Advice on buying a used cpap machine

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Dog Slobber
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Re: Advice on buying a used cpap machine

Post by Dog Slobber » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:14 pm

zonker wrote:
Wed Apr 10, 2019 10:33 am
Dog Slobber wrote:
Wed Apr 10, 2019 10:01 am
Insist on actually seeing the run hours.

Here's a conversation I had with somebody selling a Resmed Airsense 10 Autoset for Her on Letgo.com.

He lost his crap when I asked about the run hours, he then then blocked me.

CPAP_Letgo.com.png
JEEEEE-pers! no, nothing to hide there.
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I know, what an ass he is.

It's still for sale. I feel like creating a second LetGo account with a temp email. Then make arrangements to meet him, and not show up. See how long I can string him a long.

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Re: Advice on buying a used cpap machine

Post by Grace~~~ » Thu Apr 11, 2019 6:15 pm

Goofproof wrote:
Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:14 pm

The hoses act a lot like the finger handcuffs we played with as a kid, don't pull hard on the connection, wiggle it side to side while pulling. I get new hoses for the XPAP, if you plan on reusing the short small hose just clean it if you want. Jim
Thanks Jim.

I wiggled and I pulled but those hose were just fused together. Almost like they were baked? I'm suspecting maybe they were thrown in to a dishwasher.

I never planned on reusing the hoses but I wanted to try the mask for a lark particularly because it has two sets of pillows that are sealed and new. I had to slip a knife in ... (which was difficult they were so fused) ... and cut the hose off the mask.

I actually still haven't tried the mask or the machine. I turned it on and it blew but I haven't decontaminated and cleaned it yet.

I hope I am never handcuffed by the Chinese. If so I'd have little hope of escaping. :P
Began XPAP May 2016. Autoset Pressure min. 8 / max 15. Ramp off. ERP set at 2. No humidity. Sleepyhead software installed and being looked at daily, though only beginning to understand the data.

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Re: Advice on buying a used cpap machine

Post by Goofproof » Thu Apr 11, 2019 6:28 pm

Might try heating the hose connection with a hair dryer, or become a Surgeon on the rubber connector. Jim
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Re: Advice on buying a used cpap machine

Post by palerider » Thu Apr 11, 2019 6:50 pm

Grace~~~ wrote:
Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:47 pm
Anyway ... I doubt I'll reuse these hoses but I'm baffled that I can't get them to come apart of come off the mask? At the connection between the hoses is a completely clear connector but I don't know if it's a separate piece or part of one of the two hoses? It makes that connection totally swivel between the two hoses.
*ALL* the hoses end in a soft rubbery end, if there's any hard plastic in that, it's part of a mask, and must be removed before you put a different mask on the hose.

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