I had one of these bought 18 months ago and the attachment points on both sides where the ball and sockets join the headgear to the mask eventually broke. This is a widely reported problem but Im told the mask has now been strengthened and otherwise improved

I generally liked the mask as with the resizing procedure, a very good fit can be had, assuming you start with the correct mask size which is obtianed by measuring the face and some trial and error

to my concern, on the new mask, the plastic that holds the balls  appears the same thickness as before so I can only hope a a stronger plastic has been used this time

I noticed the attachment points no longer fall from the mask and are better retained, also there were no noisy vibrations when the new mask was worn loosely which were a problem from the first comfort gell.

Its clearly a second generation version, and I hope in future, respironics tests their new masks more thouroughly during development

their resizing feature should be used by other makers as it does result in a personal fit for the wearers  face

a question about both comfort gells is how to clean the air outlet vent if it eventually becomes partly blocked, theres no obvious way to poke a pin etc into it

the new mask has a serial no on the lower part which the old one didnt have so perhaps comfort gell masks without the number are  old stock and should be avoided     any learned comments?

respironics recommends soaking the new mask in water and mild detergent to condition it before first use, which is interesting, not quite sure what this would achieve


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I have this one and it is the newer version.  I have slept with it 5 days now and I'm still getting used to it.  It seems to work just fine.

I got one of these masks in Dec. 2007 and the tab that holds the headgear clip on broke off on mine about a month ago also. Very frustrating for the price they charge for the masks. I won't buy another like it although I found it comfortable, I can't afford to replace it every couple of months, especially when you say your new one didn't look any thicker.