Dear Apney, I recently replaced my old unit. I have a bunch of old masks, tubes, unheated humidifier and a long black velcro thing to tie your mouth shut. Can I recycle these? The old CPAP unit sounds like a vacuum cleaner, and the masks have a charming habit of burping on every breath. I was thinki...

I live on the east coast. I find that although the humidifier is only mildly beneficial during our humid summers. The real need is in the winter when the humidity in the house is 40% or lower. If one lived in the desert southwest, the humidifier would probably be a year round necessity. As far as ha...

One thing though, the 420e was fairly loud when I exhaled, Stacy was noting that it was whistling when I exhaled? Very quiet when I inhaled though. As well, the swift mask seemed quieter with the 420e over the Remstar. I found that to be very interesting. Of course, all observations are subjective,...

We are a little off topic here. Most people who read this thread are interested in how much it is going to cost to live with CPAP. How often should the masks be replaced?... So please keep posting that kind of information. Now to the topic of all that money. We are seeing the result of bureaucracy b...

My old CPAP unit died. I went looking for a replacement. American Home Patient only offered to provide me with the minimal CPAP unit (brand and model not specified) for "about" $1,500. I went looking on the internet. I found cpap.com on the internet. Once I understood the options, the decision was t...