Bill, That kind of evening will certainly make your second guess your machine. I have noticed on a few occasions that my machine seems to be spitting air every so lightly. Since I'm in straight BiPAP at the moment, I have actually sat up in bed and looked at my machine and noted it's on 16 iPAP, but...

I've been phasing in my ResMed Swift Nasal Pillows for the past two nights. Originally, it felt like it was going to be impossible to use with 16 cm H2O, but I keep adding more and more time to my track record. I started with < 2 hours per night on the nasal pillows at which time I switched back to ...

The FlexiFit 431 has three pieces from your humidifer to your mask. 1. The hose 2. The vent valve 3. The elbow connector between the vent valve and the bulk of your mask Incidentally, the vent valve and the elbow connector should all be detached from the mask and cleaned periodically as well as the ...

I have been VERY PLEASED with my Respironics BiPAP Auto with Bi-Flex. I think it's going to be the best of both worlds. My currently AHI is 50.5 with a 16 cm H2O iPAP and 12 cm H2O ePAP. The part of your initial post that stands out in my mind is your exhale concerns. PLEASE note that C-Flex is not ...

Luis, Did you have a DME configure your equipment or are you configuring it yourself? The 4-20 cm H2O range you listed is common for a lot of CPAP equipment. However, you typically set a scale in the "ballpark" of your last titration study at a sleep lab or based on analysis of your our therapy thro...

Tom,

Do you have any idea how I can get this algae eater back out of my humidifier?

Hehe

I have found living in a small town with VERY limited DME options, that .. and pay close attention here .. Items the DME doesn't have in stock are MAGICALLY things your insurance doesn't cover If you compare pricing on CPAP vs. APAP there's not much difference. I could see an insurance company deman...

Ok, ok ... I'll start washing it everyday then but I won't like and you can't make me like it even though you can convince me to do it

Seriously, these are great points and I'm going to step up my "maintenance!"

Thanks again!

The PAP machines are prescription-based. Even CPAP.com requires a prescription within 1-year before selling/shipping C/A/Bi/PAPs. I have an older PAP system promised to a member of our forums, but I spoke with an attorney the other evening about shipping the equipment and they recommended that I hav...

This is an interesting formula and is exactly where my PAP setting was configured in 1999 @ 8cm H2O. Height = 6'7", Weight = 280, BMI = 31.5, Neck = 18 inches or 45.72 cm, AHI=50.5, so 1. Pressure = -5.12 + (0.13*31.5) + (0.16*45.72) + (0.04*50.5) 2. Pressure = -5.12 + (4.095) + (7.3152) + (2.02) 3....

I almost forgot to mention... for MEN Women tend to wash their faces nightly before bed to remove makeup. Men tend to be hassled into brushing their teeth and then going on to bed without washing their faces I use a little neutrogena (sic?) facial soap mild every night to clean/wash my face and it M...

Let's face the truth here with cleaning a full face mask. We all know we should probably come close to following the manufacturer's advice on how to clean "their" product. If you really want to see how, watch this video https://www.cpap.com/downloadVideo.php?VGID=41 However, we also know that most o...

The advice that helped me most was simple yet POWERFUL for overcoming my anxiety or "rage against the machine." This sounds too good to be true but give it a try. 1. Go to bed at 10 PM 2. Turn on the lights in the bedroom 3. Turn on the TV 4. Turn on your machine and hit the ramp feature to reduce y...

After two failed compliance attempts on CPAP (once in 1999 and again in early 2006), my doctor prescribed BiPAP technology. My titration study was at 14, 16 and 18 with pretty good results at both 16 and 18, but higher efficiency during sleep at 16 cm H2O. This mornings results for the past 14 days ...

I thought I'd trim the fat from the address and grab a good copy of the manual for my BiPAP.

Check this out - http://global.respironics.com/UserGuides/

You can download pretty much any Respironics user guide