RE: mask defect?
Cyanoacrylate (aka Superglue) appears to have allergic reactions in some people. The lungs being rather sensitive, it would seem to be unwise to use superglue.
First investigate a replacement based on manufacturing defect. It would seem reasonable that they would.
Or, you can try the remedy most often used in the southeast United States -- duct tape!
RE: mask defect?
Silicon sealer should be fine -- use the stuff marked for "food preparation" or "human" use or some such.
We constantly sealed our diving masks and helmets with this stuff when I was a commercial diver.
One must be far more careful in those situations due to breathing compressed gases at fairly high pressures -- cpap is measured in fractions of a foot, divers go 10s or 100s of feet down.n *
Even air (i.e., the oxygen in the air actually) becomes toxic if you go deep enough. (Past about 10 ATM, or where the partial pressure of the O2, 0.2 at the surface, passes 2 ATM at something like 330 feet)
Sweet Dreams,
HerbM
Sleep study AHI: 49 RDI: 60 -- APAP 10-11 w/AHI: 1.5 avg for 7-days (up due likely to hip replacement recovery)
"We can all breathe together or we will all suffocate alone."
RE: mask defect?
Hi nite ranger,
You might talk to the company where you got the mask and see what they have to say.
Hopefully, you can get a new one under warranty.
trish6hundred
RE: mask defect?
No,,,,, In Oregon it's "Duck Tape."
RE: mask defect?
I'd really like to see a picture of the joint you're talking about. It really sounds like a mfg.'s defect. The DW and I both have Simplus' and neither have had that problem.
