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by oakmont
Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:00 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie needs help installing filters on Remstar classic auto
Replies: 4
Views: 3926

Re:

Easy way to remember order to install filters. It is very logical. Room air has many particulates large and small floating around in it. The gross filter (black foam) will only take out the biggest as it is very porus. You can see that just by looking at it. The (white) fine filter will take out th...
by oakmont
Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hose Management
Replies: 5
Views: 957

thanks for the great links!

I just ordered off ebay the Zenith which was the first picture you posted

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0268902684
by oakmont
Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:40 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Liberty Elbow Replacement Price Disparity
Replies: 5
Views: 963

Liberty Elbow Replacement Price Disparity

So the elbow on my liberty developed a small crack in it preventing it from holding on to the mask frame assembly. I googled and saw this little piece of plastic was 34.95 on most sites but found one where it was only 13.95 on mysleepapnea.com has anyone used mysleepapnea.com before? I cant believe ...
by oakmont
Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:20 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Trying to adjust to the Liberty....
Replies: 40
Views: 13181

i love my liberty. I found that once I switched from the small to the large mouth piece that my DME originally gave me, it was NIGHT and DAY. You need to also play around with the correct size nasal pillows. I use the large mouth piece with medium nasal pillows. Also, make sure the nasal pillows are...
by oakmont
Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:14 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hose Management
Replies: 5
Views: 957

Hose Management

I've seen 2 products, the Hose Buddy and the Knight Stand. The hose buddy looks very flimsy for 60 dollars and the zero documentation on the knightstand.com website makes me leary... Has anyone found a sturdy, quality product (price isnt issue with my health) that you are using to keep your hoses fr...
by oakmont
Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Microsoft no longer sells Windows XP
Replies: 45
Views: 4668

Im running Vista 64bit and absolutely love it... rock solid... office 2007 is an extraordinary office suite well designed and intuitive. I thought I'd never leave XP but Vista truly works great and the security is excellent
by oakmont
Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPap Auto Going Crazy
Replies: 4
Views: 1476

BiPap Auto Going Crazy

I've been successfully doing my cpap for a little under a month.. I have close to 100 hours on my machine. Currently i believe the device is programmed with a max pressure of 20 and min of 4. Recently, Ive been awakened (2 nites now) with the machine pumping the max 20 pressure in inhale and 15 on e...
by oakmont
Fri May 30, 2008 8:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New with loads of questions
Replies: 10
Views: 1967

my sleep study had me use a mirage quattro which i hated due to the device interfering with my field of view.. i had terrible claustrophobia wearing it... I did alot of research and decided to ask my dme when they set me up to give me a hybrid style which was the ResMed Liberty... It has the nasal p...
by oakmont
Fri May 30, 2008 8:03 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Love my CPAP!
Replies: 5
Views: 1681

I know exactly what you mean! I actually look forward to going to be because I know that I will actually get sleep for once! I've only been on CPAP for about a month but its made a noticable difference. I'm on a 17 pressure and recently switched to a BiPap Auto from a CPAP C/Flex model... the funny ...
by oakmont
Fri May 30, 2008 8:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth Breathing.. what are you trying to avoid?
Replies: 10
Views: 1950

i use the resmed liberty and recently i got my dme to give me the large size (they originally fitted me with the small) and that made a HUGE difference.. i've had it 2 days now and for the past 2 nights have been leak free the whole nite.. it sounds like your mask was too small for you

by oakmont
Fri May 30, 2008 7:55 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: how to get rid of new plastic smell in mask?!?!
Replies: 7
Views: 13551

i know what you mean about the plastic smell... I normally use a ResMed liberty which has no smell whatsoever and got my DME to give me a Hybrid brand mask to trial... the plastic smell really was too much... i do hear that if you leave them to air out the smell will dissipate because theyve been ba...