@patti55 Using the vest plus Aerobika has helped me clear more, avoid nighttime coughing and gets up more junk. I also use the Pari Star Red Cup because it does not waste as much saline as the Pari Blue Cup.

@patti55 , I am sorry to hear about your infections. I have a smartvest and I used it for about 6 months. I did not feel it helped me to bring up mucus, so I stopped it. Other people do find the vest helpful. I never stopped getting an infection for almost two years. Now I am doing well and only nebulize in the evenings and do autogenic drainage in the mornings. To me it was my eosinophilic asthma that was not controlled, even though my eosinophilic level is just a little elevated.
Do you have other conditions besides BE? To me I would try anything to stop the infection. To me, vests should work similar.
Hope you feel better.
Ling

@patti55
In reply to your question about the Afflovest: I have been using one for 6 1/2 years. I had another vest for 12 years before that….. I’ve forgotten the name of it. It consisted of a bulky vest which connected to a large and very noisy compressor via tubes like those on a vacuum cleaner. The whole thing weighed 20 plus pounds. It was so loud one had to shout to be heard, and of course I had to sit still for 1 /2 an hour. Afflovest weighs about 10 lbs, the carrying case has wheels and fits in the overhead of a plane ( I fly delta). Afflovest makes an unobtrusive humming noise, I can easily walk around the house in it ( though at higher intensity I may get a little dizzy). I like the adjustable settings and feel it gives me a productive workout. It doesn’t trigger an immediate productive cough but I feel it gets things moving. I don’t know what else is on the market but would recommend you go to the medical supply place you are using and test drive whatever you’re considering. I giggled in glee when I first experienced the Afflo vibrations.