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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by Pugsy » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:07 pm

MMcG wrote:
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Made in any other country, means U.S. Dollars are being sent to countries that are as best, our friends, at worst our enemies. That makes their economies strong and ours weak. It also makes us unable to handle our own needs to respond to our needs, because we no longer make the products in the U.S.A. we are not prepared to help ourselves. Jim
Well Resmed is an Australian company.
If you knew Goofproof better you would know that he only uses Respironics machines. That's what he has used since beginning cpap therapy and he has no desire to change and he probably has enough back ups of the old Legacy series machines to last him the rest of his life. He doesn't want a Resmed machine.
His right...his choice and his life.

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by Goofproof » Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:23 pm

MMcG wrote:
Thu Jan 20, 2022 2:58 pm
Goofproof wrote:
Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:51 pm
Made in any other country, means U.S. Dollars are being sent to countries that are as best, our friends, at worst our enemies. That makes their economies strong and ours weak. It also makes us unable to handle our own needs to respond to our needs, because we no longer make the products in the U.S.A. we are not prepared to help ourselves. Jim
Well Resmed is an Australian company.
/Well, my three Remstars ( TANKS ), made in the U.S.A. are 16 years old, all work fine without any repair. None are filling up a landfill, and they provided jobs for Americans and paid taxes here. Jim
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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by MMcG » Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:05 am

I didn't intend to start an "international trade war" here! One of the great things about being Irish is that we have to import a lot of stuff (apart from maybe Guinness and whiskey!), so we tend to look at what represents value for money regardless of international politics, other than complying with any agreed EU trade sanctions. As for the "Resvent", it is now licenced here and is fairly widely available. As for Oscar non-compatibility, that would be a deal breaker for me too. I like to see my own data, because I reckon, at a certain level, no one knows better than me whether my treatment is working or not, i.e. how I feel after a night's sleep.

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by Pugsy » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:41 am

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I didn't intend to start an "international trade war" here! One of the great things about being Irish is that we have to import a lot of stuff (apart from maybe Guinness and whiskey!), so we tend to look at what represents value for money regardless of international politics, other than complying with any agreed EU trade sanctions. As for the "Resvent", it is now licenced here and is fairly widely available. As for Oscar non-compatibility, that would be a deal breaker for me too. I like to see my own data, because I reckon, at a certain level, no one knows better than me whether my treatment is working or not, i.e. how I feel after a night's sleep.
We've always had various "wars" here. :lol: Sometimes some pretty lively wars over stuff that doesn't matter a hill of beans but you know how people are who happen to believe something strongly...one way or the other. They voice it. We've had things go nuclear just over what water to use in the water chamber. I am continually amazed at what people will go nuclear over.

Anyway, yep...where you are pretty much everything gets imported except a few special local products.
And most of us here in the US ....at least deep down...realize that a lot of our products are manufactured either fully or partially elsewhere on the globe. We want inexpensive prices at the retail level yet we want stuff made in the USA and we want our US workers to get paid a fair price for their work. Kinda hard to meet all those wants.

It's not so much that the Resvent is made in China as it's that it purposely chose to take a known proven manufacturer's name and stole part of it to give the appearance it was something it wasn't.
Sort of like if China decided to market whiskey and call it Jamison whiskey to get the people who really are looking for Jameson whiskey (BTW the smoothest whiskey off the shelf that I have ever had) and I pay a premium for it when I make my own Irish Creme.
Hence the term cheap Chinese knockoff. Deceptive.

For cpap stuff....pretty much all the mask parts are made in China.... :lol: :lol: :lol: If we look at the packaging we can see easily where stuff is made. If not originally and in full at least parts of it. That's how we get stuff priced lower at the retail level that we want. It is what it is. I have a sneaky feeling (but can't prove it) that all those ResMed branded filters for their machines are also made in China and just repackaged or maybe bought in big sheets from China and then cut down in the US to make them so we can say "made in USA".

I don't spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about stuff I have no control over but when it comes to Resvent I have a tiny bit of control by advising people to NOT buy that product because I just don't like deceptive practices.

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by MMcG » Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:40 am

Pugsy wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:41 am
MMcG wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:05 am
I didn't intend to start an "international trade war" here! One of the great things about being Irish is that we have to import a lot of stuff (apart from maybe Guinness and whiskey!), so we tend to look at what represents value for money regardless of international politics, other than complying with any agreed EU trade sanctions. As for the "Resvent", it is now licenced here and is fairly widely available. As for Oscar non-compatibility, that would be a deal breaker for me too. I like to see my own data, because I reckon, at a certain level, no one knows better than me whether my treatment is working or not, i.e. how I feel after a night's sleep.
We've always had various "wars" here. :lol: Sometimes some pretty lively wars over stuff that doesn't matter a hill of beans but you know how people are who happen to believe something strongly...one way or the other. They voice it. We've had things go nuclear just over what water to use in the water chamber. I am continually amazed at what people will go nuclear over.

Anyway, yep...where you are pretty much everything gets imported except a few special local products.
And most of us here in the US ....at least deep down...realize that a lot of our products are manufactured either fully or partially elsewhere on the globe. We want inexpensive prices at the retail level yet we want stuff made in the USA and we want our US workers to get paid a fair price for their work. Kinda hard to meet all those wants.

It's not so much that the Resvent is made in China as it's that it purposely chose to take a known proven manufacturer's name and stole part of it to give the appearance it was something it wasn't.
Sort of like if China decided to market whiskey and call it Jamison whiskey to get the people who really are looking for Jameson whiskey (BTW the smoothest whiskey off the shelf that I have ever had) and I pay a premium for it when I make my own Irish Creme.
Hence the term cheap Chinese knockoff. Deceptive.

For cpap stuff....pretty much all the mask parts are made in China.... :lol: :lol: :lol: If we look at the packaging we can see easily where stuff is made. If not originally and in full at least parts of it. That's how we get stuff priced lower at the retail level that we want. It is what it is. I have a sneaky feeling (but can't prove it) that all those ResMed branded filters for their machines are also made in China and just repackaged or maybe bought in big sheets from China and then cut down in the US to make them so we can say "made in USA".

I don't spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about stuff I have no control over but when it comes to Resvent I have a tiny bit of control by advising people to NOT buy that product because I just don't like deceptive practices.
I hear ya! Oh, BTW, if you can get in the US, try Bushmills (even smoother than Jameson) and usually cheaper too. Made in the little village of Bushmills in Co Antrim (Northern Ireland). Doesn't do a lot for sleep quality though!
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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by Pugsy » Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:55 am

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Oh, BTW, if you can get in the US, try Bushmills (even smoother than Jameson) and usually cheaper too.
Thanks for the heads up. It's available in some places in the US but not wide spread like Jameson. I just checked my local Walmart...no dice but maybe in a bigger city. The town I live near has small WalMart and one small liquor store and that's it.
One of the disadvantages to living out in po dunk rural America.
I will see what I can find next time I have to go to the big city for doctor appt.
I am not much of a drinker at all but I do like to occasionally sip the good stuff and I love Irish Cream.

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by Okie bipap » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:26 pm

MMcG wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:40 am
I hear ya! Oh, BTW, if you can get in the US, try Bushmills (even smoother than Jameson) and usually cheaper too. Made in the little village of Bushmills in Co Antrim (Northern Ireland).
Yes, it is very smooth. I am currently working on a bottle of black label I got for Christmas. I really prefer the fifteen year old single malt, but my local liquor store no longer carries it. I think I was about the only one who ever bought it. I will have to see if they an special order some for me when my black label runs out.

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by GrumpyHere » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:46 pm

For a really good tipple try the Kavalan single malts.

Their 12 year ones are smoother than 18 year olds from other brands.

https://www.kavalanwhisky.com/en
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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by MMcG » Sat Jan 22, 2022 2:45 am

Okie bipap wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:26 pm
MMcG wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:40 am
I hear ya! Oh, BTW, if you can get in the US, try Bushmills (even smoother than Jameson) and usually cheaper too. Made in the little village of Bushmills in Co Antrim (Northern Ireland).
Yes, it is very smooth. I am currently working on a bottle of black label I got for Christmas. I really prefer the fifteen year old single malt, but my local liquor store no longer carries it. I think I was about the only one who ever bought it. I will have to see if they an special order some for me when my black label runs out.
I got a very tiny sample of that (the 15 year old single malt) when visiting the distillery a couple of years ago. A bit outside my budget!

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by MMcG » Sat Jan 22, 2022 2:49 am

GrumpyHere wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:46 pm
For a really good tipple try the Kavalan single malts.

Their 12 year ones are smoother than 18 year olds from other brands.

https://www.kavalanwhisky.com/en
I had to google it. I assumed it was Scotch because of the spelling, but I see it's made in Taiwan. Sounds like good stuff!

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by MMcG » Sat Jan 22, 2022 2:50 am

Apologies for turning this thread into a discussion about whiskey. That's what you get when you let an Irish guy loose on your forum! :lol:

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by Pugsy » Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:48 am

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Sat Jan 22, 2022 2:50 am
Apologies for turning this thread into a discussion about whiskey. That's what you get when you let an Irish guy loose on your forum! :lol:
:lol: :lol:

Much better than giving the Resvent free ad space.

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by chunkyfrog » Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:10 am

Not completely OT; as the bullfrog uses distilled water when making hootch.

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by Pugsy » Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:54 am

Well to continue the OT talk about good whiskey.
Hubby got home this morning and I asked him "have you ever heard of a whiskey called Bushmills" and a millisecond after my last words he says "oh yeah...makes Jameson taste like dirty water" :lol: :lol:
I guess since my curiosity has been tweaked I need to find some. :shock:
As expected...none at my local Walmart and I will check the one liquor store later this week but I won't hold out much hope.
Will most likely need to make a trip to a big city liquor store is in order.
Hubby says it's fairly easy to find on the East Coast but not so much here in the middle of the Bible Belt.

I don't really drink all that much anymore. Too old and don't like the fact that the calories seem to end up in my belly but every now and then I do like to imbibe just a little. I will try to get some and try it...and from hubby's response I am sure it won't go to waste. He won't spend the money on himself but I will.

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Re: Resvent ibreeze

Post by MMcG » Sat Jan 22, 2022 10:59 am

Pugsy wrote:
Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:54 am
Well to continue the OT talk about good whiskey.
Hubby got home this morning and I asked him "have you ever heard of a whiskey called Bushmills" and a millisecond after my last words he says "oh yeah...makes Jameson taste like dirty water" :lol: :lol:
I guess since my curiosity has been tweaked I need to find some. :shock:
As expected...none at my local Walmart and I will check the one liquor store later this week but I won't hold out much hope.
Will most likely need to make a trip to a big city liquor store is in order.
Hubby says it's fairly easy to find on the East Coast but not so much here in the middle of the Bible Belt.

I don't really drink all that much anymore. Too old and don't like the fact that the calories seem to end up in my belly but every now and then I do like to imbibe just a little. I will try to get some and try it...and from hubby's response I am sure it won't go to waste. He won't spend the money on himself but I will.
The largest distillery in Ireland is Irish Distillers in Middleton, Co Cork (in the South). The main brands (blends) are Jameson, Paddy and Powers, with Jameson being the main export brand. You can also get a 12 y/o Jameson for about 50% more than the basic one. And then for the super rich, you can get various single malts for anything up to about $5,000 a bottle, usually sold under the Midleton Rare label!

Bushmills is smaller than Irish Distillers, but still a fairly major player in the whiskey market. Similarly to Irish distillers, you can get more aged variants of the basic product and single malts too, costing telephone numbers! And then there are the more recent minor distilleries, about twenty of them. Best known would be Tullamore Dew (the basic blend is quite good and is sold in exported markets. Others that can be found abroad include Kilbeggan and Teeling.

So, now you know that Michael knows a lot more about Irish whiskey than he does about sleep apnea, which is perhaps one of the reasons he suffers from the latter in the first place! :lol:

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