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Anyone's F20 Quiet Air Elbow Not Diffusing/Venting ANY Air?
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05-21-2020, 07:12 PM
RE: Anyone's F20 Quiet Air Elbow Not Diffusing/Venting ANY Air?
I trialed an AirFit mask with the Standard Elbow, but when I went to swap it for my own mask, they sold me one with a Quiet Elbow (didn't realise until I got it home). I have had trouble ever since. Waking up 15 or more times a night with "burping" along the edges of the mask. I have also started getting headaches again and feeling tired. Plus I liked the reassurance of feeling the air escape that the trial mask gave me. So I googled up Resmed Airfit F20 elbow and found that you can still buy the Standard one online. Arrived yesterday. Last night I feel I got a better night's sleep. "Burping" along the seal was a lot less (maybe 5 times). I don't know if the better night's rest was because of the "Standard" elbow or not, but I feel more assured knowing that air is venting properly. $50 for peace of mind was worth it.
07-25-2023, 11:34 PM
RE: Anyone's F20 Quiet Air Elbow Not Diffusing/Venting ANY Air?
ThanksDave. I just got a new F20 and gave it a test run today. First thing I noticed was very poor venting, to the point where I thought there might be something blocking the vent holes.
For me, poor venting results in shallow breaths and poor cpap performance. I took a closer look then pulled out the “quiet packing material” quite easy to do with tweezers. Then on a hunch I looked in this forum and lo and behold your article popped up. Just an fyi, the standard elbow is available on Amazon if anyone is interested. I will use this for those times when I’m a little plugged up from pollen etc.
07-26-2023, 09:27 AM
RE: Anyone's F20 Quiet Air Elbow Not Diffusing/Venting ANY Air?
I pulled out the packing on the quiet air elbow, thinking that I would wash the elbow. I had to cut the cover cap a bit. How do you do it (exactly) with tweezers without cutting the cap? In the meantime I went back to the original version without the packing. Does anyone know if it was called the "quiet air" too? I found it noisy in comparison, but in a couple of days I got used to it ----like white noise. I think I am going to continue to use the original elbow and shout-out to posters Iangod and Wenlar above, I'll try to find it on Amazon.
Also, I tried to replace the packing on an earlier effort and I replaced it with a a few turns of dental floss. It cut down the noise considerably. I still like the idea of using the original elbow as "original equipment". |
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