I would be interested to know why you "can't use nose pillows". My first year on a CPAP was spent using a mask and it was miserable. I changed suppliers and the new one suggested I try a nose pillow style system. I WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO A NASAL MASK!

I too have done more testing as well. I connected my multi-meter in series with the 12V cord to eliminate any loss through the power brick. My meter reads directly in amps to 2 decimals. The results are approximate because the load changes constantly. I tested my machine both with and without the hu...

Very Interesting! Yes, it is entirely possible there was more power left in the battery, the 50% number just came from the intial reading off the charger's meter. The "Kill-A-Watt" meter showed .25kW used in 8 hours (or 32.25 watts/hr) with the 120V power supply. 32.5 watts/12V = 2.7 amps X 8 hours ...

I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and many of my friends have camps with no electricity. Being a deer hunter and also a CPAP user I needed to find a solution so I could continue to hunt. I’ve read lots of posts here that talk about various options for running a CPAP machine on battery power,...

Has anyone else rented their CPAP machine from APRIA Healthcare? What have you expereinced with regard to their billing and accounting?

I did contact my supplier and they replaced my machine.

I have been using a Respironics System One CPAP machine every night for about 10 months. A while ago it began to intermittently not start immediately upon having the start button pushed - sometimes it does stat immediately other times it seems to have to go through one to 3 "cycles" and then it star...