New to CPAP: Is the Resmed Airsense 10 supposed to be noisy?

[palerider]

to be honest this is pretty much what I hear when I lay down. Thought I was going crazy because it started as soon as I changed my pillows from Med to small. It seems that I am the only one that hears it but I guess its because I sleep closer to the machine than my wife but she claims that there are no noises to her. So I guess for me I try to ignore it and go to sleep. As long as the misses doesn't hear it I'm good. Happy wife happy life they say...

some noise is transmitted up the tube into the mask, and some is created by air turbulence in the tube... so those sounds are much less to anybody not wearing the mask.

[Hamster]

Yes, that would probably explain why what I hear is completely different from what my iPhone picked up in that recording. My brain must be picking up on the air being pumped, the turbulence, etc. and is overreacting to it. My sleep doctor had told me said that he's sure that I have a very sensitive nervous system (which is why my brain overreacted to the RERA's, and that led to so many arousals), so that might explain it. To me, the CPAP sounds so loud, but the sound is 100 percent covered up by the fan. And here's the thing....I now realized that when I turn on the fan during the day, it (the fan) is nearly whisper-quiet. Yet the CPAP is quieter than the fan, but it sounds so loud by itself when I'm trying to sleep. I now know that it's all in my head! All I can say is that all you guys make feel much better. I'll look into earplugs, as others here have suggested. That might help reduce the perceived noise.

[packer]

got the airsense 10 [ regular-- not the for her]

have been on cpaplike 8 years airsense 10 is quietest-- my wife says she literally cannot hear it- not at all

my thought is mask making noise but sounds like you eliminated that- [ i got the new nasal pillow air fit 10-- has different type vent- quietest yet for this user]

I have cpap on box that holds it 4 incehes off floor- I put a folded towel under it- I lay a bed pillow over whole machine when I lay down- you literally cannot hear it

it is quieter than pr1- which was quieter than older models- so-- IMO no the airsense is not noisy good luck- perhaps it is just your machine?? wish you could come over and listen here GG

[Peachy]

Try placing 3-4 rubberbands around the humidifier.

[rnlawson90]

I have been using my ResMed AirSense 10 Autoset for about 3 weeks now. Last night was the first night that I could hear the air entering the intake port of the machine.....sounded like Darth Vader or inhaling through a snorkling tube. I reset my water tank, hose and cleaned the filter but I can still hear the air entering the maching.