Shopping for a new machine

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Squilla
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Shopping for a new machine

Post by Squilla » Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:33 pm

I have been using a Resmed s6 since 2000. It's a simple machine, no controls or feedback; just turn it on and go to sleep. It is lately showing it's age and I want to replace it with something simple, quiet, and effective. I don't need sleep reports or fancy controls. I have talked to some salespeople online, but they are only confusing me.

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Re: Shopping for a new machine

Post by jmcanzo » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:18 am

look at the devilbiss intellipap AUTO. For under $500 (if bought online @cpap.com) it is great machine also has a 3 yr warranty. It does give some data without purchasing anything else. But you do not have to look at it! LOL

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Re: Shopping for a new machine

Post by rested gal » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:31 am

If you want to stay with the ResMed brand, and really don't want any AHI or Leak reporting -- not even via the LCD window on the machine -- then the S9 Escape CPAP would be a good choice for "simple" and "quiet." I was impressed by how extremely quiet a couple of ResMed S9's (an "Elite" and an "Autoset" ) that I had a chance to listen to were.

There are many less expensive simple CPAPs in other brands. A simple CPAP in the DeVilbiss brand that jmcanzo mentioned is the DeVilbiss IntelliPAP Standard -- doesn't provide AHI or Leak data -- just "compliance" (hours of use.)
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