CPAP Fleece hose covers and strap pattern
08-05-2014, 07:27 AM
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Not enough coffee yet this morning. I read the thread title and the couple of posts thinking the second letter in CPAP was an R!
There is ribbed knit tubing widely available that would work for this purpose. All you would do is cut off a length and slip it over the hose. You can probably find it in a well-stocked pharmacy in the area of the bandages. Here is a link to it on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Stockinette-Kn.../dp/B001B5M330
It is very stretchy and one use for it, I think, is to cover casts.
This type of stockinette comes in different sizes and strengths. There is a compression version, for example, that might be more stable for your purpose.
There is ribbed knit tubing widely available that would work for this purpose. All you would do is cut off a length and slip it over the hose. You can probably find it in a well-stocked pharmacy in the area of the bandages. Here is a link to it on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Stockinette-Kn.../dp/B001B5M330
It is very stretchy and one use for it, I think, is to cover casts.
This type of stockinette comes in different sizes and strengths. There is a compression version, for example, that might be more stable for your purpose.
Last edited by Prism99; 08-05-2014 at 07:29 AM.
08-05-2014, 09:05 AM
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CPAP warning! I am appalled to even share this, but think I should. After soaking my cpap hose recently I accidently banged it against the counter and about died when I saw something fall out of the tube. I was a spider and a large clump of what I have to assume were eggs. I have been using a cpap for about 10 years now and have never heard of such a thing. In the morning, I now store my nose & head piece in a knee high secured with a rubberband. This really scared the you know what out of me thinking about what would have happened if I had not washed my hose and tank out that day.
08-05-2014, 10:44 AM
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CPAP warning! I am appalled to even share this, but think I should. After soaking my cpap hose recently I accidently banged it against the counter and about died when I saw something fall out of the tube. I was a spider and a large clump of what I have to assume were eggs. .......
(there is no icon for screaming in horror!) I always just leave my apparatus lying in my unmade bed, just me here after all. And I don't clean the tube with a brush but every other day. Whadda ya wanna bet I'll be more meticulous than ever now. Got shivers all over!!!! Just killed a dang spider running like mad to get away from me under the refrig; I live in the country, on a farm, almost in the pasture, in a 200 year old cottage....spiders and other creepy crawly things are a fact of life. BUT NOT IN MY NOSE!!!
Jan in VA
08-05-2014, 11:00 AM
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Here is what my face strap covers look like. They are about 5 or 6" x 2.5" and are made of a poly blend fabric; I'd prefer something flannel, perhaps. I bought mine from ResMed for about $10, but they'd be so easy to make.
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
08-05-2014, 04:33 PM
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ACK! Just cleaned mine out after reading this!
CPAP warning! I am appalled to even share this, but think I should. After soaking my cpap hose recently I accidently banged it against the counter and about died when I saw something fall out of the tube. I was a spider and a large clump of what I have to assume were eggs. I have been using a cpap for about 10 years now and have never heard of such a thing. In the morning, I now store my nose & head piece in a knee high secured with a rubberband. This really scared the you know what out of me thinking about what would have happened if I had not washed my hose and tank out that day.
08-05-2014, 04:36 PM
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I made my own. Used fleese, put a zipper in it and a velcro closure at the top. I will see if I can find my "pattern". Works great. Ellen
08-06-2014, 10:19 AM
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OMG! Liberty med people told me not to wash my heated hose! only wash the nose pillows and harness! replace them and the filter very 2 months. My plan replaces the hose every 6 mos. I think I have a pack of knee highs, good idea!
I'm gonna have nightmares too!
I'm gonna have nightmares too!
08-07-2014, 04:47 PM
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I forgot to add that I sewed a casing around each end and put a little piece of elastic in it to close it around the hose.
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