For all of the UPS devices in my home I not only needed to unplug them to take them to my workbench, but the batteries needed to be disconnected and removed to open the case. Your warning is well taken though, when working on any electrical device. Make certain it is rendered safe before opening it ...

I use a UPS device like you would use for a personal computer. It is good for about half an hour at best. It works fine for those momentary power outages that happen more often than most of us would like. Most of these UPS's beep when the power goes out. I am familiar with electronics and actually w...

OK, I'm a guy so I don't have all of the same issues that you do. I do however use the same mask, and find the hose pointed towards my feet to be a bit of a problem. My solution was to purchase a "Hose Buddy" hose suspension system. It is not the cheapest way to solve the problem, but it certainly w...

I recently got a hose buddy hose suspension system. Many of the posts I read about this item gave me concern about possible damage to the headboard by the metal hose buddy. I purchased one length of 1/4 inch pipe insulation. this is the black foam tube style of insulation. There are two types, one i...

Well, I use my CPAP on the plane often, so I will take a stab at your questions. 1 On the plane they won't care about medical clearances (prescription). 2 I guess it could be a factor, but the air crew has never asked me for any sort of certificates for my machine. 3 I use a small battery that I pur...

Look, you can find a study to prove ANYTHING. I am not trying to say that driving a Prius is cleaner in every possible way. Heck, driving any automobile is far more polluting than walking. But, in one way that is easy to describe the Prius is cleaner than almost any other car, and that way is tail p...

Laugh all you want. My wife has tracked the fuel costs, and about 3000 miles ago we broke even on the higher price of the car versus fuel savings. Plus the factor that the car makes far less pollutants than other cars makes us feel better about owning it. But, you are entitled to your opinion, just ...

Several weeks ago I found myself needing to drive home from work late at night for a couple of weeks. The drive was two hours and there were a few times I pulled into a rest stop to catch some sleep. I do own and was driving my Toyota Prius. Since I knew I could easily find myself too tired to drive...

When I was in college I got 3 one hour naps and a single two hour nap in a five day period. No drugs, coffee, or any other ingested anything. Just lots of focused work. At the end of it I was toast! Fortunately I did not need to do any driving or similarly dangerous activities during the entire time...

I will also chime in and say that you should just get started with the on-line options that are available to you. A good local DME is worth spending money on, but unfortunately that is probably not what you are looking at. If you have already "spent" the $400 mentally and don't need it to pay other ...

Oh yeah, this thing is definitely a mouthpiece from either a regulator or snorkel used in SCUBA diving. This is just another gimmick! Sleep apnea is a blocking of the airway in your throat. This thing will most likely not help at all, it might even make things worse. The filter stuff does look like ...

My experience has been that some airlines allow the use of my battery powered CPAP while others do not. Below is my experience in the last couple of months. It can change depending of the flight crew, so your experiences may be different. Recent airlines that have NOT allowed my to use CPAP... Unite...

I often use my CPAP machine on an airplane. Mine is a Respironics M series with a battery from CPAP.com. The machine is reasonably compact, and with the battery I can get better than one night of use plus a few extra hours here and there. One often overlooked feature of the M series machines is that...

I wear my mask in the departure lounge at the airport, on the plane (when the airlines permit it), and any other time I am taking a planned nap, regardless of who may see me. If I want to get quality sleep I need to wear my mask, period. I could care less what either strangers or co-workers opinion ...

Could you write some software that would take the individual file or files and combine them in to some sort of unified archive file that your software would then use? If they won't provide you with the database like Pro, just make one yourself in a format that works well for your software.

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