hey guys it's Eric today I have a product review and this one will be on
the Coloplast SenSura Mio Click 2pc system now last year I reviewed the
Coloplast SenSura Mio one piece and I had mixed results about it there are a
couple of things that I really like that there were a couple of things that I
didn't like it all and hopefully in this particular product I'm going to be
showing you some of the things that have changed what's improved for me and what
my overall impressions are about the product so to start to introduce this
product it is a two piece now traditionally Coloplast with their two
piece systems they tend to have a mechanical coupling with a lock and
that's a little bit different from some of the other products that have been
using a particularly Hollister which is just snapping and there's no lock or
anything like that but this system does actually have quite a few advantages
with this coupling system now before I get into the coupling and some of the
other features I do want to mention that the Coloplast SenSura Mio is the
best-looking pouch as far as the color goes as far as the general aesthetic as
far as the materials used I really don't have any other product that comes close
to this and Coloplast has done a really good job on it now for some people they may
not actually like the cloth covering on there so they do have options for
transparent coaches they also have options for filter list coaches now i
cant talk enough about the quality of this fabric it's really smooth it's
really durable it does having neutral grey look which I find is very
inconspicuous you know a lot of people don't like that page or skin color
awesomely bag looks more like a medical appliance or is this doesn't and I
actually find that this is one of the only pouches that I wear without a pouch
cover just because it looks so inconspicuous now the material itself
does repel water it's not completely waterproof but it does repel water and
it is a very good job at that
that when you come out of the shower you often notice that the waters just
beading up on there and if you blow it off or just lightly pat it down it's
gone. It dries
very quickly however I should note that if your gonna be exposing your
pouch to water like and showers or if you go swimming
the filter does need to be covered and Coloplast does include little stickers
that you can put on there you have to put those on there because if the odor
filter gets wet it's going to be an effective basically not going to work
for you anymore so just keep that in mind when you're showering or if you
swim along better you know gonna hot tub or something like that now I should
point out that there's actually two different styles of pouches here there
is a narrow and a wide outlet now it's not just the outlet that changes there
are a few other things that change particularly with the filter and also
just the design of the outlet itself and I'll cover those in a bit but I do want
to mention that for this review if I revert to the ileostomy bag that will be
the narrow bag and that's the one that Coloplast markets as an ileostomy bag for
some very specific reasons to go over some of the features of this pouching
system I'll start off on the top now the top Coloplast have a new design for
this filter and don't know if you can see it here but it has a very large
pre-filter now the idea is traditionally with most appliances once your output
touches that charcoal filter it tends to clog now with the large pre-filter the
hope is that you know your output you're still doesn't really get to that filter
or at least doesn't get there easily and it should delay clogging of the filter
now with the wide out let with a wide out let neil has a different pre-filter
and there's many more holes in it now
the idea behind that is more colostomates would be using that style of pouch so
their output isn't going to be liquidy, it's not going to
really clog up the pre-filter normally so it allow for more gas to pass through
and that's why they have more holes unfortunately for ileostomy it's that
creates a problem because the output will basically sleep right through those
holes very quickly and it essentially clogs up that filter so on the narrow or
the ileostomy bag that they have there are actually fewer holes in that pre
filter and I'll show you just a little demo here of the before and after with
the two different styles and you can see for yourself that there are quite a few
holes on the one bag and then not too many on the other
now in my experience I've used both the wide outlet in the narrow outlet and
I do find that the filter on the narrow outlet does work a little bit better for
me but I still find that the results are bit inconsistent so I may have
ballooning you know within 24 hours one day and then they may not have
ballooning at all for the next three days with a different pouch so it's a
little hit and miss now a lot of that has to do with again the consistency of
your output whether or not you know it's the filters and a lot of contact with
your output when you're sleeping for examples older couple of variables that
go into it but for me personally I find that the narrow outlet the ileostomy
bag does work better for my ileostomy output now moving just down along the
posts here you'll notice that there's also an inspection window which is a
really cool feature I actually like the inspection Windows traditionally I tend
to use clear pouches and unfortunately can't really we're clear pouches all the
time if you have other people around you because they get grossed out so when I
we're clear pouches I almost always use a pouch cover pouch covers though
they're not as convenient as I'd like them to be all the time so this is a
really good compromise it gives you a nice opaque pouch with that see through
window in case we do need to see what's going on inside your bag now I will
mention that the cloth covering on this is really nice and it is opaque some
other brands that have tried
they kind of have an opaque covering but you can still see at least some
resemblance of still underneath it so it kinda defeats the purpose of having an
opaque poach this covers up the the output very well you really can't tell
what's what's inside there now the filter that the one thing I really don't
like about this filter is the fact that it's so large and bulky and I find that
with the large pre-filter if I want to wear a stoma guard for example it kind
of gets all bunched up and crowded underneath the guard I also found that
pancaking was more of an issue with the pre-filter and it just seemed like
still didn't want to go down because everything was just sold trapped up at
the top because of that filters so some people may or may not experience the
same I know I have I have with the one piece I have with both the two-piece
styles so I know it's inherently an issue with the filter and I've heard
other people say they've had the same experience but you know that's not a
hundred percent of people that are going to have that problem so I just wanted to
mention that that was one of the things that I found was happening more often
now just moving along down to the bottom of the bag here you can tell that cold
plus put a lot of thought into this you see how the bottom of the outlet here is
clear that's actually a good thing obviously when you have the outlet
folded up you won't be able to see the contents of your bag and other people
won't be able to see the contents of your bag but when you're emptying your
pouch I find this really handy to be able to see if I have left many you know
output in here if anything needs to be cleaned especially because I like to
roll up toilet paper and just put it inside the end of the outlet give it a
swirl every time I empty just to make sure it's all clean on the inside so
that's actually really handy in seen that and really glad that they've put it
in there now will compare the wide outlet which is this one here to the
narrow outlet because there are a few distinct feature differences you'll
notice here on the wideout let there's actually these little Velcro tabs now
what that allows you to do is it allows you to keep that open when you go to
open a pouch and it doesn't flap around or anything like that so it actually
makes cleaning a lot easier in my experience and what you have on the
narrow outlet is basically nothing there's there's nothing holding this
down for me personally I don't really like that I I prefer that little velcro
tab there because it does keep things open and I find that I'm fumbling less
with the out lap I'll be honest with you the first few times that I was cleaning
the narrow outlet here with this crappy tab I got my hands dirty and that's
something that rarely happens when I'm cleaning my bag so I know that you know
really did take some getting used to but it really it's something that's
introduced because it doesn't have the velcro to hold it open now for ileostomy
have lot of liquid output or even colostomy that have liquid output you'll
find that the narrow
easier to handle that kind of output if you're a colostomy though are you have
really thick stool then the white outlet is probably gonna work better for you it
just gives you more area to push things through now another thing that color
plus does on their drainable pouches and this is something that I really like is
there's velcro here and velcro on the back here and what that allows you to do is
when you go on a roll up your outlet you can actually secure that piece and
then you can fold it up now when you're pulling it up again Coloplast has
been very thoughtful with this they've put another little velcro tab here just
to keep this outlet from dangling now if you've watched my Hollister new image
review you'll know that I really hate there dangling outlet and you know how
to modify it myself by creating something very similar to what Coloplast
than here so the fact that it's built into the system is actually really good
I really appreciate it and I think a lot of other people will to know about that
little velcro tab that holds the outlet in place
there is actually one in the middle here so if you wanted to you can actually
fold your pouch in half to keep it
compact now some people might prefer to have that for example if they don't have
very frequent output and you know they don't mind having less size to work with
then they can just fold it in half it'll look less apparent under their clothing
and does a really good job to help conceal the appliance now one thing I do
appreciate although there's a large pre-filter on this bag I find that it
doesn't saying this part here doesn't say which is tends to happen a lot when
you have an ostomy bag that's starting to get full and I've had a lot of issues
with Hollister bags sagging like that and I don't notice that already with
this I mean it will pull a little bit but it won't really sag now just taking it
to the back here and this will be an internal also to the wafer is the
mechanical coupling now Coloplast has a mechanical coupling with a locking mechanism
now one of the things that I like about the coupling mechanism on the Coloplast
products is that it actually allows you to freely rotate your pouch now why
would you want to do that well some people like myself actually sometimes
prefer to have the pouch horizontally or even sometimes diagonally if you're
wearing certain accessories so for example if you're wearing a special
support belt sometimes they actually require you to have your pouch
horizontally and this will allow you to freely do that and then you just
basically like it back in place that's actually really cool idea it does add a
slight amount of bulk to the whole appliance system but it's not enough to to be a
deal breaker in this case so this coupling mechanism hooks up to this
wafer to wafer is another star of the show for the SenSura Mio this way for a
very very flexible and pliable unlike the traditional x-pro wafers that I've
been used to at least coming out of surgery this one here does not have
sharp edges which is a problem that I was
having on some of the other Coloplast appliances and it really contours well to
different body shapes so if you're the type of person for example that might
have a hernia or you might be a bit overweight or have some uneven folds
around your stoma this will help to mold properly against your skin and keep
things in place now I found this to be quite comfortable wafer I didn't
experience any kind of peeling or anything but I would normally expect out
of product like this one without a border but you know with showers the
edges capped nice and dry it didn't actually one shopper wrinkle or peel or
anything like that so I'm actually really impressed by that now the way for
does have these loops here to put an accessory belt now unfortunately you
can't use just a standard accessory belt because there are four loops you have to
get one specifically designed for the sensor meal click so I mean that's not a
big deal if your user of this type of product accessory belts are usually
about 15 bucks and they actually do a really great job to keep everything in
place and I will know however that unlike on some other products where the
belt tabs may be on the bay these are actually on the wafer now the reason
again is going back to the locking mechanism that Coloplast has on here
this is very secure it will never pull off if you've properly locked it i mean
NEVER
you'll probably end up ripping off your way for before the bag comes off so
that's again to offer more support to the wafer and it makes it feel less
heavy when you know your purchase filling up so in my experience I tend to
get about three days with most appliances before I decide that I need
to change it for one reason or another I found that with the Coloplast SenSura Mio
two-piece I actually found that it did a really great job in getting me to
that three days and it never once leaked on me and I've been wearing these for
close to two months now and it very very rarely leaks on me actually should say
it never leaves home me very minimal corrosion on the
her and I always inspect the back of my way for every time I change my appliance
and one of the things I found with the one piece was that I was getting more
leaks then than I would normally expect more erosion that I would normally
expect but this is completely different I don't know if it's because there's a
new formulation of the adhesive I have no idea I don't know if it's because
it's just a two piece and I tend to have better luck with two-piece systems but
you know from my experience this seems to be a very durable wafer for at least
those three days and I know a lot of people go beyond three days and I don't
think you'll have any problems with that I also find that the wafer is super
super skin friendly I haven't used any accessories like barrier rings or
anything like that when I've been wearing these and my skin has been
healing and looking good and I actually have the same experience with the
one-piece system so when I got my hands on the two-piece I was actually really
excited to see because I actually went I actually went into the two-piece system
with a bit of skin erosion and was really nice to see that things healed up
things are consistently looking better and my skin really thinks this appliance
for that now one thing I do want to point out in this is a huge
disappointment for me personally is that the Coloplast SenSura Mio wafers do
contain gelatin which is an animal by-products so if you're the type of
person that avoids animal ingredients weather for religious release reasons or
because you're vegan then you may not be too happy to hear about that
unfortunately sorry guys that's just how things go now hopefully and maybe you
guys can help push Coloplast you get them to change the ingredients least
slightly and replaced by gelatin but I know for myself that becomes a little
bit of a problem and if I you know having alternative to wearing it then I
will anyway I thought I would just mentioned that for you so I hope you
guys like this review overall I think the Coloplast SenSura Mio click two
piece system is a really great appliance
Coloplast has gone above and beyond
you know what most manufacturers tend to do and they they seem to be listening to
patients there's a lot of features in here that I know you wouldn't really
appreciate unless you're an ostomate I do really value the fact that they've
done that if you've tried the Coloplast SenSura Mio one piece and you didn't have
much luck with that I would suggest trying the two-piece I think you're
gonna be pleasantly surprised and also if you're used to using the wide out let
Mio's I would suggest trying the narrow and see if perhaps the filter
works better for you or see if that style about that works better for you
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