emptying water on travel

Personally I don't worry about it. Have you ever tried to spill the humidifier chamber.the airsense 10 chamber does not spill even when inverted briefly. Great design. Anyway hotel staff never touch personal items in my experience.

Note: even when we decline housekeeping service, we tip generously.

palerider wrote:

D.H. wrote:

chunkyfrog wrote:Do just what you do at home.
Housekeeping is optional at most hotels, so I just hang the tag out to decline it.

I have to give it to you, DunderHead, that's your best comment you've posted yet.

You are very judgmental. Although DunderHead does sound better than my Uncle_airhead or Uncle_Nutjob.
Very childish possibly a sign of aging

chunkyfrog wrote:Note: even when we decline housekeeping service, we tip generously.

What for?

Uncle_Useless wrote:Although DunderHead does sound better than my Uncle_airhead or Uncle_Nutjob.

how 'bout "uncle useless", given the quality of your posts.

Sleeprider wrote:Personally I don't worry about it. Have you ever tried to spill the humidifier chamber. the airsense 10 chamber does not spill even when inverted briefly. Great design.

Most of the cpaps made in the last 6 or 7 years are spill proof.
I don't think drops of water will bother even the vintage machines.

D H wrote:You missed the point that when traveling, water - perhaps even only a few drops - can damage your CPAP.

palerider wrote:

Uncle_Bob wrote:Although DunderHead does sound better than my Uncle_airhead or Uncle_Nutjob.

how 'bout "uncle useless", given the quality of your posts.

palerider wrote: you're such an ass.

Now there is a quality post

Uncle_worthless wrote:Now there is a quality post

ya know, you might be a great person out there in the world, but here, you're just a worthless twit.

I'm not going to bother reading any more of your waste of time posts.

go ahead and make another one of your dumbass snide "I don't like that palerider asshole" comment...

knock yourself out, hoss.

I'd either dump the water out in the morning, or, just remove the reservoir and place it away from the pap machine. Simple.

Gasper62 wrote:I'd either dump the water out in the morning, or, just remove the reservoir and place it away from the pap machine. Simple.

While that may serve the intended purpose the unintended consequences are allowing dust and unknown contaminants not only into the water chamber but the open parts of the blower. Don't forget there are things in these rooms you don't know about. So dumping may be a better choice.

I keep my system closed even at home. But hey thats me.

Put a note on the cpap if you are worried and make sure it will not be in their way. But yea def take the time to dump the water before packing up.

palerider wrote: I'm not going to bother reading any more of your waste of time posts.

Please do that and stop wasting your time punk

Guest wrote:

Gasper62 wrote:I'd either dump the water out in the morning, or, just remove the reservoir and place it away from the pap machine. Simple.

While that may serve the intended purpose the unintended consequences are allowing dust and unknown contaminants not only into the water chamber but the open parts of the blower. Don't forget there are things in these rooms you don't know about. So dumping may be a better choice.

I keep my system closed even at home. But hey thats me.

Put a note on the cpap if you are worried and make sure it will not be in their way. But yea def take the time to dump the water before packing up.

Ridiculous. You mean the dust & "unknown contaminants" you'd be breathing directly into your nose, throat and lungs anyway ? People that think that the tiny, pea shooter of a cpap filter is some sort of impenetrable barrier to dust, spores & viruses, etc. make me chuckle. IF...they were that efficient at particle arresting, they'd need to be huge in size to permit enough airflow through their extremely fine filtration media. (not to mention absolute bypass prevention) They ain't. To have a truly "closed system" would entail all sorts of precautions to prevent dirt and "unknown contaminants" from gaining entry. Probably suiting yourself up and only opening and filling machine w/sterile water while inside a "clean room" just for starters. FWIW.......a simple draping of a cloth, or even placing in a plastic bag would be probably be sufficient for excluding any appreciable amount of nasties floating in the room air.....at least until you take off the covers & fire up the machine to begin forcing them straight into your mask at beddy bye time. Perhaps it's better to stay at home......... maybe in a plastic bubble. LMAO

Gasper62 wrote:Ridiculous. You mean the dust & "unknown contaminants" you'd be breathing directly into your nose, throat and lungs anyway ?

Well yes except I don't want to give them a place to grow and breed. You may want to, I don't. You prob also clean your humidifier, mask, and hose once a week. I don't. I haven't cleaned a thing since 2008, I just use a little common sense prevention and don't introduce things even tap water into my system. You may want to, I don't.

Imagine how much time I have saved since 2008 avoiding those weekly cleanings or using chemical wipes and have had fewer colds and illness than before cpap. So what I do seems to work for me YMMV.

Read this again - I keep my system closed even at home. But hey thats me.

fwiw - I worked in a "clean room" for years and that may be where I picked up my nasty habits.

Guest wrote:

Gasper62 wrote:Ridiculous. You mean the dust & "unknown contaminants" you'd be breathing directly into your nose, throat and lungs anyway ?

Well yes except I don't want to give them a place to grow and breed. You may want to, I don't. You prob also clean your humidifier, mask, and hose once a week. I don't. I haven't cleaned a thing since 2008, I just use a little common sense prevention and don't introduce things even tap water into my system. You may want to, I don't.

Imagine how much time I have saved since 2008 avoiding those weekly cleanings or using chemical wipes and have had fewer colds and illness than before cpap. So what I do seems to work for me YMMV.

Read this again - I keep my system closed even at home. But hey thats me.

fwiw - I worked in a "clean room" for years and that may be where I picked up my nasty habits.

First off...I'm not sure why I'm bothering to debate with an entity that lacks enough character to even possess a real member account/identity. Hide and seek is for children. You are Deluding yourself if you believe for one minute that your "closed" system is in fact, closed or, free of many things that are alive. Find someone with a microscope that will put on a slide show for you. (A county Dept. of Health lab, etc.) You'll soon see just how "closed" your system (and mind) are. Oh, yeah, please grow a set, slink your way out of the closet, assume an identity and don't be a cowardly troll any longer.

Guest wrote:Read this again - I keep my system closed even at home. But hey thats me.

fwiw - I worked in a "clean room" for years and that may be where I picked up my nasty habits.

so, you've got a HEPA filter on the intake?

here's a fun experiment, pick up one of those antibacterial filter balls and stick it on the output of the machine for a month.

re-evaluate effectiveness of "I keep my system closed even at home." really is.