What's the longest you've worn an AirTouch or AirFit cushion?

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What's the longest you've worn an AirTouch or AirFit cushion?

Post by lanco » Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:29 pm

Did you do anything in particular to make them last longer? I'm using an F20 at the moment.

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Re: What's the longest you've worn an AirTouch or AirFit cushion?

Post by palerider » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:49 pm

lanco wrote:
Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:29 pm
Did you do anything in particular to make them last longer? I'm using an F20 at the moment.
I used a mirage quattro cushion for about five years... never did need to open the spare I'd bought... then I changed to a different mask.

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Re: What's the longest you've worn an AirTouch or AirFit cushion?

Post by CPAPSteve » Wed Apr 10, 2019 12:06 am

Going on 9 months with my airtouch 20 cushion. I clean my face before bedtime, use a remzzz liner on it and change the liner out with a clean one every three days and my cushion is clean, doesn’t smell and is oil free and good as new still.

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Re: What's the longest you've worn an AirTouch or AirFit cushion?

Post by Okie bipap » Wed Apr 10, 2019 9:18 am

I did a trial for Resmed last year where I agreed to use the Air Fit F20 cushion for thirteen weeks. I knew it would last at least that long since the cushion I was using at that time was about six months old. I used the test cushion for around six months before I changed masks and tried the Dreamwear full face mask. I have since gone back to the F20. My wife also uses the F20 mask, and her cushion is about a year old and is still working just fine. I wash the cushions with ivory liquid every Monday morning. When cleaning them, you need to be gentle with them as the silicone is rather thin in some areas of the mask.

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Post by chunkyfrog » Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:10 pm

A couple of minutes.
Full face is not for me. :mrgreen:

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Re: What's the longest you've worn an AirTouch or AirFit cushion?

Post by SDBud » Wed Apr 10, 2019 9:01 pm

lanco wrote:
Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:29 pm
Did you do anything in particular to make them last longer? I'm using an F20 at the moment.
I'm lucky if I get 3 weeks from an AirTouch F20 cushion before the foam starts to tear from the frame.

Even THEN, they still work well, but I'd love to get them to last longer.
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Re: What's the longest you've worn an AirTouch or AirFit cushion?

Post by Sheriff Buford » Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:33 am

I use the airfit and I get about 2 1/2 months outta a cushion.

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Re: What's the longest you've worn an AirTouch or AirFit cushion?

Post by Barbee » Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:26 am

Longest for me was about 8 weeks. Usually 6-8 weeks its time for a new pillow.

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Post by Zomby Woof » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:45 pm

My AirFit P10 pillows get changed once a year...

...whether they need it or not :-)

Actually the pillows seem like they would last forever,
unlike the headgear straps which become slack in about 3-4 months.

I change the pillows just because I can;
they seem to function as well at 12 months as they do when new ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re: What's the longest you've worn an AirTouch or AirFit cushion?

Post by drumma » Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:32 am

I have airfit20 and airtouch20 . I start out with the airfit and if I get discomfort or leaking in the middle of the night I switch out to the airtouch. Been working for a couple months. I tried pads but to much leakage.

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