Anyone bought a CPAP Cleaner?

chunkyfrog · Post by **chunkyfrog** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:53 pm

raisedfist wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 06, 2019 5:51 pm
All I ever do is change the filter once in a while and use mask wipes. I see no reason to wash the hose or do anything else.

SoClean etc is a scam. I've seen it turn people's mask cushion and other stuff yellow...no thanks

Piss yellow.

Sheriff Buford · Post by **Sheriff Buford** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 4:24 am

zonker wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:24 am
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Laughed my butt off when I saw that Giraffe!

Sheriff

zonker · Post by **zonker** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:53 am

Sheriff Buford wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 07, 2019 4:24 am

zonker wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:24 am
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Laughed my butt off when I saw that Giraffe!

Sheriff

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Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 12:05 pm

daddyof7 wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:29 am

palerider wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:35 pm

2kittymom wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:15 am
I stumbled upon the Webetop CPAP cleaner on Amazon. Compared to another that is advertised frequently, this one is much more affordable. It’s $49.99. Only a half dozen reviews, but they are all positive. I change my heated hose every 3 months, but I do not wash it. Thought this would be a good way to keep it sterilized. Sounds like it disinfects the machine too (and of course the headgear). I do have a CPAP dryer I bought 6 years ago. I put the water pan and headgear in it after I wash it. The Webetop cleans with ozone. Thoughts?
It's junk, it'll harm the inside of your cpap,

AND, it won't *clean* anything, any snot in your mask from sneezing in it will still be there.

Crap like that is just scams meant to separate weak minded people from their money.

Don't be weak minded.
This "weak minded" guy has used the "cleaner" for nearly 3 years and has done nothing to harm my equipment. I do clean the hose and mask by hand as needed. The "cleaner" is more to kill bacteria, not de-gunk anything. By the way....why would someone sneeze in their mask? This "weak minded" guy wishes you a great day!

Just goes to show CPAP Germs and Dirt don't cause health problems, even in the Weak Minded, or maybe they are so weak minded they are blind to reason.

Jim

Been using my XPAP for 14 years never cleaned my equiptment more than 10 times with soap and water, nothing else required properly not even that. Just being a fool the first year. Not cleaned after I found the REAL Facts. My infections are 1/3 what they were before XPAP.

palerider · Post by **palerider** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:33 pm

daddyof7 wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:29 am

palerider wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:35 pm

2kittymom wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:15 am
I stumbled upon the Webetop CPAP cleaner on Amazon. Compared to another that is advertised frequently, this one is much more affordable. It’s $49.99. Only a half dozen reviews, but they are all positive. I change my heated hose every 3 months, but I do not wash it. Thought this would be a good way to keep it sterilized. Sounds like it disinfects the machine too (and of course the headgear). I do have a CPAP dryer I bought 6 years ago. I put the water pan and headgear in it after I wash it. The Webetop cleans with ozone. Thoughts?
It's junk, it'll harm the inside of your cpap,

AND, it won't *clean* anything, any snot in your mask from sneezing in it will still be there.

Crap like that is just scams meant to separate weak minded people from their money.

Don't be weak minded.
This "weak minded" guy has used the "cleaner" for nearly 3 years and has done nothing to harm my equipment. I do clean the hose and mask by hand as needed. The "cleaner" is more to kill bacteria, not de-gunk anything. By the way....why would someone sneeze in their mask? This "weak minded" guy wishes you a great day!

I apologize for the term 'weak minded'.

What I meant to say was 'gullible'.

Anybody that buys the fearmongering crap that soclean and the other 'cpap cleaners' pander is *gullible*.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5611769/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3716664/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16236866

soclean: viewtopic/t157842/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1 ... 9#p1210375

https://www.verywellhealth.com/do-you-n ... in-4171650

bwexler · Post by **bwexler** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:36 pm

I plan to wash my CPAP stuff every 3 or 4 years.
I am a little concerned about weather to put my Aircurve 10 ASV in the Dishwasher or the clothes washer.

On a more important note, how are w supposed to recognize posts by Pugsy and Palerider now that they have changed their avatars.

Okie bipap · Post by **Okie bipap** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:27 am

I guess they expect us to read the names by the avatars.

zonker · Post by **zonker** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:43 am

Okie bipap wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:27 am
I guess they expect us to read the names by the avatars.

read? what an outrage! as a tax paying american, i stand by my right to be protected from that thar readin' stuff!!

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:20 pm

READ, No need to learn to read. If we could READ we wouldn't have a reason to post questions that are repeated over and over, sometimes that are still posted on the first page.

Since we can't READ, we don't have a chance learning how to search the 10,000 posts archived here, or if we could we wouldn't take the time to read the info posted that would answer our questions.

Jim

rfmielke55 · Post by **rfmielke55** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:25 am

I clean the mask with Control III, and clean the machine with 2-3 oz of Isopropyl alcohol in the humidifier tank and run it dry. Maybe I am nuts, but it has worked for me for years. Thoughts?

palerider · Post by **palerider** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:43 pm

rfmielke55 wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:25 am
I clean the mask with Control III, and clean the machine with 2-3 oz of Isopropyl alcohol in the humidifier tank and run it dry. Maybe I am nuts, but it has worked for me for years. Thoughts?

Do keep in mind that alcohol vapor is extremely flammable.

I'd be willing to bet that it would have 'worked' for you just as well all these years if you hadn't done that.

rionoirble · Post by **rionoirble** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:28 pm

Glad I did my research before falling for soclean - sounds like it could do more harm than good.

The nursing student in me though... I probably will change my parts more frequently than most because I have a fair amount of paranoia built up in me thanks to my schooling.

palerider · Post by **palerider** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:45 pm

rionoirble wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:28 pm
The nursing student in me though... I probably will change my parts more frequently than most because I have a fair amount of paranoia built up in me thanks to my schooling.

Then you should know that the vast majority of the germs on a cpap mask come from you. and if they haven't already made you sick, it's unlikely that they will.

Dog Slobber · Post by **Dog Slobber** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 3:03 pm

palerider wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:45 pm

rionoirble wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:28 pm
The nursing student in me though... I probably will change my parts more frequently than most because I have a fair amount of paranoia built up in me thanks to my schooling.
Then you should know that the vast majority of the germs on a cpap mask come from you. and if they haven't already made you sick, it's unlikely that they will.

I think this is implied, but if they have come from you and even if they have made you sick, they will not make you sick again because your immune system has created antibodies for them.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 3:06 pm

As a nursing student, you should know washing your hands often is the best thing you can do, and you don't need $$$ to do it. Don't use soap with antibacterial in it. Jim

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