Hi SleepyGeorge,

I use to freak out when I had the mask on and the air start flowing. What I found is that if I started to exhale thru the nose when I sensed air flow, it wasn't so bad. Just a thought. Hang in there.

Stan

[quote="Sleepless on LI"]I recently had switched gears from straight cpap to auto to see how things would go. I blamed slightly higher AHI's and feeling tired to that fact and just figured straight cpap worked best for me. Hi Sleepless, Thanks for your response about large leaks. I'm still thinking ...

[quote="fnorette"]In my case, a low leak rate means less awakening for me and my spouse at odd hours of the night .
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Hi fnorette,

My snoring use to rock the house. My wife is happy to deal with a little sound of air. Maybe it reminds her of the outdoors camping

Stan

Lg leak: 306 min "Large leak" reflects a condition for which your machine may not properly compensate. Even though your data appears good at first glance, that 306 minutes of "large leak" is actually 306 minutes of potentially skewed data and therefore 306 minutes of potentially skewed treatment! H...

I look forward to giving it a try in the next few weeks. Anyway, thanks again everyone! Jackie _______________ Hey Jackie...why wait a few weeks. Why not do a test drive at home by running the machine for 4 or 8 hrs or the # of hrs you usually sleep when camping and see how far your battery drains. ...

Mr_Treehorn,

Check this site out. The PowerFLEX panel may be ideal for camping...
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/ces20044.htm. Follow the links for more info.

Stan

Here's a good site on Battery Tutorial http://batterystuff.com/tutorial_battery.html?PHPSESSID=0f11293c59d12acc4f126ef67b5bd1e1#4. You may also want to consider getting a solor panal for charging the battery. They're fairly small and some come with overcharging protection. Check this site http://www...

Hi again,

Can someone please help me understand why having a low leak rate is important if treatment looks ok. I keep reading that one should try to achieve a low rate, but haven't read why. See my last post.

Thanks in advance,

Stan

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum, but have been reading it for the past month with great interest. I'm also interested in the Leak readings I get with Encore pro software. My questions are - How important is it to obtain a zero or low large leak reading? What about leaks in general? Can you obtain ...