I have phoned the clinic today and spoken directly to the specialist. I didn't have to say very much about anynything really, apart from announce who I was and to express that I was having terrible trouble trying to use the Elite. She immediately said that she would order an Autoset machine without ...

Set the Y axis scale so that the recorded pressures for each graph change? That doesn't make much sense. Scaling of the graph should not affect what numbers were recorded and the numbers displayed at a particular time index when viewed at the cursor position. Are you suggesting that scaling the grap...

(I assume the mask pressure is a little lower due to the constant leakage from the front holes in the mask?) No, the venting is compensated for, pressure delivery at the mask is very accurate, if you have hose type and mask type set properly. So please explain to me, why am I seeing a lower "Mask P...

It sure looks like it is doing well with a range, keeping the ahi low. And it clearly has spikes showing that you don't need the higher pressure all the time. I think most doctors who appreciate auto machines would see this is a perfect example of when to use one. If you don't manage toget it from ...

1)ramps for about 35 minutes to my auto sensed starting pressure of around 6 to 7, even though the machine is set for the full range of 4 to 20. I may even have been awake for up to an hour or so, just trying to relaxing. The machine is set for 5-20, Yes, I noticed this only after your reply here. ...

Just a quick update. So here's a two typical night's sleep, taken from this week moving back to an S9 Autoset temporarily. Every night is pretty much the same ranging anywhere from 6.5 or so to 16 and the points at which they change are obvious. Bear in mind that I have other conditions that affect ...

Thanks for that Rick. I'll be taking my S9 SD card backup with me when I take this Elite piece of crap back. There's no point in me having it here because it's useless to me. It's as was suggested, bad therapy is just as good as no therapy at all. I'm now set up with a friends backup S9 autoset and ...

Hi Blazing_Black_Beard , I've been out all day, so I've only just caught this. (Thanks for the flag, Pugsy ). I've read through what you posted, and I hoped I've got your story correct. You are not a newcomer to sleep apnea treatment. In fact, six years ago, your GP sent you to a near or relatively...

Fixed cpap pressures will work for a lot of people if they don't have things happen during the night where pressure needs can vary much. Sleeping position will cause pressure needs to change in a lot of people. Like it's quite common to need more pressure when we are on our backs when compared to w...

The point is that autos can do plain cpap mode, but cpaps won't do auto, so why not insist on the options of auto if you have the choice? The hospital told me that their normal course of action was to review the numbers they see on the autoset pressure graphs after a 3 week trial on the autoset mac...

Thanks for that. Another question I have, is it normal for someone who's been on an autoset machine, then switched to cpap randomly, to have these constant issues that require moving back to autoset?

This is in the UK on the NHS so no insurance is involved. The local area clinic is run by the NHS at the local hospital but these clinics are administered a little differently up and down the country. The machines are given out on a case by case basis and I was told that if I required an autoset tha...

I get it all the time with mine. Lucky it is also a beard that can be quickly washed like Enigmas'.

I've recently been referred to another sleep clinic in the local area after being discharged from the clinic I attended in my previous town. Unfortunately I have been given a constant pressure machine when I have previously been told at the old sleep clinic that an autoset was appropriate. On lookin...