Caveats to using APAP in CPAP mode?

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:29 am

I got tickled watching the video on Respironics site about how to remove the integrated humidifier from the System One machine:

http://respironicsremstars.respironics.com/video6.aspx

The video ends before the girl actually has to pull the two components apart. Wonder if it takes a little more more force/wiggling/prying to get them fully separated than they wanted to show?

As always, I think I'd prefer sticking with the good old separate F&P HC 150 humidifier.

blakepro · Post by **blakepro** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:11 pm

rested gal wrote:I got tickled watching the video on Respironics site about how to remove the integrated humidifier from the System One machine:

http://respironicsremstars.respironics.com/video6.aspx

The video ends before the girl actually has to pull the two components apart. Wonder if it takes a little more more force/wiggling/prying to get them fully separated than they wanted to show?

As always, I think I'd prefer sticking with the good old separate F&P HC 150 humidifier.

That is pretty funny on the video. Does seem to end rather abruptly doesn't it?

I actually have PR System One Pro and its pretty easy to pull them apart. No excessive prying or wiggling needed. At least on my unit.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:47 am

blakepro wrote:I actually have PR System One Pro and its pretty easy to pull them apart. No excessive prying or wiggling needed. At least on my unit.

That's good to know. A person almost had to have a crowbar and hammer to separate the humidifier from the machine on a couple of my M machines.

chance · Post by **chance** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:57 pm

I got it yesterday.

The resistance setting is thrilling - it seems to allow you to adjust the amount it adjusts or "gives way" when you inhale(!) I just got off the phone with Respironics customer service and got the resistance values for my mask (Optilife - small and medium sized pillows are X1 and large is X2). I flummoxed the rep apparently, she didn't know what I was talking about, it was the first time she had been asked.

The tab you press in on the humidifer chamber to release the top half of the tank is supported by a plastic stopper and seems pretty solid. The way you get to the chamber is by a door on the top released by a tap bar - which if it breaks means your hose won't seal to the humidifier tank anymore. It appears to be immune from water leaking when tilted - the air comes into the tank via a duct that is exactly in the center of the tank.

It has much less "rushing air" sound than the M-Series. The rushing air sound it does have is pleasant and more like white noise. It has a rising and falling musical tone, similar to the M-Series, that follows breath, but it is quieter. Overall much less noisy than either the Plus, Pro, or Auto.

90% pressure in APAP mode is shown on the INFO screen in patient mode for seven and thirty day periods. It also shows a percent of the night the machine thinks you were breathing periodically (Cheyne-Stokes respiration maybe).

The blue LEDs have been replaced with white. The big button you use to start the machine is met with both a two-part mechanical POP and an electrical BEEP. What makes the Respironics people averse to machines that don't stimulate your eyes and ears is beyond me.

All things considered, I'm happy to have it. I'm looking forward to getting a few good nights in with it.

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