Giving a basic brand helps. Do you have pets, allergies? Do you live in an arctic wasteland or next to a pollen research lab? Some people go years without replacing filters but I replace them every 2 weeks. The filters are mostly there to protect the machine but if they get full of dust, mold can gr...

The new split systems make 6 watts of heat for every watt of electricity giving them a COP of 6. I'd have to see the tech data sheets to believe it's that high. More likely COP at best is 3 to 4, and then it depends on the temperature difference between the source and load. The smaller systems are ...

No, they don't save money. The best heaters are either piped in natural gas or what the rest of the wold calls "split air conditioners" I have a Sharp unit in my bedroom and it takes about 45 Watts on average with bursts to 85W when it needs to cool or heat. http://www.sharp-world.com/products/minis...

I have had a Resmed S9 with the Swift FX headgear. I have used distilled water and clean it with hot tap water and J&J Baby Shampoo. I want to give it a deeper clean. Not just the lines and the humidifier, but I would love to clean the accumulated dust out of the air pump part and disinfect not jus...

The bigger the mask, the less likely it will fit most people properly. A proper fitting mask will seal with just a small pressure. Take pen and hold it in a finger and thumb below you chin and press the other end on your nose/mask. That is the type of pressure you need for a good fit for a proper fi...

I was having problems with a demo mask but I used a different brands headgear with it and the problem went away. I now use a resmed mask with F&P headgear.

...pure high grade oxygen is extremely flammable and even explosive. Eric Simply not true. The atmosphere is about 21% Oxygen and if it were flammable, we'd all have burned up long ago. Oxygen is not a fuel but is necessary for some fuels in order to support combustion. It is an oxidizer and when p...

There is some 3rd party software that can be loaded on some of the cards that might work for this but that requires something on the receiving end to mirror the sd card and cope with the fact that it is in a state of flux at all times. I don't think any current solutions will work but I could see sl...

Hi all, no I'm not schizophrenic or a troll. Nor desperate. I'm curious of me and would love to know how things work . Those of you who commented negatively on this thread does not need to follow the thread more because I will develop my argument more . But other curious can hang on and I will be h...

If your have pets and don't have a working filter, tape a bit of tissue paper over the hole to help keep the pet hair out of the motor.

It would be nice if Resmed would come up with a decent filter design. The one on their s9 isn't very good and the filters tend to leak.

WHY can one not connect CPAP to Sine wave apc smart ups? (or laser printers for that matter) explain the prohibition of certain devices Where did you get the idea that CPAP won't connect to Sine wave APC smart UPS's? The CPAP machine should be happy with it. As for laser printers, I'd need a refere...

A doctor at St Vincent's hospital in Melbourne Australia has been doing research on arterial flexibility and its relationship to sleep apnea.

Look at what the pump is sucking up? Is it near the floor or where a pet sleeps? The next step is change the water in your tank daily and dump out the old water in the morning to give the tank time to try out. Try distilled water or a different brand. Rinse the hose daily in the morning and at night...

...pure high grade oxygen is extremely flammable and even explosive. Eric Simply not true. The atmosphere is about 21% Oxygen and if it were flammable, we'd all have burned up long ago. Oxygen is not a fuel but is necessary for some fuels in order to support combustion. It is an oxidizer and when p...

I don't think the S9 power supply would care about the input from the worst inverter/UPS/generator you can find. I have inverters that are close to 98% efficient but many are closer to 50% at the loads of a S9 without the humidifier or heater on. Too bad the S9 needs a signal from the power supply t...