What Auto CPAP Would you buy????

Pr1 System One Auto with humidifier machine seems to have the same functionalities than S9 (I haven't hear it catch on fire ), no company restrictions to international sales, price!

I was just curious because I am currently trialing a PR SystemOne BPAP Auto w/Bi-Flex for a month after having a Resmed VPAP Auto for 2 years. I like it real well so far other than I miss the easy access to the data on my Resmed.

Hi Slinky

Yes, data acquiring is a bit boring but if we do was suggested socalmonkey in his great analysis of the machine

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=44347&st=0&sk=t&sd= ... P+Released!

we can get the data from each day on the display without losing the data in the memory card. You need to let the SD card in the machine each night.To me it worth the effort.


Rosie

Thanks, Rosacer, but I don't think I'm up to doing as socalmonkey advised us. I just went thru struggling to figure out the Contec CMS-50D+ oximeter w/the help of JerseyGirl and then Snnnark and my brain is still fried.

just find it (the Respironics) a little noisy

My reaction too is it must be the mask. I have a System One BIPAP Auto that I cannot hear, but I can hear the mask venting.

As to which APAP to purchase. I used to use the Resmed S8 Auto II, but switched to the System One BIPAP. I prefer the latter although cannot really say whether it is that I prefer the System One, or prefer a BIPAP. Between the S9 and the System One, I suspect it would be a difficult pick, and you probably cannot go wrong with either.

Having said that, from what I gather Resmed has gone crazy with regard to minimum pricing for internet orders. If the System One is substantially cheaper, that may be the way to go as I'm not sure there are clearcut advantages to either (other than possibly price).

At this point I am inclined to agree w/JayK. I doubt you could go wrong buying either one. If buying online let price be your guide. If buying thru local DME provider let their preference for providing Resmeds or PRs be your guide. UNLESS data access is really important to you. Depending on your ingenuity in getting the professional software, ResScan 3.0 or EncorePro 2.2 or your satisfaction w/data access via the LED screen. Resmed continues to hold the advantage in the LED screen access field.

I've used the Resmed VPAP Auto and am currently using the PR SystemOne BPAP Auto. In Auto mode w/its EasyBreathe technology the Resmed is smooth, easy breathing and therapy very good. The EasyBreathe technology is not acceessible in straight bi-level mode and the transition between IPAP and EPAP was too abrupt for me in that mode. I would hope that the EasyBreathe technology will be available in straight bi-level mode and in straight CPAP mode when the S9 VPAP Auto is released but have no way of knowing that for sure.

The PR SystemOne BPAP Auto is smooth, easy breathing in Auto mode and therapy very good. I haven't been using it long enough to switch to straight bi-level mode yet. I love the hose swivel attachment on the humidifier. It boggles my mind that there is no backlight to the LED screen and I need to use a flashlilght to read the data on it. Hopefully that will be rectified as they get further into production. I like the carry case for travel. There's room for your mask in it.

Both the S9 and the PR S1 have the darn power bricks now and the S9's is somewhat larger and felt considerably heavier when I checked both devices out at our local support group meeting. I just don't think you could go wrong w/either of these brands of APAP. And until the advent of the PR S1 I have been a dedicated Resmed fan. I had no use for the M Series at all.

I wonder if ResMed may be trying the 'Apple' tactic: make it really sleek and cool, develop a die-hard fan-base and charge beau-coups bucks for a machine that is just a little too expensive.

I doubt that. Resmed is a heck of a good company that has produced sturdy, durable, devices which provide excellent therapy and are very patient friendly. Some may argue the 'patient friendly' statement but on the Continent and elsewhere than North America Resmed is a very responsive and patient-friendly company. That SHOULD tell us something about the FDA and the Canadian equivalent of the USA's FDA as well as our medical professions. But it doesn't seem to get thru to a lot of us in these forums.

Slinky wrote:I doubt that. Resmed is a heck of a good company that has produced sturdy, durable, devices which provide excellent therapy and are very patient friendly. Some may argue the 'patient friendly' statement but on the Continent and elsewhere than North America Resmed is a very responsive and patient-friendly company. That SHOULD tell us something about the FDA and the Canadian equivalent of the USA's FDA as well as our medical professions. But it doesn't seem to get thru to a lot of us in these forums.

Please explain what you mean about "... the FDA and the Canadian equivalent of the USA's FDA as well as our medical professions." How is the regulator (e.g. FDA) responsible for Resmed's decision not to be patient friendly?

Resmed's competition appears not to be drinking the same kool-aid as Resmed. I have to wonder whether the real problem lies with the corporate Resmed in North America.

Convince me otherwise!

I had been using the Respironics M series with humidifier for the past 3 years, but it just died. No lead-up signs or strange noises to signal trouble. Just dead. The warning lights began flashing and the alarm began beeping, and the message said that it was in need of service. When I called, AdvantaCare, to find out what to do, I was told that the machine is no good and I need a new one. Soooo....After 5 nights of not having a machine, tonight is my first night using the Resmed S9 with the heated humidifier and the swift fx nasal prong mask set up. I was a little uncomfortable switching machines and buying a machine that has only been out for a month, but my doctor recommends this machine now, over the Respironics M3 that he had previously recommended. Other than the Respironics machine dying an early death, his advice was good before, so hopefully it will be good advice again. I have to note that I had no complaints about the Respironics M. It was completely soundless and did the job. Of course, after having so little sleep, for so many years, I would probably have loved any machine that allowed me a restful night of sleep.

torontoCPAPguy wrote:I voted ResMed Autoset II S8 because that's what I am using and having great results from. Get me an S9 with all the doo-dads and let me try it out. It just might be better that the S8... is it just me or am I seeing that they are only coming out with one model of that S9? Equivilant to the Autoset II? ...

I have both and the S9 responds to more of my apneas in auto mode than the S8 does. And the data that comes off the S9 is to die for. If you actually have a life, you might not care about the extra data.

So far the Resmed S9 Elite and the Resmed S9 AutoSet have been released. Our local Resmed Rep tells me that there will be a Resmed S9 VPAP Auto released in a few months, definitely before the end of the year. I'm hoping to see him this coming Monday to see if there is any more timely news about its release date.