Wilderness travel trip report

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Wilderness travel trip report

Post by samhandwich » Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:53 am

I recently returned from a 6-night wilderness canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, and thought I would share the CPAP setup I used.

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Travel Hose - https://a.co/d/1T1Hcp0
Power cord - https://a.co/d/4GFP5aQ
Batteries - https://a.co/d/fIvxFmc
Universal hose adapter - https://a.co/d/8BIwYhq

Given the weight and portability of this setup, I have no complaints. My pressure is in the vicinity of 13, and the first battery lasted 3.5 nights in addition to recharging a small camera battery. The second lasted the rest of the trip and likely would have had another night left. I was surprised that I didn't miss the humidifier too much, however this was not a dry region. Nights dipped below 40ºF, but the AirMini was small enough to put in my sleeping bag with me, so the air I was breathing was warmed. Yes, the AirMini is louder than the Air10 I use at home, but not so bad that it disrupted my sleep.

The travel hose was a last-minute purchase, and I'm very glad I picked it up. It's lighter than the standard hose and takes up way less space. People in the Amazon reviews worry that it's fragile, but I don't think this is actually true. Although the materials don't have a heavy-duty appearance, I didn't feel the need to be extra-gentle with it, and it came back from the trip with no discernable wear.

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Re: Wilderness travel trip report

Post by lynninnj » Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:34 am

Wow! That looks awesome!

Thanks for sharing.

I totally want to go camping now.

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Post by babydinosnoreless » Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:08 am

Currently camping right now. I highly recommend it. :D

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Post by Jlfinkels » Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:51 am

I have never understood those who enjoy camping. My idea of roughing it is staying in a hotel without cable.
Sometimes it is the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one imagines

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Re: Wilderness travel trip report

Post by lynninnj » Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:53 am

Jlfinkels wrote:
Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:51 am
I have never understood those who enjoy camping. My idea of roughing it is staying in a hotel without cable.
I would prefer to do it in a camper, myself.

(Some of them have TVs and over the air or even deluxe ones have cable. I get all the TV i need with over the air and streaming netflix and prime.)

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Re: Wilderness travel trip report

Post by babydinosnoreless » Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:30 pm

Jlfinkels wrote:
Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:51 am
I have never understood those who enjoy camping. My idea of roughing it is staying in a hotel without cable.
Lol. Our rv is our own hotel room on wheels. I am currently camping in Vegas so I don't think that counts much as wilderness. The advantages of pulling our hotel room are many but the big one is our dogs come with and I can clean it to my standards and cook when we are sick of eating out. We've got electric hook ups water and sewer here but we can also go off grid for a week easily with no problem. Also have a generator back up so we could potentially go longer if we want. We can be around people when we want and escape to the wilderness when we don't. Pssst most rv's come with cable or satellite hook ups so you can still catch your favorite sport event.

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Post by robysue1 » Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:29 pm

samhandwich wrote:
Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:53 am
I recently returned from a 6-night wilderness canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, and thought I would share the CPAP setup I used.
I'm green with envy.

We've done some nice car camping trips with our xPAPs, but nothing like this. And a wilderness canoe trip is one of the things on my bucket list.
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Re: Wilderness travel trip report

Post by colomom » Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:13 pm

samhandwich wrote:
Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:53 am
I recently returned from a 6-night wilderness canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, and thought I would share the CPAP setup I used.

Image

Travel Hose - https://a.co/d/1T1Hcp0
Power cord - https://a.co/d/4GFP5aQ
Batteries - https://a.co/d/fIvxFmc
Universal hose adapter - https://a.co/d/8BIwYhq

Given the weight and portability of this setup, I have no complaints. My pressure is in the vicinity of 13, and the first battery lasted 3.5 nights in addition to recharging a small camera battery. The second lasted the rest of the trip and likely would have had another night left. I was surprised that I didn't miss the humidifier too much, however this was not a dry region. Nights dipped below 40ºF, but the AirMini was small enough to put in my sleeping bag with me, so the air I was breathing was warmed. Yes, the AirMini is louder than the Air10 I use at home, but not so bad that it disrupted my sleep.

The travel hose was a last-minute purchase, and I'm very glad I picked it up. It's lighter than the standard hose and takes up way less space. People in the Amazon reviews worry that it's fragile, but I don't think this is actually true. Although the materials don't have a heavy-duty appearance, I didn't feel the need to be extra-gentle with it, and it came back from the trip with no discernable wear.

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Thank you for sharing your great setup! I would love to take a CPAP with me backpacking, but quickly get overwhelmed by the technical nature of many posts about using a CPAP off grid and the fact that the majority of posters aren’t considered with weight (I’m so impressed that you found a way to get 6 nights of CPAP use and only added 5.3 lbs of weight). After reading your post I’m actually thinking if I follow your lead, maybe I’ll no longer have to suffer thru not breathing very well all night to get out in the woods!

I was also lucky enough to do a week long trip in the boundary waters a few years back, it was amazing! I imagine you had an incredible time and have memories from the adventure that will last a lifetime!

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Re: Wilderness travel trip report

Post by samhandwich » Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:32 am

colomom wrote:
Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:13 pm
samhandwich wrote:
Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:53 am
I recently returned from a 6-night wilderness canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, and thought I would share the CPAP setup I used.

Image

Travel Hose - https://a.co/d/1T1Hcp0
Power cord - https://a.co/d/4GFP5aQ
Batteries - https://a.co/d/fIvxFmc
Universal hose adapter - https://a.co/d/8BIwYhq

Given the weight and portability of this setup, I have no complaints. My pressure is in the vicinity of 13, and the first battery lasted 3.5 nights in addition to recharging a small camera battery. The second lasted the rest of the trip and likely would have had another night left. I was surprised that I didn't miss the humidifier too much, however this was not a dry region. Nights dipped below 40ºF, but the AirMini was small enough to put in my sleeping bag with me, so the air I was breathing was warmed. Yes, the AirMini is louder than the Air10 I use at home, but not so bad that it disrupted my sleep.

The travel hose was a last-minute purchase, and I'm very glad I picked it up. It's lighter than the standard hose and takes up way less space. People in the Amazon reviews worry that it's fragile, but I don't think this is actually true. Although the materials don't have a heavy-duty appearance, I didn't feel the need to be extra-gentle with it, and it came back from the trip with no discernable wear.

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Thank you for sharing your great setup! I would love to take a CPAP with me backpacking, but quickly get overwhelmed by the technical nature of many posts about using a CPAP off grid and the fact that the majority of posters aren’t considered with weight (I’m so impressed that you found a way to get 6 nights of CPAP use and only added 5.3 lbs of weight). After reading your post I’m actually thinking if I follow your lead, maybe I’ll no longer have to suffer thru not breathing very well all night to get out in the woods!

I was also lucky enough to do a week long trip in the boundary waters a few years back, it was amazing! I imagine you had an incredible time and have memories from the adventure that will last a lifetime!
I'm so glad it was helpful! And, yeah, I didn't actually weigh everything out until after the trip and was surprised to find out just how light it was. It actually puts it in the realm of backpacking possibility. It's also amazing to me that without the batteries it's less than 2 lbs. Pretty huge difference compared to the Air10 and multiple AGM batteries I brought down the Colorado River with me a few years back.

The trip itself was great, particularly because it was with my 79 year-old dad. We've done some other wilderness canoe trips in the past (I highly recommend the Green River in Utah), but it's been about 15 years since the last one. Pretty special thing to be able to share at this point and certainly good memories to hold on to.

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Post by chunkyfrog » Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:17 am

Jlfinkels wrote:
Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:51 am
I have never understood those who enjoy camping. My idea of roughing it is staying in a hotel without cable.
Not surprisingly, affinity for camping is directly linked to how well off one was growing up.
Rich people camp for fun--poor people camp because there is no alternative.
And they avoid it when there is a choice--because it is not fun at all.

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Re: Wilderness travel trip report

Post by samhandwich » Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:19 am

chunkyfrog wrote:
Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:17 am
Jlfinkels wrote:
Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:51 am
I have never understood those who enjoy camping. My idea of roughing it is staying in a hotel without cable.
Not surprisingly, affinity for camping is directly linked to how well off one was growing up.
Rich people camp for fun--poor people camp because there is no alternative.
And they avoid it when there is a choice--because it is not fun at all.
What?

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Post by chunkyfrog » Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:24 am

Sleeping in a stable or at the inn; those born in palaces have no clue at all.

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Re: Wilderness travel trip report

Post by samhandwich » Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:38 am

chunkyfrog wrote:
Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:24 am
Sleeping in a stable or at the inn; those born in palaces have no clue at all.
I'm not sure if you're joking or not. Are you really saying that people who grew up poor don't like to camp? If so, I can tell you from firsthand experience that you are wrong.

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Post by lynninnj » Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:34 am

My family didn't have a lot of money growing up but camping was a much needed break for us and did not cost a lot of money and was thus more affordable.

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Post by chunkyfrog » Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:34 am

samhandwich wrote:
Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:38 am
chunkyfrog wrote:
Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:24 am
Sleeping in a stable or at the inn; those born in palaces have no clue at all.
I'm not sure if you're joking or not. Are you really saying that people who grew up poor don't like to camp? If so, I can tell you from firsthand experience that you are wrong.
Statistically.
But it really helps explain why I hated it.

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