I used my S9 without the humidier chamber -- no problem!

[Jason7]

I came back from a wedding late Sat nite and forgot to put the humidifier chamber in my S9 humidifier. It's not that I forgot to add distilled water, but that i forgot to put the chamber in the humidifer!
Didn't seem to make any difference...I didn't notice the lack of humidity (and the room was only about 35% humidity), but more importantly, the S9 worked fine and my AHI was below 1.
So it doesn't seem to matter if the chamber is left out by mistake...but feel free to disagree if you know differently...
Cheers,
Jason

[ughwhatname]

One night, I didn't add enough water to mine, and I awoke with a very dry mouth. Bothersome enough to make me get up for water and add water to the chamber. My humidity in my bedroom is in the 50% range, and I definitely need it.

I came back from a wedding late Sat nite and forgot to put the humidifier chamber in my S9 humidifier. It's not that I forgot to add distilled water, but that i forgot to put the chamber in the humidifer!
Didn't seem to make any difference...I didn't notice the lack of humidity (and the room was only about 35% humidity), but more importantly, the S9 worked fine and my AHI was below 1.
So it doesn't seem to matter if the chamber is left out by mistake...but feel free to disagree if you know differently...
Cheers,
Jason

[LSAT]

The humidifier is a comfort issue...some use it...some don't. Even when the unit is attached, some people keep water in it but do not turn it on...This is called ' pass over mode'.

[Jason7]

Sorry, I wasn't very clear about why I wrote this post. Of course humidity is a comfort feature; some don't need it, some can't live without it.
The point I meant to make was that the unit apparently seems to run well WITHOUT THE HUMIDIFER CHAMBER in the humidifier unit.

[DougalMcDougal]

I did exactly the same thing 2 nights ago in forgetting to put the chamber in - I didn't notice till the next morning and had had a very comfortable night without it, do dryness

[newname]

LSAT: How would I "not turn on my humidifier"? Would I just remove it or is there a setting to disable it? I used S9 for her.

[archangle]

Start the CPAP. Turn the knob to the left until the display shows "OFF".

[PST]

Sorry, I wasn't very clear about why I wrote this post. Of course humidity is a comfort feature; some don't need it, some can't live without it.
The point I meant to make was that the unit apparently seems to run well WITHOUT THE HUMIDIFER CHAMBER in the humidifier unit.

Doesn't work with an S8, that's for sure.

[SleepyToo2]

Doesn't work with a PRS1 - I know from experience! The box that the chamber goes in leaks, and is very noisy without the chamber in it. I don't fill the chamber, and keep the knob turned to zero. Works for me most of the time.