water for machine use

You could use pond water, if you strain out the tadpoles and minnows & boil it. Don't worry ChunkyFrog, we won't allow them to harm your family, however "Snarky", we who can read get, please folks strain before you boil!

And please rewind your CD'S before you store them. Jim

SewTired wrote:

Wondering52 wrote:Hi! Does anybody out there use tap water or bottled water to fill up the water chamber for your CPAP? I am new at this.

I wanted to add that you CAN use tap water. If you have well water, then you need to boil it prior to using to eliminate bacteria. The minerals will build up on your unit eventually requiring you to replace it which is why most folks use distilled or reverse osmosis water. Bottled water can be either tap water or well water, but certainly what you want to use if no drinkable water is available (which is the case for some travelers).

Ignore the snarkiness of some of the posters. They forget that they were beginners too and didn't know all sorts of stuff.

That is absurd. If you're actually drinking your well water, I doubt that you're boiling it first.
And, as was previously posted, boiling only evaporates some of the water and concentrates the impurities in what is left.
Pathogens like viruses and bacteria won't be carried out of the heated humidifier because they're too large and heavy to be carried out with water vapor molecules.

Yes, virtually any water CAN be used......even pond water or out of the tank or bowl of your toilet.......if the person wants to deal with the smell or the "stuff" that's left behind in the HH tank after the water vapor is carried off. This requires more cleaning than would be necessary as opposed to only using distilled. Plus, it may be more costly purchasing additional water tanks in the future.

And, many of the "old timers" were once "beginners" and we used DISTILLED WATER from the beginning.
I'm still using my original HH tank and have only taken it apart to "clean" it ONCE......several years ago. After seven years of use with only distilled water, it still looked like new, but I thought I'd go through the motions just to see if I could SEE a difference. I couldn't.


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I would suggest trying a night with no water and see if that works for you. Then you have one less issue to deal with.

I prefer CPAP without the humidifier. Here in coastal New England, it's already pretty damp.