Behold, the SleepWeaver Advance Soft Cloth Nasal CPAP Mask!
There's also a SleepWeaver FAQ, Cleaning Tips and a guide on how to fit the SleepWeaver.
To answer the questions and comments above, yes, it fits all modern machines/tubes as it uses the industry-standard 22mm connection.
We have stock of Blue, Pink and Beige. We're waiting for demand for the leopard skin before getting those in. TF, it suits your nick, would you prefer Pink or Leopard Wilderness?
Regarding the balloon analogy, I'd say TF and Circadiance (the makers of the SleepWeaver) are both right to an extent. I think that explanation is intended as a fitting, but loose metaphor/analogy. TF is right in that this balloon has a hole, where the nose is. So pressure is evidently going to escape into the upper airways (aside from during full apnoea). But during any form of resistance the balloon science holds up. As it's positive airway pressure, you would have to suck in air hard for the 'balloon' to collapse.
I think it's more to highlight the difference with traditional masks than to claim the SleepWeave Advance is exactly like a balloon. Ordinary masks put much more pressure on the skin to create the seal than the SleepWeaver does. That's what they try to get at.
So I do believe it's a fitting analogy but as with all metaphors/analogies, sure, it can be picked apart for criticism. But I wouldn't call the efforts and intentions behind this mask crock. Like RemZzzs, I think it's great, and very much testimony to American inventorship, that disgruntled users decide to do things better. You need guts and determination to take on the multi-billion dollar giants ResMed and Respironics. To actually succeed, and succeded they already have in the USA shipping a truck load of masks every week, makes it all the better.
As is often the case with a first attempt at total innovation, the original SleepWeaver had its criticism. But the success stories were already there and the product, even in its early stages, clearly showed merit. The current version, the Advance, not only ditches its elephant trunk looks, it has taken on board much of the feedback and according to Circadiance, the tiny return rates and masses of positive feedback show it's an extraordinary accomplishment. Had it been a scam, you would have found tons of complaints on BBB.
Sure, we sell this so I'm expected to be excited about it. But really, it is a unique mask that totally shreds accepted, sometimes mediocre ideas in design. I've put it on and believe you me, it's light. On our postal scales, it's just 30 grams. It weighs 'nothing'. And like a hovercraft on waves, it does seal.
As with all masks, the SleepWeaver won't suit 100% of the population. But I'm confident it suits a bigger percentage than the average mask till now.
Side sleepers, those who struggle with red marks, the claustrophobics, those with breaking skin on the bridge of the nose... All of these types of CPAP users will find benefits in the SleepWeaver Advance.
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