Water in CPAP tubing

[natrlvrnmt]

Is anyone having this problem? At times, water will get into my tubing and of course, wake me up with a cool spray or with a little pool of water captured by the gel thing that secures it to my face. Most of the time it doesn't happen, but when it does, it seems to happen several days in a row.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

[Breathe Jimbo]

Turn your humidifier down.

Increase the temperature in your bed room.

Wrap the hose in a snuggy.

Use a hose-management system that lifts the hose in the middle.

[redjoe]

...all of the above, plus make sure the place where the hose comes out of your machine is lower than your head.

[TalonNYC]

Short answer: YES! So many have, in fact, that it has it's own name. "rainout"

What's happening is that the water vapor from the humidifier is condensing in the tube, then dripping down into to the mask. In scientific and industrial realms, this is how you distill products, so it's actually a very useful process when it's not condensing into your nose hose =)

Grab a hose cosy (tube wrap), lower the temp of your humidifier and/or raise the temp of the room air. Alternately, if your unit supports one, you can get one of the auto-climate-control hoses. Not cheap, but they do solve the issue.

Also, the physical unit should be lower than your head at night - that helps by creating a greater chance that condensed water will fall back into the unit rather than into your nose. A hose holder (basically a tube or hook with a scrunchie to hold up the hose at night) has been reported to help as well.

[Otter]

If you sleep on your side you may be able to route the tubing so that it's downhill all the way back to the humidifier, but this can be tricky to keep in place while you're asleep. A hoze cozy is probably your best bet for a quick fix without turning down the humidity.

[zeddic]

Turn your humidifier down.

Increase the temperature in your bed room.

Wrap the hose in a snuggy.

Use a hose-management system that lifts the hose in the middle.

I used to have the same exact problem of "rainout" when I was starting out on CPAP. I did the snuggy and hose management system that Jimbo suggested and that seemed to get rid of the problem. You will notice that you have to play with your humidifier settings tho as the season's change and the relative humidity of the room goes up and down. I normally have mine set to 3 but have to turn it down from 4 to 2 in the summer and then back up to 4 in the winter.