Hey Movieman The Vitera mask should have the small pinhole vents as well as 2 side vents on the face side before the valve and hose. These should allow inhalation and exhalation, even if some what slightly restricted. I also had a power outage that woke me but only because I became aware that the co...

New Zealand in fact.

Thank you LSAT for the advice and the excellent LINK

I learnt that part of this is, maybe , we are also going thru seasonal temp changes in the room environment as we head into Summer.

I may have discovered the reason for the whistling mask.

Condensation in the tube and subsequent wet face!!!

Will search for the link to tube temp and humidity adjustment postings.

I think one goes up and one comes down...but which ones ?

I was waiting to see if there was any other answer to the issue before testing the new mask.

As said...the old mask is less than 30 days useage and seems perfectly good by visual inspection.

Hi all I have a new RESMED Air sense 10 ( 15 days old) but have been using my previous Vitera mask of about 30 days total useage. (Saving the newer mask cos I hope and trust one gets more than a few months out of a mask!) I will test the new mask soon. Has been perfect until a 4 nights ago when it s...

Great to see you are doing well on your therapy. Congrats. How many events did you start at pre therapy? Just curious. FWIW - My take on the whole sleep therapy thing is ....how you feel is more important than the numbers. My respiratory specialist told me that science knows a lot about the value an...

They suggested.... we try lowering the pressure and that worked fine. They were prepared to try different masks but I was happy once the pressure was lowered and the OSCAR stats showed exactly what happened when they did. Thing about masks is learning how to control them or what causes issues. eg fa...

Here is my story in a nut shell. Flying international Hawaii back to NZ, I had a faint / collapse on the aircraft on take off. Recovered promptly and was fine to walk off at the end journey although I was met by an ambulance! Got wired up and tested by ambo staff and at a hospital ( aircraft rules e...

Mask selection is an essential part of the CPAP solution; a great CPAP machine with perfect settings is not going to help you if the mask doesn't fit. As a newbie, It's not clear how one is supposed to acquire the best mask, both initially and long term. I'm eager to learn from others how they arriv...

Hi...New User and first post here...and a question Craig , 70 y.o from New Zealand Have been on CPAP trial under direction of Respiratory Specialist and a Sleep Therapist for 6 weeks now. Started with a tested AHI of 61 and that immediately dropped to below 20 and below 12 and currently last 2 night...