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Has anyone tried these? I thought it was going to be my saving grace but upon installing and using it for a day, I realized that it has the same risks as standard "burping". If there is something behind it, you will get more than you bargained for. The only reason I could see the vent being a good option would be if you were using adhesive coupling. I ruined a pouch last night because of this thing, needless to say I was shocked! It was completely unexpected and I do not understand the point of using this if the outcome is the same. Sure, I was getting a little carried away, opening the vent whenever there was a tiny pouf of air present, but that's what I thought it was for. I haven't given up, I must find something that will rid the pouch of air. Standard filters are useless too.

Anyone have any advice?

I can't burp because stuff will always get on the ring, and sometimes at that point, it's not recoverable. Do you mean opening the bottom and letting air out? That seems more inconvenient. I usually open the ring at the top. Maybe i will try doing it your way and see if that works.

answers4me2 said...
I never had good luck with the osto vents. I opened the vent once and poop came flying out all over me and I had a bus load of kids. It was nuts. Luckily I take Devrom, so no odor and kids are clueless and never noticed.

Right now, I have on a Stomocur bag with a vent and poop keeps coming out of the vent. Grrrr

Hollister makes the best filter in my opinion. Unfortunately, the wafer keeps melting, so I had to swap to Stomocur for the time being. I guess I'm have to order the filter less bags.

But, how do we get the air out of the bag?

Wow, you're pretty funny opening that with people around :) HAHA. I can imagine a bus full of gasses.

Thanks for letting me know I am not the only person who has experienced this. I contacted the company and the person seriously made me feel like i was the only person in the world with this issue.

I haven't tried stomacur. They sent me samples of a one piece flat but I need convex so I didn't try it.

I like the hollister wafers and I haven't had a problem with melting. Are you using flextend? convatec makes nice wafers but they are big and the pouch is harder to click on. Had a real issue with burping that pouch from the ring. Ruined the wafer and everything that time.

notsosicklygirl said...
I can't burp because stuff will always get on the ring, and sometimes at that point, it's not recoverable. Do you mean opening the bottom and letting air out? That seems more inconvenient. I usually open the ring at the top. Maybe i will try doing it your way and see if that works.

You detach your 2pc bag from the ring just to burp?????

I guess no one told me this, but I caught on that I could just lift the tail of the bag higher than (most) of the rest of the bag, push the air at the back forward to the tail, open the velcro closure, and gently press out the gas in the bag. Close the bag again and you're done. It was so easy I would do it under the sheets and never got anything dirty. Went right back to sleep.

Please try this. It is a stupidly simple trick, but it could be a game changer, as one little toot takes up the same volume as like 1 hr of stool. You can "empty" half your bag in 5s.

One caveat: do not try this if the bag is completely full to the point of being rigid. It happened every now and then after a good night's sleep. I would just hold the bag as I walked to the toilet, pointed the tail down, and let 'er rip.

SolomonSeal said...

notsosicklygirl said...
I can't burp because stuff will always get on the ring, and sometimes at that point, it's not recoverable. Do you mean opening the bottom and letting air out? That seems more inconvenient. I usually open the ring at the top. Maybe i will try doing it your way and see if that works.

You detach your 2pc bag from the ring just to burp?????

I guess no one told me this, but I caught on that I could just lift the tail of the bag higher than (most) of the rest of the bag, push the air at the back forward to the tail, open the velcro closure, and gently press out the gas in the bag. Close the bag again and you're done. It was so easy I would do it under the sheets and never got anything dirty. Went right back to sleep.

Please try this. It is a stupidly simple trick, but it could be a game changer, as one little toot takes up the same volume as like 1 hr of stool. You can "empty" half your bag in 5s.

One caveat: do not try this if the bag is completely full to the point of being rigid. It happened every now and then after a good night's sleep. I would just hold the bag as I walked to the toilet, pointed the tail down, and let 'er rip.

This is pretty much what I do - it's very easy. But don't you go to the bathroom/use air freshener to deal with the smell??

I take Devrom, so have very little smell, even when releasing gas. I normally rely on the filter on my bags to do the job for me. Unfortunately, this Stomocur bag filter just sucks and releases small amounts of liquid output onto my clothes everyday. Ugh.

The trick with the Osto Vent is that it needs to be attached at least 24 hours before using it. That's the main reason why I don't use them. I'm not that organized. The 1 time I tried to cheat the 24 hour rule, it leaked when I wasn't even using it.
The 2nd thing I noticed is that it's not realiable if my output is liquid. So I will only use it with an output thickener.

The hospital gave me some samples of these but I never tried them. Gas was one thing I was worried about but I never have any except ar night when I'm not eating for hours.

During the day my bag never has gas in it. I continued to take my probiotics even though they won't reach my colon and I think that has helped.