Has anyone here tried the Optilife Nasal Cushions?  I have the nasal pillows.  I have been losing weight and the medium is a little too big, yet the small is a little too small.  I am wondering if the cushions would work better.  Nothing is more irratiting than having your pillows wake you because of leaking.

I will say, I am much happier with the nasal pillows, than I was with the nasal mask, I just could not get used to it.  Thankfully, I have 2 sons with sleep apnea, and one of them will be happy to get my nasal mask, so it is not going to waste.

Thank you.


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RemStar Plus M-Series withC-Flex--Pressure of 9
On CPAP since September 12, 2008

I've recently tried the OptiLife nasal cradle cushion. Unfortunately, my sleep doctor ordered some pressure changes on my bi-level and I had to resort to my usual mask as we sorted thru the various pressure adjustments.

I rather like the OptiLife nasal cradle cushion. My main problem was that I need to use a chin strap. The chin cradle on the OptiLife I am assuming was intended more as a stabilizer for the mask and headgear than as a chin strap. It certainly is not successful for me for use as a chin strap. As soon as we get this bi-level settings and options where they need to be I'm gong back to the OptiLife to try the nasal pillows AND probably go back to the nasal cradle cushion and perhaps dismantling, removing the chin cradle.

I like that the nasal cradle cushion does NOT sit on the bridge of the nose, I like that it fits low on the nose covering almost only the nose tip. It did "seem" like I was getting more pressure w/the nasal cradle cushion than I was w/my regular Simplicity simple nasal cushion. And moreso than w/the Swift LT for Her nasal pillows I had tried just before trying the OptiLife nasal cradle cushon. Almost like I could have dropped my pressure by 1/2 or 1 cm.

Do be sure to try it, you may well like it!!!


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Thank you, just what I wanted to hear!


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RemStar Plus M-Series withC-Flex--Pressure of 9
On CPAP since September 12, 2008