How many masks??????

Lee Lee wrote:Hi!
Yeah, it's normal.
I'm on number 12! I'm still kind of looking for another one. I'm always trying to achive perfection.
Lee Lee

Me, too! Me, too! I'm on number 10 or so and can live with the one I have now, but wish it had some different features....

To our OP, I'd suggest giving the Fisher and Paykel Flexifit 431 or 432 a try. They are almost exactly the same, but one has a big gray cushion inside the seal. I prefer that one. But I'd start with the 431 because it works fine for some folks and it comes with all three sizes of seal, so you can figure out which one you need without having to buy them separately. Once you figure out your size, you can try the 432 without having to buy the whole mask...the cushion will fit inside the seal and the mask.

Also, you might be able to trade some of the ones you have in the closet with someone on the board who has one that you haven't tried yet.

Good luck and hang in there!

rooster wrote: 1. FF masks are for people who breathe through their mouths or leak air out their mouths. Do you think you do either of these? It can be difficult to tell. Sometimes a bed partner can tell and sometimes it is not so obvious. A dry mouth would be a symptom of mouth leaking/breathing. If you do not mouth breathe/leak, then the preference would be a nasal mask because they are smaller, can be more comfortable, and are less confining.

For me, the problem with all of the nasal masks I tried was the discomfort, so my experience was just the opposite of Rooster's here. I never could get used to the nasal interfaces of those masks that have cushions the go directly on the nostrils, and the nasal masks put pressure on my upper lip, even though they were not overtightened. I even felt some numbness in my top teeth in the morning. My dentist who knows I am a CPAP'er told me of another patient of his who was about to stop using CPAP because of this pressure on the upper lip--so I suggested a FFM for greater comfort. We're all so different :<)