New F&P Sleepstyle Auto

New F&P machine available in Australia.

https://www.fphcare.com.au/homecare/sle ... leepstyle/

I'm always hopeful F&P will come up with a good well priced machine to give Resmed and Respironics a little more competition and drive down prices overall. Although at the moment pricing seems to be higher than its competitors (probably due to it being new).

Looks like an Auto with all the bells and whistles. Size and design means it takes up less space on the night stand than an Resmed Airsense10 but looks like it might be a bit noisier. Also looks like it does not have a power brick.

They seem to have done a bit of work on the software and it now has an app, but all of the references as to how they have taken into account the wishes of health providers worry me. It looks like they are providing a bit of feedback on what the numbers mean and advice on what to do which might help newbies. e.g. saying the mask leak is "normal" and if not sending you to some tips about what to do. However, it also says some data may not be visible if turned off by your healthcare provider.

I notice the price for the older F&P Icon on CPAP.COM has dropped significantly.

My first CPAP was an F&P Icon auto and I could not get my AHI anywhere near 5.0 and was usually well above it. The Sensawake didn't work at all and there was no EPR. When I switched the an S9 the improvement was instant! Looking at the link, all F&P seem to have done is add EPR.

They state that

We’ve done everything we can to help, from having a world-class auto algorithm and central apnea detection,

but it doesn't say they are using a newly designed algorithm. I guess some of our members are going to have to try it to see if it works.