the 11$ hose holder and got around a dozen uses before the post that holds the rod up broke from the base. I did use it as a travel holder and put it together and apart for trips. I did not put it up and leave it up for home use. If you don't take it apart it might work better. For permanent home use I use the Hose Buddy which is about 45$ at amazon. The thing is solid as a rock.

Chunky hope your bullfrog get his limbs back in fine fettle and jumps back to your side ASAP!

-Bill

No suggestions just two links:

Rested Gal's Links: viewtopic.php?t=17435 I loved these links and Rested Gal.

This is one of the links:

I think they are mostly DIY.

LINKS to Hose hangers and methods of managing the air hose
viewtopic.php?t=10640

Thanks for the links, KeepSmiling. I followed the stickied Newbie post to one of those pages of links too, but so many of them were outdated or led to dead links, that like hegel, I wondered about newer products and info. But I look forward to browsing through that huge repository of wisdom!

I've also had a couple of the $11 Amazon hose hangers, and they used to be pretty flimsy. When I first bought one for home and travel, about 3 years ago, the vertical part was just welded onto the horizontal part, a single weld that would bend, and that lasted about a year and then predictably broke at the weld. So I bought another one when my that original one broke, and found that the new ones had some added strengthening (more metal and welds) where the vertical rod meets the horizontal base. I have two of these now, one dedicated to travel, and the other for home so that I don't have to take apart my home setup when I travel, and both of these are the new style and are lasting well. I don't think that they'll be breaking for a long time, and they do their job well. So I can recommend those without reservation at this point.

Well, book mine under the most unusual: an IV Pole. Long, and not a happy story on how we came to have an IV Pole in our house, but it sure works well as a hose holder. The pole is on wheels so I roll it next to the bed at night, then move it around to the other side of the bedside table during the day. Since it is height adjustable I can set it at the height the works best for me. It is an odd solution, but works very well.

RogerSC wrote:I've also had a couple of the $11 Amazon hose hangers, and they used to be pretty flimsy. When I first bought one for home and travel, about 3 years ago, the vertical part was just welded onto the horizontal part, a single weld that would bend, and that lasted about a year and then predictably broke at the weld. So I bought another one when my that original one broke, and found that the new ones had some added strengthening (more metal and welds) where the vertical rod meets the horizontal base. I have two of these now, one dedicated to travel, and the other for home so that I don't have to take apart my home setup when I travel, and both of these are the new style and are lasting well. I don't think that they'll be breaking for a long time, and they do their job well. So I can recommend those without reservation at this point.

Roger,

Thanks for info, good to know.

I remember your avatar from many years ago.

Thank you for your prayers. The surgery went OK.
The pinched nerve is better, but he has pain from the surgery.
We wait now.

Another vote for the HoseBuddy - https://www.cpap.com/productpage/HoseBu ... ystem.html

I've been using it now for close to 4 years and I love it.

Last night my nasal mask was wet inside, not just a couple tiny drops -- despite using a ClimateLine heated hose. Would using a hose hanger make this better or worse?

Apart from how you set the temp, the climateline hose, etc... an important tip is to be sure your machine's on at least a slightly lower level than yourself... water can't run uphill.

brightcrow wrote:Last night my nasal mask was wet inside, not just a couple tiny drops -- despite using a ClimateLine heated hose. Would using a hose hanger make this better or worse?

Probably won't change it one way or the other.
Any hose management system is going to have the hose up above the head and any water in only the mask is going to just stay there because it can't go anywhere.
If the hose was lower the moisture might make its way into the hose and if the hose was lower then gravity might help but in general it seems like with the way water tends to pool in the masks I have used it wouldn't matter where the hose was because the water would pool in an area not near the hose opening.

Condensation in the mask...probably a combination of the humidity used and the moisture in our own exhaled breath and the cooler bedroom temps (I saw 42 last night and had the windows open) but I cranked up the heated hose temp before I went to bed and I didn't have any problems. I would have had a lot of water in my nasal pillows if I hadn't turned up the heated hose.

You may need to either increase the hose air temp a little or add a bit of insulation to the short hose (if your mask uses a short hose) or warm up the bedroom air.
Reducing the humidity delivered may or may not resolve the issue. If it is mainly the moisture in your own exhaled breath that is condensing then reducing the humidity might not help. People get moisture in the mask and not even be using a humidifier at all.

Thanks Julie and Pugsy, for taking the time. This wasn't a problem the first two nights, so it's hard for me to know the cause for sure, but I wanted to make sure I wouldn't drown if I used a hanger! We've had very hot days, followed by cooler nights, but making my room hotter isn't an option I'd consider now, since the house is warm and I'm trying so hard to stay cool, even sleeping on a cooling pad. My hose hanger has arrived today so I'll get a chance to see if it helps or worsens the problem. Whatever happens, I'll have a better chance of figuring it out with your info.