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Is there such a thing as an oxygen tubing reel? We (husband, dog, and me) keep tripping over all the tubing. Such a mess lying in the hallway. I've heard of threading it through screw-hanger things throughout the house. Has anyone done that? Does it work? Still getting used to this. Thanks!
No one has invented the ultimate cord reel, so it is still waiting to be invented. I will let the others give you some ideas and I will search for some online for you.
As for myself, I bought the "retractable cord, and it was a rip off, and the other things looked to complicated and to costly.
Hugs
Brennda
Dee this is a search page that lists several things. If you find something and it works, remember to share....
BJ
i tried clipping my hose of canula it to my waste and holding my arms out & spinning (like on the mountain of sound of music) until i coiled around my waiste.
then when i got up to go into another room i held my arms out and "spin/danced" to unwind as i went & spin/danced to rewind as i returned to the begining.
i just got dizzy & then i forgot if wind was clockwise & unwind counterclockwise
or
was wind counterclockwise & unwind clockwise.
anyway i still haven't found an answer to this problem.
i have a tendency to take mine off if i'm just zipping to another room "for a minute"
which is not good & i don't recommend it because as i progress with this disease my stats are dropping lower & lower for those "quick trips"
if i'm cleaning & up alot i put on my fannypack/ backpack portable bottles to avoid the cord thing.
the best i have come up with is to centrally locate mine in the house that i can use the least amount of hose as possible and i try to be careful when i walk in each direction to most used rooms.
i dealt with this stupid thing with my mother with a walker & i was scared to death of her getting wrapped up in it, now i live alone so i just have to slow down & watch what i'm doing.
i am grateful that now days 02 is so convenient to use, but there are downfalls to it also cuz i'm not bedridden yet!
for now, i'm like bill & the others.
keep my concentrator centrally located and coil it up as i return to my seat.
i don't know what kind of travel set up you have, but my 02 company furnishes all the tanks i want in a month, i just have to trade in empties & get refills, but vacuuming & working outside i am SO GLAD i didn't go with the POC, as i realize how much i use my fanny pack to do things both inside & out!
do you have a portable you can use when tromping around?
Jarca you are hilarious. I'm literally laughing out loud.
I was thinking of something velcroed to my chest. Like a spool or something. Or a little curvy arm sticking out of each side like a vacuum cleaner coiler thingy.
Coiling as you walk. I can do that when I'm not carrying anything else. But as soon as I have a glass in one hand, well . . . Can't walk and chew gum anymore.