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How do you avoid the white vinegar smell? I clean house with it and the smell is quite strong.

LG34 wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:29 am

How do you avoid the white vinegar smell? I clean house with it and the smell is quite strong.

I eat a Claussen Polish dill pickle--it desensitizes me to the odor of vinegar.
Claussens are not as vinegar-y as hot pack pickles, but it is enough to do the trick.
Now if only they sold pickled polish sausages . . .

chunkyfrog wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:11 pm

I eat a Claussen Polish dill pickle

That's a great idea!

(Even if you don't use vinegar on your mask.)

I don't.
I just like Lithuanian half-sours.

1, Caretouch CPAP wipes

2 I have a hot water pot used for coffee and use the 208 degree water to stetilze.

3. Cleansmart Disinfectent.

4 I run a CPAP tube brush through with a wipe then run 208 degree water through and shake it.

5 I have used soap but rinse well so as not to breath it.

6. I change not clean filters.

7. Running a Honeywell 100 HEPA air filter right below the CPAP intake.

8. I have extra tubing to swap out. Easier to wash 3 and bag two.

9 I clean the water tray in dishwasher when I remember.

All of that. I do not worry about breathing chemicals or contaminates.

Bigmike52 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 28, 2018 7:02 am

I certainly hope you are not comparing my body oils to crude oil! If the manufactures of the equipment wanted something that dissolves grease I doubt they would have used the word "mild". If I have read the mask instructions correctly it says "Thoroughly clean by gently rubbing in warm water using mild soap."

Mild for the person/mask/duck. Not mild for the grease.

There are plenty of products that will remove grease from a dish. Dawn is very mild compared to oven cleaner and other degreaser products that would not be safe for skin. The products I use at work would never be used on a cpap mask or a duck. Dawn is very mild compared to them.

SoftwareDev wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:01 am

2 I have a hot water pot used for coffee and use the 208 degree water to stetilze.

208 degree water is *not* hot enough to sterilize anything, it will some bacteria, but not all. You need to get up to around 250f for sterilization.

palerider wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:52 pm

SoftwareDev wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:01 am

2 I have a hot water pot used for coffee and use the 208 degree water to stetilze.

208 degree water is *not* hot enough to sterilize anything, it will some bacteria, but not all. You need to get up to around 250f for sterilization.

Heat disinfection is time/temperature dependent, and can be done at much lower temperatures than 250 degrees. I think you are, perhaps, being a bit pedantic about the term sterilization, which is frequently used for the highest levels of disinfection, a pressurized autoclave being one common method of sterilization. However, Resmed reprocessing guides include various time/temperature levels for heat disinfection:

High level thermal disinfection

ISO 15883-1

1.Using a certified hot water disinfection system, soak the disinfectable mask components using a temperature-time combination

158°F (70°C) for 100 minutes
167°F (75°C) for 30 minutes
176°F (80°C) for 10 minutes
194°F (90°C) for 1 minute.

2.On completion, remove the mask components from the hot water disinfection system.

3. Allow the mask components to air dry out of direct
sunlight.

https://www.resmed.com/us/dam/documents ... er_eng.pdf

But I'd note that the exact time and temperature is really critical. You can't just pour hot water on something, you need to keep the water at the working temperature for the full length of time required for disinfection. But you don't necessarily want to exceed the validated disinfection time and temperature because it may reduce the lifespan of the mask or components.