Things that aren't on my CPAP, but should be.  Feel free to add to the list!

Clock radio & bedside lamp (less junk on the nightstand that way).  

Noise-cancelling headphones (for your spouse; reduces complaints about whistling noises and mask farts)

Turn on and off using "The Clapper"

Coffee pot on a timer, designed to release coffee aroma into CPAP tubing

Full-face mask w/ built-in bullhorn.  Now you can say "good night" to your spouse without having to shout upwind through a hose.

Full-face mask w/cough relief valve (eliminates most common cause of mask farts!)

Alarm clock that wakes you up with a sudden burst of air at twice your normal pressure.  Optional whistle in case the mask fart doesn't wake you up.

Adapters for inflating basketballs, air mattresses and bicycle tires.


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Hey, that bullhorn idea is pretty good.  It would be great if I had a mike in the mask so that I could press a button and talk to my wife.  Currently I have to scream at the top of my lungs and she still says, "What?"


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Respironics? M-Series Auto w/ HH & C-Flex; Flexfit? Hybrid? Mask, Encore Pro 1.8i

Great ideas! I would like:

Bubble blowing attachment or snap-on kazoo to help liven up parties.

Headgear with built in curlers so I don't wake up with killer bed head.

Aerator for humidifier that simulates the sounds of a gentle rain or the ocean to help get to sleep faster.

Instead of glowing LCD panel, a light that projects the nighttime sky on the ceiling.


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Hmmmm... I would like:

• A place to hold a beer with a straw.
  
• Electrodes that attach to my brain and make me smarter.
  
• A contraption that pets the cat so she doesn't wake me up.
  
• An automatic response that says, "Yes dear" to my wife.
  
• Something that automatically scratches my nose when it itches.
  

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Respironics? M-Series Auto w/ HH & C-Flex; Flexfit? Hybrid? Mask, Encore Pro 1.8i

Hey, the aerated humidifier makes sense too.  Would probably make the humidifier work better without heat.  Let's go one better:  Built-in aquarium (also very soothing)



Okay, I've got a few more:

Mask exhaust that exits out the top of your head instead of hitting your spouse between the eyes (how many times have we all been asked to roll over?).  You could also aim it to keep the cat from sitting on top of your head

Air-tight, retractable drinking straw for full face mask--I've seen military gas masks with this feature

Custom design services:  I'm thinking a metalflake flame paint job on the mask and CPAP, with a braided-aluminum-clad hose with anodized fittings.   Oversized analog gauges on the CPAP lit in blue neon.  Biker-style meets cyberpunk.


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How about a headband that says "MAVERICK"  (Top Gun) or "APPOLLO 9", so I would look like a fighter pilot or astronaut, instead a nerd with apnea.....  

   Or, dream inducing electronics that you could change like DVDs.....  

   Or, a whole-house system (like vacuum cleaners) where you could hook up in any room (convienient for naps).  

  Actually, I'm pretty happy with mine as it is.  


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I like the idea of the hook up in every room...i'll go a little father and say a partible one to carry on your belt so you can be ready to take a nap any where..i like to sleep out in the sun.. or in the car on the couch any where... now I just look out side and wish I could.....I KNOW EXTENSION CORDS AND ALL THAT (PLEASE!)

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Something that automatically scratches my nose when it itches.

MOST DEFINITELY!


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