How quiet is your XPAP?

[NOLONGERTIRED]

I think I've become a noise brat! I've been using my DME suppled Fisher & Paykel HC234 for the better part of a year now. It is a little too large for travelling and it definitely lacks meaningful compliance reporting, but it's incredibly quiet. I can barely hear it in the middle of the night even though it's only a couple of feet from my bed. A few months ago I ordered a Goodnight 420E from CPAP.COM and returned it because it sounded like a wheezing vacuum cleaner. The replacement unit was no better. The good folks at CPAP.COM took it back and put me on backorder for a new M series auto. Since it's not out and I'm about to start extensive travelling I switched to the M series PRO which I received today. I hooked it up and was hugely disappointed that it sounded like I was breathing through a tiny cocktail straw. I tried three different masks and they were all way too loud. Now I'm in turmoil? Is my HC234 unusually quiet or am I just cursed with every excessively loud machine that CPAP.COM has? I've never seen this topic explored here and would love to hear what some of you have got to say!

[fujiinator]

I have only used an M plus so there is only a little I can offer. My wife likes the white noise of the machine at night. At least it is quieter then my snoring. My Vornado fan on low is louder then the M plus so it has not worried me too much.

On another note, what is you pressure setting. I have heard that the higher the pressure the louder a machine can get. You can also try wearing ear plugs as an option.

[GoofyUT]

I ahd a Fisher&Paykel HC608 CPAP which I also found to be amazingly quiet. I've since switched to a ResMedS8 AutoSet Vantage which isn't AS quiet as the F&P, but VERY quiet nonetheless. With the ResMEd, I can hear myself breathing through the hose. There was no such noise with the F&P.

On the other hand, the S8 is MUCH cuter than the F&P and therefore, more amenable to travel. And, though I thought that the integrated humdifier/heated hose on the F&P was fantastic, I did find that, from time to time, the heated hose would make the air stuffy and would wake me. But man, was it QUIET!!!

(BTW, I don't miss the F&P humidifier/heated hose on my ResMed. I find the ResMed humdifier to be plenty efective).

Hope this helps.

Chuck

[dllfo]

We are traveling right now. My Respironics Auto bipap is inches from my head
and it is noisy. I flew KC-135s for over a decade. I have certifiable hearing
loss comparable to a corpse. And I am telling you my unit is noisy. A real
person couldn't stand it.

But then again, I don't normally have it next to my head.

The biggest noise is from my opening my mouth and the wind howls through. The wife and I both use the Auto BiPap and the Mirage Swift.