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Whistling Mask?

Posted by permagrin01 on September 04, 2003 at 04:52:51:

I've researched the forums and can't find an answer to this: When a mask gets a little age on it, can it develop a whistle? Mike's been using a Profile Lite gel mask, which we heat-mold, and he gets a great fit with it. Unlike the average useful life of most masks I've heard of, these only seem to hold up for about four months, when they will break at the forehead piece. We've glued them back together with pretty good success, although we usually order a replacement when that happens because at that point, they're just not that trustworthy. Now we've got two of these masks, have just ordered another replacement, but the two he does have to use right now have both started to whistle. They don't do this when they're new, so do they just wear down somewhere in the hard plastic? Is there anything that can be done to stop it? When I searched "whistling masks" on Sleepnet, I read that sometimes condensation can make them whistle, and other posts talked about FF masks whistling, and that they can be taken apart and reassembled to stop he whistling, but I didn't find anything about Profile Lites. Any ideas? It would be nice to keep these older ones for backup, but if they continue to whistle, they're worthless.

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