Loud snoring

[Mal Ware]

Would like to hear others opinions about loud snorers on board of your flight.

I had a guy the other day who was cutting down trees.

Do you find it offensive or acceptable?


I snore myself but I would like to think not as loud as this guy, people were laughing at him and looking at him and when he came to he looked sheepishly embarrassed as though he knows how loud he was.

I just hope I am not as loud as him, but then again, should I care if I don't hear it myself:?:

 

[Duffa]

My son and I recorded a man snoring in the EK J lounge in Melbourne. It was 01.00 so he had an excuse for being asleep but boy, did he honk.
Glad to say, he was well away from us on the flight.
It was at the start of our trip and still gives us a laugh when we reflect on our holiday.

 

[Must...Fly!]

I do snore but I don't know how I go onboard aircraft. I am conscious of it but there really is nothing I can do about it, just because I snore does not mean I don't have to sleep!

 

[cove]

I travel with one of my Resmed S8 machines with 2 lithium batteries. It isn't the noise so much as the stopping breathing that can affect the snorer. The people around a snorer must hate being kept awake and disturbed and it is less than $2,000 to fix it properly. I handled this issue about 7 years ago.

 

[Blackbird]

Everyone will snore at some point as they age.
It would be a majority by age 50.
Most don't have obstructive sleep apnoea requiring a CPAP machine like cove.
There are not enough power outlets on any plane to power CPAP for every snorer.

 

[QF WP]

I snore, but generally only when previous hours have been spent drinking copious amounts of alcohol. As this happens so infrequently nowadays, it's not a problem.

Mrs LW has perfected the dagger-like finger in the back, as well as the push and roll. She is still laughing at the time in mid-summer when she rolled me out of bed. Needless to say, it stopped me snoring

Must have been fortunate to not have been awakened by snorers onboard flights. Have seen a couple of pax with CPAP machines in J/F over the years.

 

[ashleyn]

Another reason to pack the NC headphones, problem solved.

 

[Canny man]

Body builder type next to me the other week was snoring so loudly that I'm surprised the captain didn't think there was engine trouble.

I went for my patent quadruple sound block. Ear plugs under NC headphones, pilow above headphones, bicep across the lot. It got rid of most of the noise, but I couldn't do anything about the subsonic resonance.....

 

[Danger]

I believe I snore, too. A couple of months ago I shared a hotel room for four nights with my best mate in Bangkok. He often woke me to tell me I was "chopping wood".

I hate it and do fear how I go on a plane, particularly longhaul in J or F. Going forward, I plan to specifically 'instruct' the flight attendant to wake me should I [-]sore[/-]snore, no exceptions.

If anyone has a solution or some method they use to prevent snoring, I'd be very grateful to learn of it.

 

[cove]

The two lithium batteries with a CPAP machine is something I use on all my long haul flights means if you don't have power in your seat that works you run your sleep machine off your battery power.

 

[Danger]

The two lithium batteries with a CPAP machine is something I use on all my long haul flights means if you don't have power in your seat that works you run your sleep machine off your battery power.

Can you post a link to this CPAP thingy so I can research it?

 

[quark]

I snore too, and when I'm flying a red eye from Darwin and I have been awake since 4:45 (for work) I'm sure it's not pleasant for others. But there's nothing I can do about it. I'm certainly not going to try and stay awake.

I've had others snore next to me on flights but I just stick the headphones in and turn them up loud.

It's just another annoyance about traveling that I don't worry about too much.

 

[browski]

It's my own little piece of revenge against those pax who bring babies onto flights.

 

[juddles]

Snoring is, IMHO, no different to any other noise that others make. If you are packed like sardines you are closer than natural to others. So be proactive and get headphones, etc. You know it (or similar) will happen, so PREPARE!

 

[serfty]

Can you post a link to this CPAP thingy so I can research it?

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....ns/good-cpap-for-travel-32153.html#post482860

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....on/cpap-theqantas-a380-first-class-23271.html

 

[Danger]

http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/your-questions/good-cpap-for-travel-32153.html

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....on/cpap-theqantas-a380-first-class-23271.html

Oh God. It's a full-on machine.

If anyone has less costly (and bulky) snoring remedies, please feel free to share.

 

[markis10]

Can you post a link to this CPAP thingy so I can research it?

Can I suggest you consult a medical practitioner, the CPAP path is just one of many possibilities you may have.

 

[cove]

I think you can get set on CPAP for about $1,000 if you have private health insurance to rebate the costs.

 

[SeatBackForward]

All you people should be handing out little pre-flight apology gift bags to those seated around you.

 

[medhead]

Can I suggest you consult a medical practitioner, the CPAP path is just one of many possibilities you may have.

Totally.

To add, I've snored for years just put it down as one of those things. Finally, after falling asleep in traffic once or twice, I went to a doctor. Big eye opener. I stopped breathing upto 60 times an hour with the longest period being 90 seconds. This meant ever decrease blood oxygen levels, harder working heart, brain deprived of oxygen and absolute rubbish sleep because the body would wake up every time I stopped breathing so my airway would open. The doctor basically hinted that there was a high chance for me to have a stroke in the next 5 years.

So snoring is one thing but if you're waking up tired, falling asleep randomly, going to the toilet a few times a night it's a good idea to get it checked out.

Certainly the whole sleep apnea business feels like snake oil salesmen but IME the difference is almost immediate.


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