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Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:48 pm
by ozij
Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:01 pm
by ozij
ozij wrote:
Step 1:
Gently disconnect narrow tube from the transparent hard part of the plastic seal. Wiggle, don't pull.
Step 2:
Put the hose safely away - far from sharp objects....
Step 3:
Snip the thin cream colored plastic guides just above the point where they curve from vertical to horizontal to joins the seal assembly to the headgear. (Thats is two snips, one for each side).
Step 4:
Store scissors
Step 5:
Reconnect narrow tube to transparent plastic.
And what it looks like after, from kteague:
viewtopic.php?p=226204#p226204
O.
Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:38 pm
by ozij
Bump...
Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:49 pm
by goose
Hey Ozij,
I'll have to try the wiggle method. I'd swear my "little hose" is glued on as I received a new one to replace the one that's getting rather worn, but to date I haven't been able to figure out how to get the old one off without totally destroying it.....
I'll try the wiggle!!!
thanks
cheers
goose
Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:31 pm
by ozij
I could have sworn that too, goose!
O.
Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:48 am
by birdshell
I took off the entire cream (or light gray?) guides for my deconstruction. What purpose does the remaining guide serve, if I may ask? I cannot see any reason to keep that portion. Thanks!
Karen,
Who may have been 
overzealous
Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:50 am
by ozij
Better purchase for the strap.
O.
Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:05 pm
by birdshell
Thanks, Ozij.
I don't feel that my strap has any problems with staying attached. My major problem is that there is sometimes a red spot on my forehead if I tie the strap too tightly. 
Karen,
Who may NOT have been too zealous!
Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:13 pm
by Jere
I recently ordered my third one of these masks (the straps begin to go after about a year). I would not even consider using anything else. It is so comfortable, there are times when I wake up and night and have to check to see if the mask is really on my face. I had to use the rubber band trick on my first one, but it appears that the design has been improved such that I can use the mask out of the box.
Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:02 pm
by ozij
Hi Jere,
Good to see you!
I know they changed the seals - the first ones were thinner and flimsier. I wonder if its the more stable seal making the the difference for you...
And another male uses the mask out of the box...
O.
Re: Headrest deconstruction and gender
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:17 pm
by ozij
Polling is over, the poll ran for 15 days. I'm bumping this thread one last time, so those interested could see the results:
24 responded.
Half the women (8) modified the mask.
Half the women did not.
NO males modified the mask.
O.