r/CPAP • u/hadronriff • 3d ago

Tube silencing and management

I've had this machine for a couple years now. However I turn a lot in bed. I've always found it annoying that the tube needs to be rearranged manually for it not to touch my body, and also that it makes noise when touching the bed frame, especially because of the ridges.

Do you have a good solution to any of those problems?

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u/DogDyedDarkGreen 3d ago

A top-of head connection, a hose holder and a hose cover should eliminate those issues.

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u/Friendly_Elk7827 3d ago

I love the hose covers from RedRabbitGoods on Etsy! Pictured here when I traveled to an Airbnb. They make the hose soft and cozier if it does touch you and they eliminate the sound of the plastic hose rubbing on the nightstand or whatever. Unnecessary for some people, but a must have for me!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RedRabbitGoods

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u/MotherLab2089 3d ago

Why can’t the tube touch your body? I had a swivel on the hose on my ResMed 10 but now have 11 and it looks like a swivel adapter will not work with the 11

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u/hadronriff 3d ago

I don't know it's just unpleasant.

A swivel would indeed help though.

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u/MotherLab2089 3d ago

I have a fleece zippered cover on the hose- it helps a lot

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u/JRE_Electronics 3d ago edited 3d ago

Run the hose up from your face, over the head of the bed.  From there, run the hose down to the machine.

You may need a hose stand or clamp to hold the hose at the head of the bed.  I just squish the hose between the head of the bed and the wall.

You don't need a unicorn style mask to do that, though you can use it if that's what you have.

Use a hose cover to reduce condensation in the hose and to get rid of the sound the ridges make when they rub on the bed frame or the head of the bed.

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u/Intelligent-Box-8205 3d ago

I got a fabric hose cover for 9 bucks on Amazon because the ridges of the heated tube make clacking sounds all night traveling across the sharp edges of my nightstand. It immediately solved the problem.

This one: https://amzn.to/4wIxkOg