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CPAP Mask Breaking Your Hair? How to Protect It
Wearing a CPAP mask with long hair leaves a band of breakage where the strap sits. Wearers have a cheap fix, and a trick to stop the mask slipping over it.
A Projector for Lying in Bed: Watch TV on the Ceiling
When you can't sit up for long, the TV might as well be in another room. People who spend their days in bed put the picture where they're already looking.
A Bell for Bedridden Patients to Call You at Night
You can't lie awake all night listening for somebody who can't call out. Carers on three forums use the same cheap trick to be woken when it matters.
How to Keep Your CPAP Hose Out of the Way at Night
A CPAP hose slides off the bed, wraps round you and tugs the mask when you turn. Owners have cheap fixes and a bought one, though each gives something up.
Shoulder Pain When Drying Hair? Stop Holding the Dryer
There's a cheap fix for drying your hair when a bad shoulder can't hold the dryer up, and people in a chronic-pain thread had never heard of it.
How to Drink Water in Bed Without Sitting Up
Reaching for a glass in the dark means rolling over, sitting up and hoping it doesn't spill. Three sets of strangers found the same fix in a hiking pack.
Glasses for Reading Lying Down: Better for TV Than Books
Sitting up to read or watch TV costs more than it should on a bad day. Owners in three chronic-illness threads keep naming one odd-looking fix.
How to Widen a Doorway for a Wheelchair Without Remodeling
The chair scrapes the bathroom door frame and the wall can't move. Before you price a contractor, a hardware swap can give back an inch or two.
How to Dry Records After Cleaning Without Scuffing Them
A washed record is a dripping record. A cloth scuffs it and a rack takes hours. Collectors have a faster way, and it starts with a tool from the garage.
Is Citric Acid Safe in a Washing Machine Rinse?
Reddit swears by a spoonful in the softener drawer. One washer maker says it degrades the rubber. What each side rests on, and who should skip it.
Which E-Readers Work With an 8BitDo Micro Page Turner?
Reading in bed with one arm out in the cold to tap the screen gets old. A pocket remote fixes it on some e-readers and not others. Here's the list.
Are Cheap Ultrasonic Record Cleaners Worth It?
A crate of thrift-store records, and the cheap ultrasonic tank forums keep naming. Owners a thousand records in say what it fixes and what it can't.
