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by Anonymous on July 13, 2013
I hate it. To be fair, I came from a swift II, so having a frame on my face is a big setback in my mind. I think the "minimal contact experience" Respironics is flogging is a bit disingenuous. The nose piece is smaller - that's it. There's no *less* contact - just "different* contact. I do like that it had a smaller profile that a regular nasal mask and more padding, but don't get too confident - you can lie on it wrong and that hard frame will bite right into your nose, and it's worse than it would be at your bridge. The hard, stiff frame on the face is insufferable. A Resmed mirage fx is a much more comfortable experience, and if it were not for the large profile that gets in the way and the leaks into the eyes I'd go right back to that. And speaking of leaks...well, leaks still happen with the Wisp, of course, but they aren't right at your eyes, so there's a plus. The vent is on the hose and turns whichever way you want - there's another plus. I use a heated hose, though, which is heavy and pulls the vent into position to vent right - you guessed it - into my eyes, so that one comes out no loss no gain. That darned button - I'm so embarrassed now, but I absolutely couldn't figure out how to use it. Everyone kept calling it a snap so I thought it should do something different. Well, it is at least flat. It will break your nails, so learn to twist it instead lifting. I find it the most difficult mask that I've ever owned to figure out in the middle of the night. I'm constantly putting it on sideways...upside down...no idea why and it may be just me. I can't wait until the insurance company will pay for a different mask.
For comparison - I'm slight, small to average sized, oval face, use the petite mask, have a shortish nose.
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by Anonymous on November 20, 2015
I hate this mask. It leaks way too much, blowing air into my eyes and across my face. I get the mask positioned just right when I go to bed, but then wake up in the middle of the night with it leaking. I'm a side sleeper and my pillow pushes against the frame on one side and pushes the mask out of position during the night. I normally use some flexible tape from the drug store to tape the top sides of the mask into place but eventually it leaks despite that. I wake up, try repositioning the mask, pulling it tighter or loosening it, etc. to see if I can fix the leaks. If I can't, then I have to get up, turn on the light, take off the tape, re-set the mask on my face again, then go back to bed and see if the problem has been fixed. All in all, it is an INFURIATING problem. Hard to say which is worse - sleep interruptions form apnea or sleep interruptions due to the damn mask leaking. After MUCH trial and error, I went back to the my cpap provider and got some nasal pillows to try instead. I hope those work better. The wisp mask might be good for back sleepers, but it sucks for me.
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