Here's something that doesn't make it onto the packaging of most anti-snoring products: consistency is part of the mechanism.
Continuous positive airflow works by maintaining open airways throughout every sleep cycle, every night. That means a device that gets worn six nights out of seven isn't delivering 86% of the benefit — it's breaking the cumulative effect entirely. The 8th night without the device is a reset, not a continuation.
This is CPAP's core problem, and the research makes it stark. Between 46-83% of patients prescribed CPAP don't use their machines consistently. The average compliance rate is 43%. Not because those patients don't want to stop snoring — because the mask creates enough physical friction, claustrophobia, and discomfort that skipping a night becomes easier than wearing it.
Oral appliances and continuous airflow devices that don't require a mask see compliance rates of 76% or higher. The same patients who abandoned their CPAP machines are wearing smaller, lighter, quieter alternatives every night.
The AirFlow Pro is 14 decibels at operating volume — inaudible at conversational distance. It fits in a shirt pocket. There's no calibration before bed, no mask to seal, no hose to position. The routine is: insert, sleep, remove. That's it. For a therapy that works by being worn consistently, a device that's easy to wear consistently isn't a comfort feature. It's a clinical one.