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Filtering Air
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 1:44 pm
by Jimmydon2025
Instead of buying an in-line air filter I purchased some cheese cloth and folded about two or three times and covered the back of the machine where the small air filter is located. I then used some scotch tape to tape it to the machine.Cheese cloth was usually used for computer machines for the same purpose and very inexpensive at Walmart. Hoping this will work just as well as in-line filter? Tried to upload photo, but it keeps telling me it failed to move the file whatever……
Re: Filtering Air
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 2:58 pm
by LSAT
How dirty is the air in your home that you feel that all of this is necessary? You and your family are breathing this air 24/7 without the CPAP.
Re: Filtering Air
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 7:51 pm
by Ebonyeyez
That’s a good idea. Easier on folks tight tight budgets with one less add on cpap expense.
Re: Filtering Air
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 6:33 am
by Conrad
Jimmydon2025 wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 1:44 pm
Instead of buying an in-line air filter I purchased some cheese cloth and folded about two or three times and covered the back of the machine where the small air filter is located. I then used some scotch tape to tape it to the machine.Cheese cloth was usually used for computer machines for the same purpose and very inexpensive at Walmart. Hoping this will work just as well as in-line filter? Tried to upload photo, but it keeps telling me it failed to move the file whatever……
Cheese cloth? That stuff is NOT designed to filter small particles out of the air. You're going to tape this to your machine?
I guess you would save some money that way but how much?
I have no idea which cpap machine you use but filters are fairly cheap if you look for them.
60 for $15 at Amazon for the AirCurve 10.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z7 ... 93LEV&th=1
Re: Filtering Air
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 6:45 am
by Grumpy48
"Instead of buying an in-line air filter......"
By 'in-line' air filter', do you mean a filter that attaches/connects to the hose or mask? In-line to me suggests a filter that is in the hose or mask connection.
As noted most filters available CPAP's can be purchased at reasonable cost.
Re: Filtering Air
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 1:15 pm
by Jimmydon2025
LSAT wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 2:58 pm
How dirty is the air in your home that you feel that all of this is necessary? You and your family are breathing this air 24/7 without the CPAP.
Our home is a virtual museum, the way my wife cleans. I keep getting those pesky ads about the in line air filter that suggests most homes contain minuscule particles we don’t know about. I thought maybe the cheese cloth would add a little extra protection.
Re: Filtering Air
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 2:01 pm
by Jimmydon2025
If the air environment in most homes contain minuscule particles that the standard air filters that comes with these machines cannot capture these ‘extra’ air particles, wouldn’t the originator of these cpap machines have realized their back of the machine filters weren’t adequate enough and added an extra inline air filter with their original package distribution to the patient?
Re: Filtering Air
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 2:15 pm
by Jimmydon2025
Grumpy48 wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 6:45 am
"
Instead of buying an in-line air filter......"
By '
in-line' air filter', do you mean a filter that attaches/connects to the hose or mask? In-line to me suggests a filter that is in the hose or mask connection.
As noted most filters available CPAP's can be purchased at reasonable cost.
The filter in question fits in either place.
Re: Filtering Air
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 5:44 pm
by CharlieWW
I get hay fever so designed an adapter that takes a pair of standard 3M N95 respirator filters. Works a treat. It can take any 3M cartridges so you could use 3M activated charcoal VOC filters for wildfire smoke if that's a problem in your area.
3d print files can be downloaded here if you want one yourself:
https://makerworld.com/models/582256
Re: Filtering Air
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 9:09 am
by Julie
JimmyDon - why did you have to post 5-6 times in a row?
Re: Filtering Air
Posted: Sat May 31, 2025 6:26 am
by Conrad
Jimmydon2025 wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 1:15 pm
LSAT wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 2:58 pm
How dirty is the air in your home that you feel that all of this is necessary? You and your family are breathing this air 24/7 without the CPAP.
Our home is a virtual museum, the way my wife cleans. I keep getting those pesky ads about the in line air filter that suggests most homes contain minuscule particles we don’t know about. I thought maybe the cheese cloth would add a little extra protection.
I read the above to my wife for her interpretation. She thought the same thing that I did, this can be taken in two ways.
"Our home is a virtual museum, the way my wife cleans. "
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I've been in plenty of museums that needed to be cleaned more thoroughly than they appeared to be getting...
Not putting down your wife's
cleaning abilities, since I don't know what you mean to say.