Unrelated to CPAP settings, studies of DST have shown in a modern, high tech world there's negligible energy saving from it. The idea is that by shifting daylight to the evening hours in the summer, less energy is used in the home - meaning lighting and small appliances. If you're home, you'll use t...

I fail to understand the uproar. From a functional standpoint, nothing has changed. They're not taking away the wonderful data access and display options by "dumbing it down" in pink. It's the same S9 AutoSet so many know and love. The benefit? Added consumer choice. While many couldn't care less ab...

I buy 1 Gallon (US) jugs from Target for 84 cents. I could probably find them for less. And since I hate the heated function so far (admittedly only been using a CPAP for just over 2 weeks in Arizona), the passive humidity is fine and the tank stays full enough over two nights. Therefore a gallon ea...

Off topic posts should not be banned but put into their own forum topic. Which brings up the point: Why isn't this forum organized into categorized subforums like most forums and internet message boards? Perhaps - New CPAP/BiPAP/APAP Users, Masks, Machines, Software and Off-Topic Discussion? And sor...

Climate control is turned on when you install the climate control hose and ( looking from the front) twist it counter clockwise. Then the screen will say climate control is on. You then can only set the temperature. That can be turned off so that humidity and temperature can be controlled separatel...

Oh good. The spammer's posts were deleted.

I was not aware this forum had become a theological discussion board. I'm not Christian. Was not born so, nor raised so, nor have any interest in being so. I do not come here to be told to believe in any respective deity. I sincerely doubt doing so will restore my ototoxic hearing loss nor my family...

Sorry to thread-jack, but I hate the dry mouth problem and I use a full mask. Doesn't seem to change regardless of humidity level. Off-topic, I need to figure out what specialist to go see about my sinuses. I always have some level of blockage, day or night. Worse at night - tried a nasal mask in th...

For sanity's sake just to make sure, this is a standard hose with rubber pieces on the ends right? Looks like that? https://www.cpap.com/productpage/respironics-pure-white-6-foot-performance-cpap-bipap-tubing.html Correct. I did not have the junk disposable hose. EDIT: If you end up with a resmed, ...

For anyone who does not know: You have the right to have any TSO (Trans. Security Officer) change his or her gloves - and have them take fresh ones from the box, not their pocket. This applies to any hand search they perform, not just of personal medical equipment. You have no idea who or what they'...

We can agree to disagree on the hose teaching / showing issue. Frankly I'm of the belief that certain things appearing to be common sense (connecting/reconnecting a basic hose) shouldn't need a hand-holding. I do know I should have done my research first. I happen to be a techie IT Sys Admin and a v...

Swapping for a ResMed S9.

The only "upcharge" is going to be $20 or so for replacement tubing. I'm ok with this since technically I ripped the hose. I can't say with certainty I was gripping only the rubber connector and not the hose itself (at least partially so) when disconnecting it.

Thanks for all the support. Just FYI - I misstated the unit I have by mistake. It is at least the SleepEasy 2 - it does have a Flex mode, plus Ramp as well. But you're all obviously correct in that it has no efficacy data. I did manage to use it - once I got over my frustration my problem solving br...

There are so many choices, I'm not even certain what machine I should hope to acquire. Does anyone really need "top of the line" systems? The way this whole thing has worked out has irritated me. I've yet to actually be told much about my problem. The sleep center sent the script directly to the DME...

I was given a Respironics SleepEasy (I'm somewhat annoyed to learn it's basically barebones - cheap insurance weasels, or rather profit-hungry DME) and a Quattro FX. Did the demo in the DME, had no issues but I didn't do any of the hookups or button pressing. I simply watched and learned. I was so e...