So is the ResMed "For Her" different on the inside?

On cpap.com under Auto Adjusting CPAPs, they show both the Airsense 10 AutoSet and the AirSense 10 Autoset For Her. Both are the same price, $883.

When you check the compare box on both and then click Compare Selected, every feature is identical with only one exception. On the line titled "Designed for Her" one says no and one says yes. Such stunning technical complexity.

In the main description for each product (not the compare) is a section that says:

1. For the AirSense:

Expiratory Pressure Relief
ResMed machines offer EPR making breathing with a CPAP device more natural by adjusting the amount of pressure delivered during exhalation and inhalation. EPR can be turned off, or set to 1, 2 or 3 with 1 being the smallest change between inhalation and exhalation and 3 being the largest change in pressures.

2. For the AirSense For Her:

Expiratory Pressure Relief
Now a mainstay on ResMed machines, EPR is intended to make therapy more comfortable. Breathing out against full prescribed pressure can sometimes be uncomfortable. EPR steps in and helps by lowering the pressure by a set amount on exhalation.


My Question: For a bipap prescription of 12 over 9, would the EPR feature (on either of them) set to the max (3) provide approximately the same EPR relief as a bipap?

xyz wrote:On cpap.com under Auto Adjusting CPAPs, they show both the Airsense 10 AutoSet and the AirSense 10 Autoset For Her. Both are the same price, $883.

When you check the compare box on both and then click Compare Selected, every feature is identical with only one exception. On the line titled "Designed for Her" one says no and one says yes. Such stunning technical complexity.

In the main description for each product (not the compare) is a section that says:

1. For the AirSense:

Expiratory Pressure Relief
ResMed machines offer EPR making breathing with a CPAP device more natural by adjusting the amount of pressure delivered during exhalation and inhalation. EPR can be turned off, or set to 1, 2 or 3 with 1 being the smallest change between inhalation and exhalation and 3 being the largest change in pressures.

2. For the AirSense For Her:

Expiratory Pressure Relief
Now a mainstay on ResMed machines, EPR is intended to make therapy more comfortable. Breathing out against full prescribed pressure can sometimes be uncomfortable. EPR steps in and helps by lowering the pressure by a set amount on exhalation.


My Question: For a bipap prescription of 12 over 9, would the EPR feature (on either of them) set to the max (3) provide approximately the same EPR relief as a bipap?

From all of the discussions I've read over the years on the forum regarding this same question......the answer is "Yes".


Den

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To compare the machines properly, always go to the manufacturer's website. Web sites of vendors have so many items to list and keep updated - it's a huge job. Resmed will have the detailed specifications and you can also download the user manuals for both machines and compare the features that way - that will give you the most detail.