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MotorCityBeard

(201 posts)
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 01:29 PM Apr 2022

Any other CPAP users? Looking to get a CPAP pillow

I've been using a CPAP since 2007. I recently got a new machine. It has Bluetooth on it and gives you a daily report on how you slept on it's app.

I'm getting a pretty good score, but the problem is the mask. I wear a full face mask (covers my mouth) and tend to move around a lot at night. I also sleep on my back or my side. I'm getting a lot of mask leaks during the night and want to try to minimize them.

From researching, it seems like a CPAP pillow would help, one with cut outs to accommodate the hose and the mask. Of course, there are lots of different ones in a range of prices.

Does anyone have one they can recommend?

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Any other CPAP users? Looking to get a CPAP pillow (Original Post) MotorCityBeard Apr 2022 OP
I don't use a special pillow Kali Apr 2022 #1
I use a Dreamwear, under the nose nasal cushion, gab13by13 Apr 2022 #2
Nasal pillows all the way. vanlassie Apr 2022 #3
I don't know what brand it is gratuitous Apr 2022 #4
I do not use a special pillow LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2022 #5
People on CPAC rave about MyPillow. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2022 #6
Check out this forum if you haven't yet. Paha Sapa Apr 2022 #7

Kali

(55,043 posts)
1. I don't use a special pillow
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 01:39 PM
Apr 2022

I have a really good down pillow that I can mold to shape. having said that, when I was first starting I though for sure I would need a full face mask because I was such a mouth breather. turns out the pressure solved that just fine, I use a nasal mask and can even use the nasal pillows though I just don't care for them. have you tried just a nasal mask? probably since you have been using for long enough. still, trying different masks can be a good thing and they are always coming out with new stuff.

gab13by13

(21,606 posts)
2. I use a Dreamwear, under the nose nasal cushion,
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 02:45 PM
Apr 2022

pulmonologist told me not to worry about minor leaks as long as they don't affect my eyes. I roll around a lot so I expect to have some leaks.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. I don't know what brand it is
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 03:39 PM
Apr 2022

But I got one of those pillows with the cutouts, two larger ones on the bottom side and two smaller ones on the top side. It works pretty good, as I seem to average less than one episode per hour most nights.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,413 posts)
6. People on CPAC rave about MyPillow.
Wed Apr 27, 2022, 04:49 PM
Apr 2022

Kidding. I wish I had a CPAP pillow, it would be far better than a mask/hose.

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