Welcome to Product Challenge 9. We are fresh off our APAP challenge and ready for more. This time we're pitting Chinstrap against Chinstrap. Respironics Premium vs. ResMed Sullivan.
Why have we chosen to follow the epic APAP battle with Chinstraps? One has only to visit CPAPtalk threads to know the reasons:
1. Quoting -SWS from this thread:
2.Who has any data on chinstraps? CPAP.com star ratings represent the most comprehensive data collection on the planet. Not good enough!-SWS wrote:But back when that product challenge was originally launched, it left an impression on me along the lines of: "Who'd a ever thunk to have a CPAP tubing product challenge of all things...?"
Of course, it makes a lot of sense since tubing is such a crucial component.
3. CPAP.com sells a lot of them, which means there is interest and usage.
4. A lot of the designs we see baffle us. Frankly, they don't look very effective or comfortable. We need the help of CPAP users to turn mere opinions into actionable data.
5. Less is more with CPAP masks and if we could get some super effective chinstraps on the market, maybe less people would be forced down the full face path involuntarily.
Plus, It is ResMed vs. Respironics; that's gotta be good!
Here's where to sign up for Product Challenge 9 participant consideration:
Product Challenge 9 Enrollment
Those who take the time to enroll in the product challenges, but who are not selected, will be given a thank you in the form of a Sullivan Chinstrap discount code. The code will be valid two weeks after the results are released, which will give everyone the chance to review results.
My sincere thanks to the CPAPtalk community for supporting this push to improve the quality of products and freedom of information for CPAP users everywhere. Product Challenges are to CPAPtalk what voting is to democracy. Use your power, enroll for free goodies!
Johnny