How to seal my mouth. Chin Strap doesn't work.

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Re: How to seal my mouth. Chin Strap doesn't work.

Post by tan » Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:09 pm

Perhaps, this forum needs a sticky topic on the subject. People ask "Help, I have a dry mouth" quite often. And there is always someone who can merely suggests switching to FFM, which alone is not always helpful.

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Re: How to seal my mouth. Chin Strap doesn't work.

Post by LSAT » Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:24 pm

tan wrote:Perhaps, this forum needs a sticky topic on the subject. People ask "Help, I have a dry mouth" quite often. And there is always someone who can merely suggests switching to FFM, which alone is not always helpful.

If you can't keep your mouth closed there are 4 alternatives.....Tape your mouth, use a chinstrap, use a cervical collar, or switch to a full face mask. These have been suggested in any post requesting help with this problem. If you can think of other solutions...let's hear them..

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Re: How to seal my mouth. Chin Strap doesn't work.

Post by Wulfman... » Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:33 pm

tan wrote:Perhaps, this forum needs a sticky topic on the subject. People ask "Help, I have a dry mouth" quite often. And there is always someone who can merely suggests switching to FFM, which alone is not always helpful.
If you do an Advanced Search on "mouth leaks" and Author = "rested gal", you'll find this:

viewtopic.php?t=8011

Or......you could always just do a generic forum search on "mouth leaks" and just read through the 1000+ pages of posts.

search.php?keywords=mouth+leaks

Virtually every question has been answered before and is in the archives. Problem is, not many want to Search for them.


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Re: How to seal my mouth. Chin Strap doesn't work.

Post by tan » Thu Feb 16, 2017 3:24 pm

LSAT wrote:
tan wrote:Perhaps, this forum needs a sticky topic on the subject. People ask "Help, I have a dry mouth" quite often. And there is always someone who can merely suggests switching to FFM, which alone is not always helpful.

If you can't keep your mouth closed there are 4 alternatives.....Tape your mouth, use a chinstrap, use a cervical collar, or switch to a full face mask. These have been suggested in any post requesting help with this problem. If you can think of other solutions...let's hear them..
that's what I am talking about: you are giving advice, specifically "or switch to a full face mask", which hasn't work out for quite a number of people, because FFM alone may not enough. Sometimes one needs to use a combination of methods, which is rarely explained

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Re: How to seal my mouth. Chin Strap doesn't work.

Post by Pugsy » Thu Feb 16, 2017 4:49 pm

tan wrote: Sometimes one needs to use a combination of methods, which is rarely explained
Add what you want to say in this thread. I have a link to this thread in my very first post in the Sleepyhead tutorial thread which is a sticky. Then all anyone has to do is refer someone to a sticky that is already in place and easy to see and tell them to go to the "bumps in the road" thread.

viewtopic/t94035/Pugsys-Pointers-3Deali ... -road.html

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Re: How to seal my mouth. Chin Strap doesn't work.

Post by chunkyfrog » Thu Feb 16, 2017 5:17 pm

Chin up strips.

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