Lightweight problem?

I toss and turn a lot at night, switching from one side to the other. Has anyone found that this is a problem when using the PB 420 series? Is the machine so lightweight that if you are a "restless sleeper" it will tip, fall or fly off the nightstand???? I'm wondering if this machine is not appropriate to use for someone who tosses and turns through the night. Terry

TF 51,

YES!!! my first few night on cpap were with just such a machine and yes I did pull it off the shelf a couple of times in the first week. Luckily the solution is easy. I bought a pack of velcro ties (you can get them at Home Depot etc...) and put one on my hose at about the midpoint. At the strap I created a second loop that I hang on a hook on the wall next to my bed. With this set-up when I pull on the hose it only pulls at the hook and not at the machine. I have also read of others using hair scrunchie to provide a little more flex at the anchor point.

Hi Terry Flower51,

I have the PB420e, and love it. I did yank it off the stand that it sits on once. Here's what I did.

I have my unit on a small stand/shelf (an oak woodshop project that one of my boys made in high school -- heavy for it's size). I have my APAP in a dishwashing size plastic bin, sitting up on some plastic food storage containers to raise it up and improve airflow. This will also contain water if leaks occur and keep the machine out of the water. I have a long scarf that I tie around the shelf, bin & machine. This way if I yank the hose when turning over, the hose comes off the humidifier, instead of pulling everything off on the floor and having to sop water out of the rug in the middle of the night!

This works well for me, and I love my APAP!

I can yank pretty much anything off the nightstand. I have done it with a Remstar and it is pretty sturdy. This was my simple solution. Open the top drawer of the nightstand, take all the useless crap out of it and put it somewhere else to be useless. Set the entire unit in the drawer - voila, end of problem. My drawers are the kind that you cannot get out unless you are an engineer, weightlifter and computer analyst all rolled into one. If you have the drawers that fall out when you open them, obviously this will not work. I have tried all kinds of things, this was my only real solution. You might try some of the stuff museums use to hold expensive pieces in place - not sure how much force it would take! Good Luck!

Well, I use the separate F&P Ambient Tracking HC105 humidifier, attached to its flat base. Unfortunately the base in its full open position will not fit inside the modular plastic storage crate that I am using, so I use the base in its folded position. I have the crate turned on its side and have the GK 425 sitting next to the humidifier. To keep it from moving I use some of that woven foamy-rubbery fabric stuff that is sold as drawer or shelf liner. (Love this stuff. I use all over the place - even have a roll of it at work. Really helps to keep stuff from sliding off of the drafting tables!) To elevate the machine I have it sitting on top of two of those small squarish 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle boxes - with some of the rubber matting between the boxes as well.

Once I had everything fit together, I took it apart, put casters on the bottom (these crates have holes that will hold casters), threaded the powercords through the spaces in the crate and reassembled everything. It sits on the floor in front of my lengerie/night stand, so now I can just wheel it out of the way when I need to...
OH!!! and I threaded the air hose through one of the spaces in the top (nearest the bed).

Come to think of it, because the air hose is conected to the humidifier on the far side of the crate, attached to its bottom plate and wedged in alongside of the bottom puzzle box.... <<LOL>> it would take quite a bit of yanking to move any of it!!

So to make a long story short, try that rubber matting stuff (comes in different colors too!)

- JB

_________________

CPAPopedia Keywords Contained In This Post (Click For Definition): humidifier, hose

I have the seperate FP 150 humidifier with the fold out platform thing. The lowest shelf on my bedside table isn't tall enough for the hoses so I have to have it stick out just past the edge and to keep it from tipping I put a 5# weight on the back of the fold out platform...finally found a good use for those hand weights

WOW falling cpaps..

Wouldn't it be easier to just use one of those old ancient 35 LB cpaps from the early 80s. You know, the one that looks like it is driven by a washing machine motor.

On the other hand. If it falls it will likely go thru the floor.