11-22-2024, 10:43 PM
RE: AirMini much louder than A10 with same mask and settings?
I've been fighting with the mask noise for a couple of weeks, trying to figure out a solution before I send the thing back.
The only thing I haven't tried is the p10 for AirMini. I'm trying it (when the hose/adaptor) comes on Monday. What I've basically learned is that, for some reason, much more air is forced out of the vents when using the Mini. I still don't understand why, but vents can be noisy so the increase really makes it too loud for me and my wife.
The quietest mask, according to my sound meter, is the P10 (I use it with adapter to slimline hose and ordinary p10, not the AirMini version. Well, that would be good because I love the p10 but it's still too much vent noise.
The reason i'm trying the AirMini P10 is simply that the vents on the mask itself (the highly diffused vents right on the other side of the pillows) are supposedly eliminated on the Mini version of the P10. Instead you exhale out of the vents a few inches down the tube, where the humidx housing is. This makes sense, because the humidx won't work if you don't exhale through it, but will it be quieter? I see that vents around the humidx housing are bigger, which can help.
ButI have no idea. If it's not quieter, the whole thing goes back and Im traveling with the A11.
The only thing I haven't tried is the p10 for AirMini. I'm trying it (when the hose/adaptor) comes on Monday. What I've basically learned is that, for some reason, much more air is forced out of the vents when using the Mini. I still don't understand why, but vents can be noisy so the increase really makes it too loud for me and my wife.
The quietest mask, according to my sound meter, is the P10 (I use it with adapter to slimline hose and ordinary p10, not the AirMini version. Well, that would be good because I love the p10 but it's still too much vent noise.
The reason i'm trying the AirMini P10 is simply that the vents on the mask itself (the highly diffused vents right on the other side of the pillows) are supposedly eliminated on the Mini version of the P10. Instead you exhale out of the vents a few inches down the tube, where the humidx housing is. This makes sense, because the humidx won't work if you don't exhale through it, but will it be quieter? I see that vents around the humidx housing are bigger, which can help.
ButI have no idea. If it's not quieter, the whole thing goes back and Im traveling with the A11.
