(4 out of 5) by AIMEE B, LAKE GEORGE, CO

"My only complaint is tha the air going into and out of the small holes makes a noise that keeps be awake during the first hour or so. Otherwise, I am very pleased with the fit and design."

(5 out of 5) by ben, spring, TX

"I've been on CPAP for over 20 years, all the way back to when the machines were the size of small canister vacuums and the valves were external, readable only with a separate manometer, and adjusted with a screwdriver. In all that time, I've never found a mask I truly liked. Standard masks would harden up or fart out the side of my nose. I've gotten bloody and walked around with ugly wounds on the bridge of my nose and elsewhere for far more years than I want to contemplate. I've put up with plastic bridge apparatuses that arced over the top of my head and worked fine for a little while until they broke. I've experimented with prongs up my nose that didn't work from day one.

This maske has been a revelation. I'm bald, shave my head, and my head is quite large. I understand from reading other reviews that these factors mean this mask is probably more likely to work well for me. Nevertheless, the performance of this mask is amazing.

The first time I tried to use it, the adjustments were easy to make and get right on the first try. The sealing was perfect and didn't break right from the first night. It's comfy. I works on my back and when I roll side to side. It doesn't injure me.

True story: I took this mask to a sleep study and the sleep tech (nice guy, 11 years experience) had me put it on before he turned on the machine. After he turned it on, he looked at his readouts and pronounced that this mask made the most perfect seal he'd ever seen at initial pressurization. He called it "100%, right off the bat." He said "That's my new uber-mask."

I feel the same way.

If I had to come up with negatives, I can only think of two. First, the headgear leaves a pattern imprinted on my fat, bald head that will stay there till lunch. I don't mind. It's a small price to pay. Second, my first sample of this mask broke after 6 months. I generally don't expect masks to last that long but this one didn't seem to have anything on it that should break; I thought it was going to last for years. However, the portion of the airway tube that has the vent holes simply broke out of the mask one day. I can't imagine why. That part of the mask should be just as strong as the rest of the tube walls (meaning *very* strong) but it appears that the manufacturing process either punches these holes instead of drilling them or insets a plate for that section of the tube. Either way, that section is a bit weak and won't withstand too much pressure. I tend to travel a lot with my mask crammed into a bad spot, subject to external impacts, so perhaps this was just a freak accident. Still, I'd hope to go more than six months without a catastrophic failure.

But even if I knew my mask was going to fail completely at the six month mark, I'd still buy this mask. It's that good."