Newly diagnosed — Respironics vs airsense

[cpvtnh]

OK, night one with my first cpap, the airsense 10, autoset. Woke up with over 8 hours of sleep and 1.1 events per hour. Success. My only problem was a bit of mouth dryness in the night. The humidity is “auto” but I guess I need to bump it up a bit for my mouth breathing style.

I think I feel a little better than usual. Hard to say for sure.

[richardjh101]

Your dry mouth can also be caused by having your head too low. I have an adjustable bed and my mouth was dry until I raised it the correct amount. I use one of my presets so the bed is raised correctly every night.

[lynninnj]

Thanks, Zonker.

hey, i have to agree with you every now and then. it keeps you confused.

I think it’s nice to see you guys still playing off one another.

Good reminder about EU/Intnl travel.

[lynninnj]

Got the Resmed Airsense 10 today, auto set and heated tube and all. From the little bit I tried it, it seems quite comfortable. Pressure is set to range between 5 and 20.; Turns out I had 21 events per hour in the night of my at home sleep test — more than I would have guessed. Psyched to use this.

Dude-read the newbie stickies and buy an sd card for it. Do not buy the ONN walmart brand of cards. They suck ass and stop working after a few days. Walmart usually has a sandisk for under $10 or comparably priced. Just need 8 gb or next size up or whatever is cheapest.

[Zzz_Jim]

Got the Resmed Airsense 10 today, auto set and heated tube and all. From the little bit I tried it, it seems quite comfortable. Pressure is set to range between 5 and 20.; Turns out I had 21 events per hour in the night of my at home sleep test — more than I would have guessed. Psyched to use this.

Dude-read the newbie stickies and buy an sd card for it. Do not buy the ONN walmart brand of cards. They suck ass and stop working after a few days. Walmart usually has a sandisk for under $10 or comparably priced. Just need 8 gb or next size up or whatever is cheapest.

The summary data provided by MyAir or the LCD display isn't really too useful - but good to get started. Get an SD card as lynninnj suggests, and download and install OSCAR. Then you can really go down the analysis rabbit hole!

viewtopic/t88983/Pugsys-PointersSleepyH ... Hints.html

https://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.p ... OSCAR_Help

[chunkyfrog]

The LCD display has two modes for sleep report.
If you set it to PLUS, rather than the default, you see more data than Myair.

[bwexler]

I am a little late to this party, but decided to add my $0.02.
I have used both 1 Resperonics and 2 Resmed over the past 13 years.
I will be receiving my third Resmed Aircurve 10 ASV on Tuesday.
I plan to finally submit my recall request for my Respironics machine this week.
I hope I can talk Respironics into a cash settlement, which I would much prefer over one of their machines, which may have some restrictions on resale.

[Jimmy Lotus]

Here's an article that a friend sent me, and which I also had previously read on this board's "CPAP and Sleep Apnea News" section at the top left of this site:

https://www.propublica.org/article/phil ... its-soared

While I'd bought various (non-CPAP) Philips products in the past, I'll never buy anything from them again.

[Aretino]

My Dreamstation 1 and My Aircurve 10 provide the pressurized volume of air to combat my sleep apnea. I rely on either one to do the job.

[chunkyfrog]

The OP has already chosen.
Choosing between Resmed and Respironics used to be almost a toss-up.
Due to recently uncovered bad actions by Respironics, that is no longer the case.