Frankly I am amazed at the level of stubborn ignorance in this thread over such a simple topic. Many of the responses here defy logic.

But, I also think it's irresponsible to tell a CPAP newbie not to clean their hose. It's simple, costs almost nothing, and prevents some ugly illnesses. Cleaning the hose prevents some ugly illnesses? I only clean mine once a month. Which ugly illnesses am I in danger of? Please provide citations. ...

chunkyfrog wrote: This is the only way I have ever managed to DAMAGE a hose or cushion!
Sorry, folks, I prefer NOT to enrich the DME coffers.

So now we're not supposed to clean the cushion either?

That's not conventional wisdom. It's corporate wisdom, heavily influenced by corporate lawyers who are paid to help prevent lawsuits by money-grubbing idiots. Apparently some of the tinfoil hat types here have trouble with the term "conventional wisdom". Fine, call it common sense then. Even withou...

Julie wrote:More plastic than fish in the sea by 2050

I, for one, dump all my used CPAP hoses in the ocean as a sacrifice to the gods of sleep.

All this talk of choosing to not clean hoses sounds just like the anti-vax arguments.

Conventional wisdom says when you don't clean the hose there is no reason to hang it anywhere. No, that's not the conventional wisdom. Some people choose not to clean the hose, but this is a risk. Perhaps it's not a huge risk, but just from a practical standpoint, the risk is non-zero. That hose is...

I recently had an EGD and colonoscopy and had many of the same concerns. I was told that light sedation would be used and that there would be no need for CPAP during the procedure because I would still be marginally awake. However, they did say that I might be more comfortable on CPAP while recoveri...

I'm on BiPap at 14/18 with no ramp or auto-titration but Sleepyhead 1.0.0 beta 2 is showing astronomically incorrect numbers for pressure. I have years of data showing the correct numbers, 14-18, but in the last month 10 days have shown like this: http://i.imgur.com/gP6fIIK.png http://i.imgur.com/vE...

Thanks for the tip. That wireless card looks interesting. From the videos it appears that the wireless transfer could benefit from a command line auto import.

Is there a way to have Sleepyhead initiate the SD card import when Sleepyhead is started? I'm looking to automate the SD card import. When the SD card is inserted, Windows Autoplay can launch Sleepyhead using a program called Default Programs Editor . The next step, starting the import, requires a c...

This forum has been great in helping me learn about all things cpap, so I want to share this trick for the ResMed software. It appears that the software has difficulty with downloading data multiple times within the same day. When I awoke early this morning I was thrilled to see that I'd had a few h...