Wilderness travel trip report
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Wilderness travel trip report
I recently returned from a 6-night wilderness canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, and thought I would share the CPAP setup I used.
Travel Hose - https://a.co/d/1T1Hcp0
Power cord - https://a.co/d/4GFP5aQ
Batteries - https://a.co/d/fIvxFmc
Universal hose adapter - https://a.co/d/8BIwYhq
Given the weight and portability of this setup, I have no complaints. My pressure is in the vicinity of 13, and the first battery lasted 3.5 nights in addition to recharging a small camera battery. The second lasted the rest of the trip and likely would have had another night left. I was surprised that I didn't miss the humidifier too much, however this was not a dry region. Nights dipped below 40ºF, but the AirMini was small enough to put in my sleeping bag with me, so the air I was breathing was warmed. Yes, the AirMini is louder than the Air10 I use at home, but not so bad that it disrupted my sleep.
The travel hose was a last-minute purchase, and I'm very glad I picked it up. It's lighter than the standard hose and takes up way less space. People in the Amazon reviews worry that it's fragile, but I don't think this is actually true. Although the materials don't have a heavy-duty appearance, I didn't feel the need to be extra-gentle with it, and it came back from the trip with no discernable wear.
Travel Hose - https://a.co/d/1T1Hcp0
Power cord - https://a.co/d/4GFP5aQ
Batteries - https://a.co/d/fIvxFmc
Universal hose adapter - https://a.co/d/8BIwYhq
Given the weight and portability of this setup, I have no complaints. My pressure is in the vicinity of 13, and the first battery lasted 3.5 nights in addition to recharging a small camera battery. The second lasted the rest of the trip and likely would have had another night left. I was surprised that I didn't miss the humidifier too much, however this was not a dry region. Nights dipped below 40ºF, but the AirMini was small enough to put in my sleeping bag with me, so the air I was breathing was warmed. Yes, the AirMini is louder than the Air10 I use at home, but not so bad that it disrupted my sleep.
The travel hose was a last-minute purchase, and I'm very glad I picked it up. It's lighter than the standard hose and takes up way less space. People in the Amazon reviews worry that it's fragile, but I don't think this is actually true. Although the materials don't have a heavy-duty appearance, I didn't feel the need to be extra-gentle with it, and it came back from the trip with no discernable wear.
Last edited by samhandwich on Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:57 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Wow! That looks awesome!
Thanks for sharing.
I totally want to go camping now.
Thanks for sharing.
I totally want to go camping now.
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Currently camping right now. I highly recommend it.
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I have never understood those who enjoy camping. My idea of roughing it is staying in a hotel without cable.
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I would prefer to do it in a camper, myself.
(Some of them have TVs and over the air or even deluxe ones have cable. I get all the TV i need with over the air and streaming netflix and prime.)
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Lol. Our rv is our own hotel room on wheels. I am currently camping in Vegas so I don't think that counts much as wilderness. The advantages of pulling our hotel room are many but the big one is our dogs come with and I can clean it to my standards and cook when we are sick of eating out. We've got electric hook ups water and sewer here but we can also go off grid for a week easily with no problem. Also have a generator back up so we could potentially go longer if we want. We can be around people when we want and escape to the wilderness when we don't. Pssst most rv's come with cable or satellite hook ups so you can still catch your favorite sport event.
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I'm green with envy.samhandwich wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:53 amI recently returned from a 6-night wilderness canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, and thought I would share the CPAP setup I used.
We've done some nice car camping trips with our xPAPs, but nothing like this. And a wilderness canoe trip is one of the things on my bucket list.
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Thank you for sharing your great setup! I would love to take a CPAP with me backpacking, but quickly get overwhelmed by the technical nature of many posts about using a CPAP off grid and the fact that the majority of posters aren’t considered with weight (I’m so impressed that you found a way to get 6 nights of CPAP use and only added 5.3 lbs of weight). After reading your post I’m actually thinking if I follow your lead, maybe I’ll no longer have to suffer thru not breathing very well all night to get out in the woods!samhandwich wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:53 amI recently returned from a 6-night wilderness canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, and thought I would share the CPAP setup I used.
Travel Hose - https://a.co/d/1T1Hcp0
Power cord - https://a.co/d/4GFP5aQ
Batteries - https://a.co/d/fIvxFmc
Universal hose adapter - https://a.co/d/8BIwYhq
Given the weight and portability of this setup, I have no complaints. My pressure is in the vicinity of 13, and the first battery lasted 3.5 nights in addition to recharging a small camera battery. The second lasted the rest of the trip and likely would have had another night left. I was surprised that I didn't miss the humidifier too much, however this was not a dry region. Nights dipped below 40ºF, but the AirMini was small enough to put in my sleeping bag with me, so the air I was breathing was warmed. Yes, the AirMini is louder than the Air10 I use at home, but not so bad that it disrupted my sleep.
The travel hose was a last-minute purchase, and I'm very glad I picked it up. It's lighter than the standard hose and takes up way less space. People in the Amazon reviews worry that it's fragile, but I don't think this is actually true. Although the materials don't have a heavy-duty appearance, I didn't feel the need to be extra-gentle with it, and it came back from the trip with no discernable wear.
I was also lucky enough to do a week long trip in the boundary waters a few years back, it was amazing! I imagine you had an incredible time and have memories from the adventure that will last a lifetime!
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I'm so glad it was helpful! And, yeah, I didn't actually weigh everything out until after the trip and was surprised to find out just how light it was. It actually puts it in the realm of backpacking possibility. It's also amazing to me that without the batteries it's less than 2 lbs. Pretty huge difference compared to the Air10 and multiple AGM batteries I brought down the Colorado River with me a few years back.colomom wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:13 pmThank you for sharing your great setup! I would love to take a CPAP with me backpacking, but quickly get overwhelmed by the technical nature of many posts about using a CPAP off grid and the fact that the majority of posters aren’t considered with weight (I’m so impressed that you found a way to get 6 nights of CPAP use and only added 5.3 lbs of weight). After reading your post I’m actually thinking if I follow your lead, maybe I’ll no longer have to suffer thru not breathing very well all night to get out in the woods!samhandwich wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:53 amI recently returned from a 6-night wilderness canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, and thought I would share the CPAP setup I used.
Travel Hose - https://a.co/d/1T1Hcp0
Power cord - https://a.co/d/4GFP5aQ
Batteries - https://a.co/d/fIvxFmc
Universal hose adapter - https://a.co/d/8BIwYhq
Given the weight and portability of this setup, I have no complaints. My pressure is in the vicinity of 13, and the first battery lasted 3.5 nights in addition to recharging a small camera battery. The second lasted the rest of the trip and likely would have had another night left. I was surprised that I didn't miss the humidifier too much, however this was not a dry region. Nights dipped below 40ºF, but the AirMini was small enough to put in my sleeping bag with me, so the air I was breathing was warmed. Yes, the AirMini is louder than the Air10 I use at home, but not so bad that it disrupted my sleep.
The travel hose was a last-minute purchase, and I'm very glad I picked it up. It's lighter than the standard hose and takes up way less space. People in the Amazon reviews worry that it's fragile, but I don't think this is actually true. Although the materials don't have a heavy-duty appearance, I didn't feel the need to be extra-gentle with it, and it came back from the trip with no discernable wear.
I was also lucky enough to do a week long trip in the boundary waters a few years back, it was amazing! I imagine you had an incredible time and have memories from the adventure that will last a lifetime!
The trip itself was great, particularly because it was with my 79 year-old dad. We've done some other wilderness canoe trips in the past (I highly recommend the Green River in Utah), but it's been about 15 years since the last one. Pretty special thing to be able to share at this point and certainly good memories to hold on to.
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Not surprisingly, affinity for camping is directly linked to how well off one was growing up.
Rich people camp for fun--poor people camp because there is no alternative.
And they avoid it when there is a choice--because it is not fun at all.
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What?chunkyfrog wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:17 amNot surprisingly, affinity for camping is directly linked to how well off one was growing up.
Rich people camp for fun--poor people camp because there is no alternative.
And they avoid it when there is a choice--because it is not fun at all.
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Sleeping in a stable or at the inn; those born in palaces have no clue at all.
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I'm not sure if you're joking or not. Are you really saying that people who grew up poor don't like to camp? If so, I can tell you from firsthand experience that you are wrong.chunkyfrog wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:24 amSleeping in a stable or at the inn; those born in palaces have no clue at all.
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My family didn't have a lot of money growing up but camping was a much needed break for us and did not cost a lot of money and was thus more affordable.
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Statistically.samhandwich wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:38 amI'm not sure if you're joking or not. Are you really saying that people who grew up poor don't like to camp? If so, I can tell you from firsthand experience that you are wrong.chunkyfrog wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:24 amSleeping in a stable or at the inn; those born in palaces have no clue at all.
But it really helps explain why I hated it.
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