Cpap on an Airplane

doglover · Post by **doglover** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:05 pm

Anybody know of a battery operated cpap I can use on a plane? I have a long flight to Australia, and would love to sleep and not disturb people around me. Any ideas?

Thanx,
doglover

papa C · Post by **papa C** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:54 pm

Doglover,

It would be nice but I know of no such thing. There is a battery that you can use. Depending on what cpap you have. What cpap do you use?

Papa

SleepyCurt · Post by **SleepyCurt** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:39 am

A couple of things you might try...

Ask your sleep clinic if they know of any models. I have not heard of any though...

Check with the airline and see if they have 110 volt outlets in coach class. If you travel business class or better that shoudn't be a problem. You can operate required medical devices on board flying aircraft.

Also, check with the airline and see if they will sell you a business class seat for cheaper if you have a physician's certification that you need to be in an area with outlets.

Good Luck!

Tom Meditz · Post by **Tom Meditz** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:27 pm

the cpap I use, the GK420G, is 12 volt DC instead of AC. It can be plugged into the DC outlets on international flights directly, without any inverter. It will run on a 12volt battery directly also.
If you are interested, please read my review of the 420G at http://www.cpapguys.com
Tom

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 10:08 pm

I think the 420g would be a great unit to travel with. The flight I took recently had a Embrae 50 passenger jet. It was sooo narrow , that I could not even imagine that using a cpcp would be possible. But, I suppose when you fly long distances, you get bigger planes...

T

Titrator · Post by **Titrator** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 10:14 pm

Puritan Bennet makes a great cpap battery pack. It will give you more or less than 8 hours, before it needs to be recharged. It comes in a cool looking blue carry case with a shoulder strap, and it weighs in at 8 lbs or so.

I am not sure if an airline would allow you to lug a bare marine battery onto a flight, but I doubt it. This battery pack wouldn't be a problem with the airliines. But always check before you fly.. Some airlines are different as for policy and procedure.

Check it out on cpap.com

https://www.cpap.com/productpage.php?PNum=89

Ted

julie · Post by **julie** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 12:25 pm

I have made several long haul overseas trips since starting on bipap.Australia to U.K.;Australia to U.S.;Australia to Hawaii; Australia to bangkok. I have found the most helpful airline to be Qantas,they have outlets available to plug your machine into in all classes and will get one of their engineers to plug it in and test it before take off.Mind you there is not a lot of space in economy seats theses days ,but at least you have the security of knowing the machine is there on hand.I do not know of any other airlines that allow you to use cpap on board. There were no facilities to use it on British airways,Japan Airlines or Air canada.I have never encountered a problem carrying the machine on as hand luggage at any airports i have passed through..I 'm not sure that a battery would last long enough for a long haul flight and i'm not sure whether it might be classed an explosive risk.You'd have to make enquiries ,and get the replies in writing ,as a backup!-good luck,enjoy the trip

kopoloff · Post by **kopoloff** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:23 am

Check with the airlines. If you tell them you are a snorer they've got some special seats away from the other passengers which ensures you won't disturb them. They're called EXT seats (pobably stands for external) You'll find that you don't need any CPAp gear - just open your mouth and you'll get plenty of airflow.

K

billbolton · Post by **billbolton** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:29 pm

There have been numerous threads on this topic already, so I'm not going to repeat the content of them.... however I have a Resmed S8 and have used it quite successfully on battery power during flights to Australia fror the US. I use a pair NiMh battery packs that are the size of trade-paperback book and will sustain operation of the S8 at a 14cms H20 flow rate for over 8 hours.

While QANTAS is great with providing at least some seats with more or less guaranteed 240V power for CPAP users, availabi;lity is on a first in, first served basis for those seats and in economy class they are usually not optimally placed in othe repects (i.e. right opposite the galley, so the location is somewhat noisy).

The bottom line on any airline, is that if you can set yourself up to use battery power for your CPAP, you can choose your seat on whaetver basis suits you best.

Cheers,

Bill

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