There are types of swivel devices you can get from your supplier that help reduce the kinks...or this site some folks here use..http://www.tinashomecare.com/
also other tubing that's not quite so twisty prone. Sometimes I take my tubing and give it a bit of a soak( keeping water out of the ends) in some warm water them give it a good stretch and that helps.
There's this other nasal cannula called the "smart Cannula with Oxyview by Ingen that has a flow meter built into the cannula.. I like it for running long hoses.. if you notice your not feeling your getting enough o2 the meter is right at your neck so you can check for a kink in flow..http://www.mountainside-medical.com/products/Oxyview-Nasal-Cannula-with-Pneumatic-Oxygen-Flow-Meter.html

The dreaded hose is everyone's bane.... I'm sure others will share their tips too!

I found that the green tubing is a lot stiffer and more prone to kink than the clear tubing. Now i never use the green tubing .Always the clear.

Gosh, my oxygen company just put me on the green tubing. I found that it doesn't kink as much as the clear. The purple is actually the most "unkinkable", but I was told it tends to get pierced easier. Yes, I use the swivel connectors, and they work great.

Try putting your tubing, when new, in your clothes dryer on low heat for about 2-3 minutes max. Then stretch it out.

I have had all kinds..even one my supplier brought me that was unkinkable...LOL No it wasn't..I just unkink mine 2-3 times a day..I'm just happy I can breath. LOL

i've got to side with the green tubing not kinking as much...but what do i know? not much, i'm sure.

i do agree about stretching it before using it. it does help some.

other than that...

good luck!

The green is for longer distances(I've been told)...

The green is suppose to keep givimg u 02 even when it gets kinked!!!
It works pick it up and bend it and u still will get ur 02!!

curious about how does the green provide air even when kinked and what determines the green being better on distance?
Any explanation on this would be knowledgeable
Thanks

I put my hose in hot water and stretched it. it helped but soon got as bad as before.

I am still trying to find out where one can find a retractable unit that works with our oxygen hoses. This would reduce the chances of it kinking. If anyone know anything about it, I would appreciate hearing from them.

Something about it this page Dogman

http://www.reelstandards.com/

Something on the green cannula tubing here Lightrays:

http://www.directhomemedical.com/oxygen/oxygen-tubing-connectors-cannulas-o2.html

We put 3/8 inch split tubing over my husband's 40 ft extension tubing. We initially started doing that since we got a new cat that found the tubing a great chew toy Sad That solved the cat issue, but it turned out it's also so much easier to see, it "flows" much easier over the carpet and around furniture, and it kinks much less. We also have a swivel in between the cannula and the extension tubing.

Hi - did you just cover the oxygen tubing with the split tubing? If so, how did you attach it and did it stop the oxygen tubing twisting inside? It is driving me crazy and I feel like a dog on a lead . I think I may start barking before long. lol. Hope you are keeping well x

Krazy4katz I use the split tubing on my oxygen also after the cat I had kept chewing on my tubing