Hose cover --- Rainout

I am a relatively new CPAP'er and am trying to find the right humidity setting to get myself as comfortable as possible. A few nights ago I woke up to a nose full of water from Rainout. Not fun.

Yesterday, I bought a sleeve cover for my hose. Problem is that it's only 6 feet, and I use a 10 foot hose. Should I cover the part closest to my face? Or, should I cover the part closest to the machine? The humidity setting is at a 3 on a scale of 0 to 5.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

If I had to choose only one or the other, I'd cover the part closest to my face.

But it would be pretty easy to use tape or pins or something, to fasten some old flannel or t-shirts or socks around the exposed part of the hose back near the humidifier. You don't really have to leave any of the hose bare.

If covering the hose doesn't eliminate rainout, you might want to think about a Repti heat cable...

LINKS to discussions about the Aussie heated hose or Repti heat cable - to prevent rainout
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For what it's worth, for my first DIY hose cover I took an old bathrobe belt/tie, cut of the ends and fit it over my hose. Worked great.

Sometimes the source of water going up the nose comes from condensation in the nasal pillow itself. Our warm breath contains moisture. Routing the gear over the head can make it worse because water doesn't run uphill very well. I had considerable rain out this winter when I had tried routing the hose over my head. Decreased some by just letting it hang down but still had a bit in the nasal pillow. Padacheeks barrel cozy finally took care of the rest of the water up the nose. I have a home made fleece cover for the 6 foot hose but that doesn't help the nasal pillow itself. So if the hose cover doesn't help or repti cable fix, consider adding something to cover the short mask hose from the humidifier hose to the nasal pillows. Not sure if the Swift FX barrel cozy will work with the Swift LT nasal pillow, looks close though. I will see if I can find my old Swift LT mask to see if it will work if anyone is interested.

I remember reading a post last year that somebody had run a piece of cotton string around inside the barrel of the LT to sop up the excess moisture.

I've tried both Aussie hose (with S8 II), and S9 with climate line, and both work very well at reducing rain-out. My other half likes the room to be very cold during winter (apparently studies have shown the more the body thermo-regulates itself then the risk of late onset of diabetes is reduced), and in this situation I found less condensation in the mask itself from my warm exhalation meeting incoming cold air by using the Aussie hose.

I recommend the Aussie hose, although you can save yourself some money and buy a reptile heating coil as mentioned above. A caveat on my recommendation: the fellow who makes the Aussie heating is local to me (I live in Canberra and he lives in Yass), and I met him when I bought mine (no discount, though). He's an unassuming fellow, but from the looks of it doesn't make as much money from the Aussie hose as I'd expected. To be honest, I think part of his problem is the Aussie hose is TOO well made..

I know some who've had their hoses for years. In the CPAP business, looking at warranties, it looks like you want to turn things over every two years.

Rspike wrote:...I am a relatively new CPAP'er and am trying to find the right humidity setting to get myself as comfortable as possible. ...The humidity setting is at a 3 on a scale of 0 to 5.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

Have you tried lowering the humidity setting?
I only had rainout once and I managed to keep the hose under the covers for a few days until I figured out the humidifier was causing my congestion and eventually turned it off.
I got the reptile heater for cold nights. It works great, but be sure to read that thread so you don't run a risk of melting your hose. Good luck.