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How to dry hose in winter?
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RE: How to dry hose in winter?
Like snorin2, I have a hurricane dryer also.
 
It is great if you want to invest in a device like this and have room on a counter for large toaster ;-)
But as Sleeprider and OpalRose have stated, it is not necessary.

But it is a convenience item. You don’t swirl or hang. You just soak, rinse then plug hose into air outlet and place mask under cover. Really easy.
It has 15, 30 and 60-minute cycle. And just the 15-minute cycle gets the tube completely dry.

For weekly, I put few drops of soap into hose, hold it to my bath faucet and run warm water until the soap is gone. Plug into hurricane with default 15-minute cycle and walk away. Takes about 5 minutes. Leave the mask and hose there protected until ready to use at night. Completely dry.

Every few months, I wash the headgear straps. Squeeze a little bit and then I put them into hurricane dryer completely wet for the 60-minute cycle. Completely dry.

I like the hurricane dryer for drying and for storage of my mask to keep away from pets and dust.

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#12
RE: How to dry hose in winter?
(03-08-2023, 01:15 PM)B1Sailor Wrote: Like snorin2, I have a hurricane dryer also.
 
It is great if you want to invest in a device like this and have room on a counter for large toaster ;-)

Sleep-well

Try again it's only $30, and about the size of two packs of cigarettes. It's just a very small box fan, with enough CFM to dry the hose fairly quickly when compared to hanging it all day and hope its dry.

Take the 150$ difference and buy more tools.
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#13
RE: How to dry hose in winter?
Fishing line, a weight on one end, micro fiber cloth opposite end. Keep it simple!
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#14
RE: How to dry hose in winter?
I'm too lazy. I wouldnt pay 189$ to dry it, but 30$ and I just lay it out on the bed with a towel, and come back in awhile works for my lazy butt Smile
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#15
RE: How to dry hose in winter?
I hang my mask and tubing and other wet parts over a towel rack that has a furnace vent on the floor beneath it in my shower room.
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#16
RE: How to dry hose in winter?
Having a second tube solves this problem. Just alternate, or better yet, just quit washing it.
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RE: How to dry hose in winter?
(03-09-2023, 08:55 AM)Sleeprider Wrote: Having a second tube solves this problem. Just alternate, or better yet, just quit washing it.

Interesting comment.  I know its recommended weekly, and a  big deal is made about wash, rinse and dry.  Even though its filtered air entering the tube, other than an 
accumulation of moisture from humidifier.

My dive gear, specifically our rebreathers, which take expository breath, get rather nasty, and we only rinse them
well with city tap water that has some sanitizer in it, then hang to dry.  Every once and awhile we sanitize them with steramine or  virkon.

Has anyone actually done a study on tube cleanliness for a PAP machine??
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RE: How to dry hose in winter?
>>>Has anyone actually done a study on tube cleanliness for a PAP machine??

Where's the money in that?

Sorry, I'a a bit of a cynic.
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