Bleep Eclipse...so far

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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by Pugsy » Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:19 pm

booksfan wrote:
Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:08 pm
In the words of my (beloved) family, some of us are just higher maintenance! :lol: I hear the bedroom door open across the house :? and the hinges have been thoroughly graphited/oiled/whatevered!
:lol: :lol:

I don't think I have a hearing loss because I can hear some noise sometimes with the P10 and N30. Usually if I hear anything it will be the Darth Vader breathing noises but sometimes I can hear a bit of bounce make air noise when the vented air hits something because I am soooooo close to something (usually the bed covers).

Stuart had asked me if I heard any noise and I told him I hadn't but I would pay special attention for noise and/or try different things to see if I could either hear the noise or make it worse. I failed miserably. :lol:

For me...it's totally silent but then the original Bleep (with suitable diffuser) was also silent as long as I got the damn ports hooked together right.

If I happen to stumble on the noise.....I will see if I can figure out what is going on but for now I can't fix it if I don't know what is broken.

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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by chunkyfrog » Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:31 pm

Super hearing is a blessing when you live in the wild.
But it's a curse in this noisy "civilized" world.

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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by corgan115 » Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:28 pm

The noise isn't that bad and this is still hands down the most comfortable mask I have ever used.

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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by Sleep2Dream » Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:44 pm

I am still having trouble with the Eclipse. I think I will have to spend part of a day--and possibly a bunch of halos--getting the hang of attaching everything. Last night, I couldn't seem to get the halos stuck and the mask attached without having some feeling of air rushing down over my upper lip. I kept adding more cut-off bits of halo to fortify the attachment, but to no avail. Then, after I decided to live with that and see how it went, the whole contraption kept falling down onto my upper lip--still attached--in a way that felt uncomfortable and weird. My tube is hanging over the top of my headboard, but the "collapse" still happened regardless of how I manipulated the tube: hanging straight down, hanging with more tube in a "U" shape next to my face, whatever. I am feeling really frustrated. Especially as now, having experienced having no headgear, I hate my old headgear more than ever. I don't know what I'm doing wrong with the Eclipse. All I know is that the first night, the attachment seemed pretty good, but I haven't been able to replicate it. (Sometimes I think that I might just stop using the CPAP altogether...until I get too tired again, and then I'll use it until things improve, rinse, repeat. My AHI was 23 when I first got tested. It's been generally below 1 for the past year or so. I'm not scary tired anymore, but I'm not so incredibly rested that I feel super grateful for the CPAP, either.) The videos make it all look so easy, but maybe it would be better if we could all get custom-made haloes based on plaster casts of our noses. Or course, I've always said the same about bras, lol.
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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by jlsmithseven » Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:46 am

Sleeptodream have you reached out to Stuart. He can probably diagnose what is happening. So many people use the Bleep system so I’m sure he can he’ll figure out something. Have you tried angling the halos across the face or even downwards toward your lip instead of upwards toward your ear? That helped me secure them better.

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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by Sleep2Dream » Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:23 am

jlsmithseven wrote:
Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:46 am
Sleeptodream have you reached out to Stuart. He can probably diagnose what is happening. So many people use the Bleep system so I’m sure he can he’ll figure out something. Have you tried angling the halos across the face or even downwards toward your lip instead of upwards toward your ear? That helped me secure them better.
I am planning to try a bunch of different ways to attach the halos, including a little lower below my nose. I hadn't though of changing the angle: I'll add that idea to my experiments. Thanks!

I'm not sure how to reach out to Stuart, but I'll figure that out after I've done my experimentation and have more information to bring to my questions.
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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by Pugsy » Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:30 am

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Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:23 am
I'm not sure how to reach out to Stuart, but I'll figure that out after I've done my experimentation and have more information to bring to my questions.
https://bleepsleep.com/

up on the right corner you can see "where to buy" and just to the right of that are 3 or 4 little lines....click on those lines and it will take you to a page with several options and down at the bottom is "contact us"....send Stuart an email and explain problem and include your phone number and he will call you.

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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by Sleep2Dream » Wed Jan 04, 2023 8:16 am

Pugsy wrote:
Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:30 am
Sleep2Dream wrote:
Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:23 am
I'm not sure how to reach out to Stuart, but I'll figure that out after I've done my experimentation and have more information to bring to my questions.
https://bleepsleep.com/

up on the right corner you can see "where to buy" and just to the right of that are 3 or 4 little lines....click on those lines and it will take you to a page with several options and down at the bottom is "contact us"....send Stuart an email and explain problem and include your phone number and he will call you.
Thank you!
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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by eclise » Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:58 am

Well last night was the first night I noticed any noise. I think halo placement and individual nostril structure has something to do with it. There seems to be minor changes in halo placement that resonate more than others. I've decided that noise isn't going to be my primary guide in halo placement. I am struggling with other issues, namely getting a seal to last through the night and trying to mange my hose so that nose tugging isn't so bothersome. I am an active side sleeper so every mask solution is put to the test with my sleeping profile. Getting comfortable with the Eclipse solution is a work in progress for me to be sure.

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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by Pugsy » Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:10 am

So Okay.....last night I got some air noise very briefly and it was directly related to the material of my pajama arm top laying on the mask venting area. Couple of seconds....I noticed it and moved my arm away from my face and the noise immediately stopped.
Repeat test with my putting my arm and the material next to the mask again and the sound was duplicated.

So for me anyway...the air noise upon inhale is related to air bouncing back from the vented air hitting the material.
Note...I had the material pretty much laying on the mask...it was that close.

Also note....I don't use any sort of hose management system. I just don't care for them. Never have.
I prefer to route the hose under the bed covers because it is something I just have always done and it helps with condensation prevention.

Of course as always.....YMMV.

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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by Miss Emerita » Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:53 am

I had my first night with the new bleep last night. Everything was fine except:

* several times when I turned over, the magnets slid apart on one side;

* there was definitely more noise.

About the magnets sliding apart: I'm going to fool around with the angle of application to see whether that might help.

About the noise: with the old bleep, I'd always hear a fairly quiet sound when I'd inhale. It seemed to come from the short hose, and it didn't bother me. With the new bleep, the noise is louder, and it seems to come from the chamber area closest to the nose. The sound is a little big ragged, and it's somewhat annoying. Fortunately when I moved the short hose around so it would rest on my pillow, the noise smoothed out enough to be tolerable. (I use a hose lift.)

If anyone finds a better solution to the noise issue, I'd love to hear it!
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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by booksfan » Wed Jan 04, 2023 3:51 pm

So after posting a couple of days ago that I noticed more noise with the Eclipse (and it was with the inhale), last night was perfectly silent! I'm not sure what the difference was, or if maybe I was more tired or I just am more used to it. But whatever, I hope it continues. :D

Fortunately, when it happens, it's not enough to really bother me and the advantages of the Eclipse FAR outweigh that bit of noise, for me anyway. Bleep and Eclipse are the only masks that really worked for me.

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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by corgan115 » Fri Jan 06, 2023 6:18 pm

The noise seems to be quite random. Last night I heard it before going to bed while my machine was running at a pressure of 7. I woke up in the middle of the night and the machine was likely running around 12 and I didn't hear it. Even when I do hear it, it doesn't bother me that much.

I did reach out to Stuart and he mentioned that the magnetic port needs to be pulled up and out as far as it can extend. He attached a picture to illustrate his point which I will attach here as well.
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I am not sure about any of you but my magnetic ports were not nearly as extended as his picture. I tugged on them a little and they got a little longer but don't seem as long as in his picture. I'm afraid to tug on it to hard because I don't want to break my only Eclipse frame over a minimal issue.

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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by Sleep2Dream » Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:09 pm

corgan115 wrote:
Fri Jan 06, 2023 6:18 pm
The noise seems to be quite random. Last night I heard it before going to bed while my machine was running at a pressure of 7. I woke up in the middle of the night and the machine was likely running around 12 and I didn't hear it. Even when I do hear it, it doesn't bother me that much.

I did reach out to Stuart and he mentioned that the magnetic port needs to be pulled up and out as far as it can extend. He attached a picture to illustrate his point which I will attach here as well.

bleep.jpg

I am not sure about any of you but my magnetic ports were not nearly as extended as his picture. I tugged on them a little and they got a little longer but don't seem as long as in his picture. I'm afraid to tug on it to hard because I don't want to break my only Eclipse frame over a minimal issue.
That photo is confusing. What are the ports magnetically attached to in that photo? A rock? Regardless, it never occurred to me to pull on the ports to extend them: I just snapped them into place. I haven't had a chance to experiment with them more, but I will over the next few days and hopefully will learn something.
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Re: Bleep Eclipse...so far

Post by corgan115 » Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:43 pm

I think the mask is just laying on a marble countertop or something.

It is interesting to me how extended his ports are. Even with some tugging mine are not that extended. My 90 day bundle comes next week and it includes another frame. Once I get that I will feel more comfortable tugging harder to see if they can be extended any further.