CMS50DPLUS: cheapo-looking but convenient recording pulse-ox

I just ordered the CMS-50E for $119 + shipping from http://www.echostore.com.

Looking forward to checking my O2 stats.

Just thought I would let folks know that I ordered from the DHgate seller I listed in the link and everything went very smoothly. It took a few days for the seller to ship - but the seller makes this clear in the item description. The unit arrived pretty fast too - I think about 7 days to the east coast. It works and does it's thing. The manual was in Chinese but the English manual is available on the Internet anyway. It is a rather brief manual anyway - the English one is hardly worth the powder to blow it to hell.

Unfortunately currently the seller does not have that item for sale but one can always search the DHgate.com site for "oximeter" as see if they find any good deals. Happy hunting.

jnk wrote:http://www.419legal.org/fradulent-websi ... al-24.html

On page 25 of that link:

OK here's the deal:
if you guys are buying iPods and iPhones of this site, you are out of your mind. Why would you expect them to sell iPods and iPhones for 20-100 bucks, and expect it to be the exact same? Do you expect any Chinese merchant that has the funny english to be selling a legitimate Apple product?

CMS is not Apple! Get it? CMS is a nothing, nobody, Chinese company [actually if I remember correctly CMS is just a brand of some nobody Chinese company]. A CMS50D-plus is no iPod [but that doesn't stop it from being cool ]! And I'm sure you've read all the stupid whiny 1 star reviews that show up on Amazon over something like "my package arrived damaged" etc. People complain over stupid things and whine when their package that is being shipped internationally doesn't show up next day.

jnk wrote:I would rather pay a few dollars more and buy from a reputable company that has a good rating with the Better Business Bureau, myself. (That is http://www.bbb.org .) I prefer that to buying from an individual I have no way of finding out about. But, hey, that's just me.

OK, and I'm sure you are not alone in that thinking. On the other hand, if *I* were really concerned about my medical equipment, I would not be buying some cheapo "CMS" brand anyway. In the mean time I found it really cheap and folks can make their own determination if they want to order it from the cheapo place or not. I will warn folks that have not ordered direct from Asia before that in my experience the shipping does take a little longer - like at least 10-14 days to the west coast let alone the rest of the US. So don't get your panties in a jumble if it doesn't arrive the next day. And use your Visa, if it becomes a unresolvable problem, then just contest the charge.

jnk wrote:Welcome to the board, though. Just so you know, I came THIS close to deleting your message as spam, since I tend to be wary of first-time posters pointing to sales sites. I am cynical that way. It seems to be a pattern, you know?

Thank you. Yep, I know how dangerous crazy deals can be.

jnk wrote:May I be of service to you in any way with your PAP therapy? Because I would be glad to try to be of help.

Nope, it's for my 101 year old grandmother and her CPAP's workin' good AFAIK. But thank you.

EDIT: Somewhat bad news, the price just went up to $78 w/ free shipping. but that is still the cheapest I've seen. The two product specific links I posted might have trouble but if you check the last "store" link in the links I posted the seller still has the items.

masticator wrote:. . . OK, thanks for the generic "fraud"/boogeyman alert, lol. Have you bought from DHgate and been swindled? . . .

No. I haven't bought from them. But it seems that many who have done so HAVE been swindled, if the following 25-page thread from another forum is to be trusted (which I have no way of knowing, either):

http://www.419legal.org/fradulent-websi ... al-24.html

I would rather pay a few dollars more and buy from a reputable company that has a good rating with the Better Business Bureau, myself. (That is http://www.bbb.org .) I prefer that to buying from an individual I have no way of finding out about. But, hey, that's just me.

And no, I don't buy medical equipment on E-bay, either. I have no way of knowing who I am dealing with there. I am a big chicken.

Welcome to the board, though. Just so you know, I came THIS close to deleting your message as spam, since I tend to be wary of first-time posters pointing to sales sites. I am cynical that way. It seems to be a pattern, you know? And as the originator of this thread, I somehow feel some personal responsibility for some odd reason. I'm strange that way.

May I be of service to you in any way with your PAP therapy? Because I would be glad to try to be of help.

jeff

jnk wrote:Please note:

"DHgate.com is not a single seller. DHgate is a collection of many, many sellers. It can be compared somewhat to Ebay or free classifieds or Craigslist. DHgate, like Ebay, brings sellers and buyers together and makes a cut on each transaction where the buyer pays the seller. Just as you can get scammed by a single seller on Ebay, you can be scammed by a single seller on DHgate."

http://fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9450

OK, thanks for the generic "fraud"/boogeyman alert, lol. Have you bought from DHgate and been swindled? How about eBay? I've had better customer service from eBay sellers than many online "stores." Further, DHgate takes Visa and eBay does not. Visa will be my "fraud" protection. And DHgate has an escrow procedure that even eBay does not! Have you ever ordered anything directly from China, HK or Taiwan before? I have and have always been very pleased. The janky Internet shops this unit is available at here in America aren't exactly Nieman Marcus either. And it's not like the CMS50D-plus is some hot-selling designer brand that is ripe for knock-offs - lol. On top of that they are ALL cheap Chinese garbage anyway. So I'm not sure what the fraud alerting/fear mongering is about? More than that this unit will be used to see if oxygen should be given - oxygen is not like radiation therapy or anything.

So you're welcome for me taking the time to sign up here and post something potentially helpful as it seems many here care a lot about price.

Please note:

Throughout the ages many have wondered what the moon is made of - some say rock, others say space dust, some say highly comminuted anorthositic regolith, But one theory stands out above the rest: The possibility that the moon is made of cheese.

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Is_t ... _cheese%3F

masticator wrote:Thought I would post that I just found the CMS50D-plus unit for $67 shipped. A pretty killer deal.
http://www.dhgate.com/new-arrival-amp-f ... 1553f.html
or
http://www.dhgate.com/new-arrival-cms50 ... d5848.html

Seller has others here:
http://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/store/f ... &%20Beauty

Please note:

"DHgate.com is not a single seller. DHgate is a collection of many, many sellers. It can be compared somewhat to Ebay or free classifieds or Craigslist. DHgate, like Ebay, brings sellers and buyers together and makes a cut on each transaction where the buyer pays the seller. Just as you can get scammed by a single seller on Ebay, you can be scammed by a single seller on DHgate."

http://fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9450

Thought I would post that I just found the CMS50D-plus unit for $67 shipped. A pretty killer deal.
http://www.dhgate.com/new-arrival-amp-f ... 1553f.html
or
http://www.dhgate.com/new-arrival-cms50 ... d5848.html

Seller has others here:
http://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/store/f ... &%20Beauty

sleeprex wrote:You all have some experience with these oxi's, what's the favorite? How long does the lithium batt really last before you need to send it off for a new one?

I've only owned one oximeter (the Contec CMS Model 50-E), which I talked about in detail in an earlier post on this thread. I really like it. It has the rechargeable lithium battery. I've only used the oximeter three times so far, so I have no idea how long the battery will continue to hold a charge.

I would also be interested to know how long the lithium battery lasts before needing replacement.

I have the data-less wonder that lets the provider know how often and how long you use it. You all have some experience with these oxi's, what's the favorite? How long does the lithium batt really last before you need to send it off for a new one?

Yeah, I was wondering if the pulse events was something I should be concerned about. Not sure how I might bring it up with my doctor though....but still feeling tired during the day and even falling asleep for a few seconds now and then, is something do want to bring up at my next appointment.

The Dreamer.

TheDreamer wrote:In retrospect, I probably should've gotten the CMS50DPLUS, rather than the CMS50F (or perhaps its the CMS60A that I want?)

Anyways...the CMS50F is what I got....and I've only used it twice since I got it....first time I used it was June 3rd....and second time was last night.



The battery won't show full charge anymore.

The Dreamer.

I'm glad I'm not the only one with tons of pulse "events". Wait, that came out wrong. What I mean is--I got the same pulse oximeter, and got it for the "oxi". And yet there's the pulse chart down below. And now on XPAP, my green "oxi" chart looks pretty good, usually about 96% average, with 0-3 "events" using the default parameters. But there are usually 40-60 pulse "events" and I don't know whether I should worry about them or not. What is the significance of the pulse events?

DreamStalker wrote:A good graphics editor will allow you to paste plots from both into one document (do a screen capture of each then paste). Then you just resize one to the other ... that's how I do it anyway.

Thanks, DreamStalker. That's what I do too. It would just be so great if there was a way to merge the data from both programs!

DreamOn wrote:

jnk wrote:Here is my report from last night: < image shown >

Jeff, do the SpO2 events on your oximeter software report correlate with your breathing events that night, as shown in ResScan? It sure would be nice if there was a way to combine the information from both software programs! Has anyone figured out a way to do that?

A good graphics editor will allow you to paste plots from both into one document (do a screen capture of each then paste). Then you just resize one to the other ... that's how I do it anyway.

They events registered on my SPO Medical pulse oximeter correlate almost perfectly with the ones ResMed registers on the Autoset II. When the got seriously out of sync I discovered the Autoset's clock had opened a gap with the real time.

This was often not the case with my PB420E -- it was reporting one thing, while the pulse oximeter was reporting differently.

O.