I have read some of this thread but it is quite long. I have not read it all so if I am repeating previously given advice I apologize in advance. Has anyone suggested an oral mask? http://www.cpapxchange.com/HC452-oracle-cpap-mask.html It would completely take the nasal passage out of the equation. ...

DreamStalker If it gets mold in it ... you will smell it. At that point, just replace it. I'm all about not cleaning my hose. Sometimes I go a couple of weeks or three without cleaning it and I can never tell a difference anyway. I suppose it goes without saying that the heated hose is not necessary...

I figured I would not need a humidifier. But I thought that cleaning your hose was important. I've been feeling guilty because I only clean mine once a week.

Thanks for the input.

BTW nice avatar Not Fade.

I think my wife and I will soon have firm offers for jobs in Bermuda. Sweet! But I was reading a "expat in Bermuda" blog and on the blog was a "10 things you need to know before you move to Bermuda" post. In that post he makes much of how green mold grows everywhere because of the humidity. This is ...

Thanks for all the good feedback and I'm glad to see maybe some others are looking in and taking advantage of the good information left here. I think that because of you guys it is a great thread. I know it has helped me and I hope others. I think I am in a pretty good place right now and as some ha...

Based on some input here I decided to lower my max pressure some. The higher pressure usually wakes me up as does too low of pressure. So last night I was set at 8 - 11. I slept almost 9 hours with pretty good AHI numbers and I feel like superman this morning. But...... My pressures are pegged again...

munkyBeatz First I want to thank you for taking the time to give your input. It is obvious you have a lot of concern that the folks here not go off in the wrong direction or give/get bad advice. A little background. I can not get insurance coverage for SA until December (my fault/long story). After ...

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I got my SP02 working. I had some old drivers for the USB port that I had to uninstall. Uninstalled all of the drivers, started over installing SP Assistant 2.2. Followed your sequence and everything is working.

Thanks.

I don't know if the information that Kevin has about the software will help you but you might take a look here to see if you are missing something to make the pulse ox work. Sometimes it is tricky as you have found out. http://www.pulseoxstore.com/Manuals-Downloads.html Thanks Pugsy. I will look in...

My 2 cents..... In the Denver market your machine would sell on Craigslist for $600 and probably not take more than a week, 2 at the most. The Bricks, like the ResMed Escape series, sell for $200 to $250 all day long. The better stuff like you have doesn't come up very often so when it does it sells...

......So I bought, for just $87, a recording oximeter. This little device lets you make a 24 hour recording of both your pulse rate and oxygen levels. Plus, it comes with its own software that plots this info on GRAPHS...... That is excellent advice kerriberri. My wife is a cardiac nurse so she was...

You may be one who is disturbed by changing pressures and would do better with a very narrow range,maybe 8-12 or even straight cpap once you get your "sweet spot" dialed in. Thanks for that DoriC. I have been thinking the same thing about a narrow range or even possibly CPAP. I am learning a lot an...

Thanks Todzo. That makes sense. Any time I wake up at night it is always when the pressures is high. Maybe I'll try lowering the high limit a little too.
Thanks for the input.

I slept pretty well. 4 is a little stifling for me too. I would probably up the low range to about 7. Before it was set at 12-15. Over 15 and I rip the mask of and throw out in the corner. If the wide range isn't a problem of some kind I could go with 7 - 15.

Thanks.

Hey Been gone a while. Hope your all still out there. I've been tweaking a lot of stuff, but on the whole doing pretty good so far. But now I have a question. I was setting my APAP range from about 12 to 15. after some tweaking. But I was curious what would happen if I set wide open (almost). So I s...