I find this to be weird

hello I was just wondering i called my DME to request that they send me a new SD card for my bi-pap machine my question is why can't I just to to a local cvs or staples in my area and purchase a new card I mean they are technically the same card and they look the same on the outside one only diferances is that one says resmed and the other might say scandisk whats the difference between the two i'm always told that you have to use the resmed card that no other card will work which I find to be BS

springman946 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:42 am

just to to a local cvs or staples in my area and purchase a new card I mean

That's what most of us do.

Well....I have been using a Sandisk SD card that I got from WalMart in my last 3 machines...all ResMed.
Works just fine.
I used to have a ResMed stickered SD card but I lost it..that's why I went to WalMart.

Mine didn't come with a card. I went to cvs and bought the one on sale.

springman946 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:42 am

local cvs or staples

Be careful on the price. These companies have gone to higher capacity cards that they want to sell for $30 and up. I would get a low-capacity card for no more than $8 - 10. https://www.cvs.com/search?searchTerm=sd%20card

springman946 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:42 am

why can't I just to to a local cvs or staples in my area and purchase a new card

You can. there's nothing special about the card from the DME other than the paper label on it.

Just make sure you dont go over 32Gb just buy the cheapest you can it will have way too much space the 64GB wont be recognised by the machine.

My sleep doc office once told me that the only thing they can stick in their computer to be read is a card with the name of my machine manufacturer on it, "Resmed." If they put anything else into the USB or Card Reader they would be fired. Something to do with Malware.

purple22 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 21, 2018 2:23 pm

My sleep doc office once told me that the only thing they can stick in their computer to be read is a card with the name of my machine manufacturer on it, "Resmed." If they put anything else into the USB or Card Reader they would be fired. Something to do with Malware.

Maybe they don't keep their security software updated. Anyway, malware can be on a ResMed card as easily as on a generic card.

Jas_williams wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 21, 2018 2:20 pm

Just make sure you dont go over 32Gb just buy the cheapest you can it will have way too much space the 64GB wont be recognised by the machine.

Mine was, it just reformatted it the way it wanted.

purple22 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 21, 2018 2:23 pm

My sleep doc office once told me that the only thing they can stick in their computer to be read is a card with the name of my machine manufacturer on it, "Resmed." If they put anything else into the USB or Card Reader they would be fired. Something to do with Malware.

So, now you know how to get a Trojan into their system, pit it on an "official" SD card.