Breathe cool air

[cpapClay]

I hate to admit it but Ive been filling my tank with ice since 11/2015, i hated the warm air since I started cpap 14 mos ago, and I do it everynite, otherwise im waking up, restless and generally unhappy, we"ll see if it takes a crap, I will cross that bridge when I get to it.

[TinaD]

OK, get ready for weirdness...

I hate breathing warm air.  Have all my life.  If a pillow or person makes a 'pocket' near my face so that I am rebreathing warm air, I go nuts.  I am in Florida, with naturally high humidity.  Though air conditioned, at night,  it does not run all that often, so the humidity in house does rise.

I started my machine with the humidifier on 3 based on the DME recommendation.  Air felt too hot/thick--whatever the word is.

Humidifier down to 1---still not good.

Humidifier off, with water--barely tolerable, still not good.

Humidifier off, no water--just tolerable, not good.

Now the weirdness.  A few nights ago, I filled the reservoir with ice cubes.  Heaven had arrived!  Cool air into my nose.  Wonderful!  Glorious.  Unfortunately, it only lasts about an hour until the ice melts.

I don't think I will do this routinely as the ice is not sterile--just out of the icemaker. But boy, I wish I could get that cool air somehow.

I must be weird too.  I need to breathe cool air!  We keep our bedroom very cold for that reason.  I breathe easier with cool air.  So glad you brought this up.  I am also going to try ice cubes in my humidifier!

[herbm]

I haven't been around for a while but the idea of putting ice in the machine seems completely unreasonable to me -- part of the reason I LOVE my machine is that even with the covers pulled all the way over my head there is plenty of fresh, even cool, air to breathe.

I would use the machine even if it offered NO health benefits -- for this reason, to keep my nose open all night, and to stop snoring (for my wife .

The ice won't work for me (and I don't need it) because about two years ago was the last time my machine had any water in it.

Use the humidity if *YOU* need or want it but for me it turned out to be completely extraneous.

Once I stopped using water, there wasn't even any need to wash the hose or mask for months or longer.

Zero maintenance on my machine with ZERO ISSUES.

To be clear: My entire maintenance is to change the mask (really for the headgear on a P10) about every 6-8 months -- sometimes I even put in a new filter at that time, maybe.
(And this is even though masks are essentially free on my current insurance.)

At least I think it is about every 6-8 months since it's so long between it's hard to remember

[OpalRose]

Welcome back, herbm!