What about electric blankets?

I wonder if they have any impact on apnea? I sleep with mine on every night all year long.

I'm grasping at straws here trying to figure this thing out.

I seriously doubt it, and will use mine all Winter long.

No I don't think so. I can only assume you live in a very cold spot.There is no way you can use an electric blanket in Sydney in summer.I have only just started to use an electric blanket again in the last few years because we have have such cold winters lately(so much for global warming). Of course it might be just me getting older.

Not unless you're wrapping it around your neck or stuffing it in your mouth.

I use an electric blanket with no problems.

ozze_dollar wrote:No I don't think so. I can only assume you live in a very cold spot.There is no way you can use an electric blanket in Sydney in summer.I have only just started to use an electric blanket again in the last few years because we have have such cold winters lately(so much for global warming). Of course it might be just me getting older.

No, I live in Oklahoma, but I keep my house pretty cold because I just like the warmth of the blanket while I'm in bed - nothing else to keep me warm, unfortunately.

Besides, the "electric" blankets they make today barely get warm anyway.

archangle wrote:Not unless you're wrapping it around your neck or stuffing it in your mouth.

No, the only thing that gets wrapped around my neck is the danged old hose. And I pull the machine off the table frequently, too.

Electric blankets. . .
Hmm, we slept on a water bed for 30-odd years.
Both have been blamed (by questionable 'authorities') for various cancers.
Considering the sources, uh, grain of salt.
A warm bed is so nice when the weather outside is frightful.
Life is too short to shiver and gasp, when you could be doing so much better.

I would not worry about an electric blanket, I would be worrying about pulling your machine off the night stand instead. If you route your hose up over your headboad and use something to keep the machine from coming off the stand you will do better. I have my cpap on a rubber non skid pad, plus route my hose over the headboard and tie it to the top......won't come off.

Electric blankets are not a problem unless you are trying to get pregnant. Some people swear they cause problems then.

Electric blankets don't do well on battery power...

If you're pulling the machine off your table, you'll need some kind of hose management - your machine won't last too long being beaten up. There are plenty of great suggestions here.
As for the electric blanket - can't see it would cause issues for us.

Cheers,
xena

cherylann wrote: And I pull the machine off the table frequently, too.

You need to stop that. Even if the fall doesn't kill it, the water from the humidifier will eventually end up killing the blower unit.

I was going to suggest a longer hose, but you use the heated hose, don't you? If you didn't use the heated hose, I'd say longer hoses are cheap. You might be able to put a 2 foot long unheated hose on the mask end of your heated hose to get a little longer leash, and you might not get rainout. A 2 foot "humidifier" hose is $10, a coupler is $5 from cpap.com. I've found I can actually chain two hoses together by stuffing one end in the other on "normal" hoses, but I'm not sure it would work with the climateline hose.

Tie the hose to something, or tie the machine to something to keep the CPAP from falling off the table. You might have to pay for it yourself if you "abuse" it by pulling it off the table.

Thanks for all the comments on the hose issue. I have a six foot hose so am going to try and get a longer one. I thought about putting it up over the headboard, but headboard is pretty high so that wouldn't give me much maneuverability.

As far as pulling the machine off - I don't do it every night - just once in a while and I think it is because I am sleeping so restlessly -fighting that mask all night long. I've got a towel under it right now - I'm sure that doesn't help, but I've already got a water stain on the table from the humidifier.

I'm sure if I could ever figure out how to manage the mask, I wouldn't have these two issues. I just haven't figured out how to sleep with my face wrapped in hard plastic!!! It hurts...I have to take it off when nose itches...I have to adjust it when I shift position...and now I've got an oxygen hose hooked to it which comes off 2 or 3 times a night. Ithink I have a good fit - at least the machine says so - and I don't get leaks too often, but it just hurts.

I might try those liners I have heard mentioned here - what are they made of? My DME doesn't sell them and she told me to just cut a liner out of a tee shirt. But, it sounds like that would be hot and sweaty.

I have he same machine that you have. I also use the climateline hose. I started by buying cheap rubberized shelf liner from the dollar tree store...its a $1 roll. I put that under my machine so it can't move around on the nightstand. Next I added a two foot extension hose to the end of my climate line with a coupler. I have a 10 foot single layer fleece cover over that....then I use hose management clips to clip the hose to the side of my mattress so I can't pull but so far.

I also have a barrel cozy over the barrel of my swift LT for her and short single layer fleece cover over the short tube. I have never hard rainout.

The fleece covers keep the hose from sliding around so much under the covers and stay put. Not to mention I don't like the plastic feel.