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by Grumpy48
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:41 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ResMed Bacterial Filters
Replies: 4
Views: 809

Re: ResMed Bacterial Filters

You've already been convinced you don't need a filter, but just one more thing to note is that if a heated hose were to be used, the filter would need to be attached at the mask end of the hose which adds to the bulk of the mask and may be a bit awkward rolling side to side. A filter at the machine ...
by Grumpy48
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:15 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: When to end CPAP
Replies: 6
Views: 1009

Re: When to end CPAP

Get yourself an O2Ring. Use it for a week while using CPAP and look at the O2 saturation data using the software. Then try a week or even just a couple nights without CPAP and look at your O2 saturation data. The first graph below is before I started CPAP and what convinced my doctor to schedule a s...
by Grumpy48
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continued use of recalled Philips Dreamstation BiPAP AVAPS machine
Replies: 55
Views: 15882

Re: Continued use of recalled Philips Dreamstation BiPAP AVAPS machine

In case no one has posted this. I would recommend using an in-line filter with your BI-PAP/CPAP machine. It's what my doctors recommended until my recalled machine came in. I continue to use them with the new replacement https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M6S9YHJ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_3?pd_rd_i=B07M6S9YHJ&p...
by Grumpy48
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continued use of recalled Philips Dreamstation BiPAP AVAPS machine
Replies: 55
Views: 15882

Re: Continued use of recalled Philips Dreamstation BiPAP AVAPS machine

At a guess I think, using WiFi via the internet might pose a security risk. For Resmed or any other CPAP company, and authorized healtcare professional that needs access to settings or firmware updates, the internet firewall at the users location would need to allow open access to the machine. That ...
by Grumpy48
Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continued use of recalled Philips Dreamstation BiPAP AVAPS machine
Replies: 55
Views: 15882

Re: Continued use of recalled Philips Dreamstation BiPAP AVAPS machine

No...the machine doesn't use wifi to phone home to report data. It uses the cellular modem in the machine. WiFi is local...like so you can use your cell phone to view MyAir data that it has sent to MyAir via the cell phone modem. Your wifi connection stuff only applies to your household connections...
by Grumpy48
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 2 cpap machines
Replies: 4
Views: 886

Re: 2 cpap machines

I also have an Air Sense 10 Auto and a Dream Station 2 and as you have found there is a difference in the reported leakage which I have a also experienced. I've just come to ignore the difference in the leakage numbers knowing they report it differently as LSAT noted. When I first got the AS10 I was...
by Grumpy48
Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: using a borrowed machine
Replies: 12
Views: 5608

Re: using a borrowed machine

My neighbor has sleep apnea but he does not have insurance therefore can not afford a sleep study. My CPAP machine is set at 11 pressure. Could it hurt my neighbor to use my machine at 11? My thought was, better to have something than nothing. What do you think? How much would a sleep study cost (w...
by Grumpy48
Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mask cleaning question
Replies: 28
Views: 17692

Re: Mask cleaning question

I would be inclined to think that the film that appears in the tank and hose may not be related to the recall and breakdown of the foam. The black speck you found possibly foam breakdown. Have you ever washed the tank? If not give it a wash with some mild dish detergent (Dawn is good is good if you ...
by Grumpy48
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mask cleaning question
Replies: 28
Views: 17692

Re: Mask cleaning question

"The machine my mum is using is on this lift of recalled devices, but it doesn't belong to her it is on loan from a public hospital until she can get her own prescribed from a specialist (appointment with them later this month)." Where this unit is on loan from a public hospital, its likely been lo...
by Grumpy48
Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mask cleaning question
Replies: 28
Views: 17692

Re: Mask cleaning question

Not about wipes or cleaning, but many of the Philips DreamStation's had been recalled due to some foam used in machines breaking down and releasing particles of the foam into the air path which a user could possibly inhale. Were you aware of this recall? https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/respirat...
by Grumpy48
Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mask cleaning question
Replies: 28
Views: 17692

Re: Mask cleaning question

"The mask she is using is the Fisher & Paykel Evora full face mask if that helps, her machine is a Philips Dreamstation BiPAP AVAPS. " Not about wipes or cleaning, but many of the Philips DreamStation's had been recalled due to some foam used in machines breaking down and releasing particles of the ...
by Grumpy48
Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!
Replies: 7
Views: 2345

Re: Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!

I've just decided that if I ever for some unknown reason can not tolerate CPAP any longer that Inspire will not be an alternative :shock: .

Warning....Surgical footage....
https://youtu.be/hX9JSFcbArY
by Grumpy48
Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ResMed AirSense10 and generator
Replies: 9
Views: 2171

Re: ResMed AirSense10 and generator

When considering a generator, consider what you'll power with it. Some generators are intended to run power tools, appliances and similar. If the use is intended to power household electronic devices such as a CPAP, you may want look at ones that provide a 'pure sine wave' output which is safer to u...
by Grumpy48
Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP recommendation (DS1 alternative)
Replies: 32
Views: 8498

Re: CPAP recommendation (DS1 alternative)

GoodNightRestGuy wrote:
Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:25 pm

Thanks a lot. Have you had a chance to tweak your AS10? Now I am bit concerned, as my PR SystemOne could be more aggressive than DS1, thus I slept better with DS1.
No I have not. I probably should take it out and run it just to exercise the blower motor and play with the settings a bit.
by Grumpy48
Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP recommendation (DS1 alternative)
Replies: 32
Views: 8498

Re: CPAP recommendation (DS1 alternative)

"what are other brands that have similar characteristics (that would produce the same "feel" / comfy level) as DS1?" I started with a DS1 and it was replaced with the DS2 with the recall. They have the same " "feel" / comfy level" . After I got the DS2 I bought a lightly used Resmed Air Sense 10 Au...