Summer vs Winter

I so far have only experienced using CPAP in winter, (I'm into my 10th week of treatment). Just wondering how more experienced users found using CPAP in the the middle of summertime?

I don't find it any different in the summer. The only difference is that I don't need or like heated humidity in the summer. I use it in passive mode in the summer (water in the chamber but no heat). In winter, I need and like it set at 2.

I'm in Canada. In Ontario here we are coming to the end of summer. We have had a brutally hot and humid one where I am! I've been on cpap for 8 years and no real difference, except with the humidifier in the summer.

You might find that on really warm days with little air circulation that it's a bit harder to sleep, or to get effective sleep... cooler air's always better, within reason.

Witht he heat turned off in your home you may find it too humid to keep the same humidifier setting. I'm in ontario too and I got rained out while adjusting my humidifier

A/C, lots of it, I even use it in the winter on mild nights. I keep my bedroom 62 to 65 degrees F. year around, I like the noise of a motor (A/C) running all night, it masks any breathing noises. Jim

I have been on cpap for a year now and I found no difference

Mammal wrote:Just wondering how more experienced users found using CPAP in the the middle of summertime?

I find that I need to adjust me mask fit a bit between summer and winter conditions but otherwise there's no significant difference.

Cheers,

Bill

I have air conditioning in my room so have not really noticed any difference.

If weather is warm the climate line hose works well on auto.

If weather is chilly but not raining (low to moderate humidity) I need to set the humidifier to manual with the temperature cool enough to result in slight condensateion.

My theory is that if the relative humidity in my nose is too low then I dry out. When the weather is cool the relative humidigty can be reasonable but when this cold air is heated to the temperature in my nose and throat the relative humidity can drop to below what I need.

Because of the desire to prevent rain-out the humidifier is controlled to keep the relativity below some magic number. This insures that the relative humidity at a warmer temperature will be lower. What is needed is that when the outside temperature is chilly with low humidity the magic humidity number needs to be closer to 100%

The point is that in order to insure that rin-out does not occur you can some times end up providing less total moisture to your nose and throat.