Best travel machine

johnnygoodman · Post by **johnnygoodman** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:59 pm

Greetings,

For any interested, we are aware that the size compare needs to:

1. Include pics with humidifiers
2. Include APAPs and BiPAPs in addition to CPAPs
3. Show more than two at a time

These upgrades will be coming soon. However, our photography department is my hard working, but college bound, little brother.

As for the S8 vs 420E debate. The S8 weight much more and has a truly integrated HH. The 420E is much lighter but does not have EPR in CPAP mode. The 420 series "slides in and sits on" the humidifier. This is a plus or minus depending on what you are looking for.

I'm not sure you can made a bad choice. However, if you buy any Puritan Bennett machine before the end of the year, you get a free Breeze system and that should be a factor as well.

Johnny (with Jerry avatar)

Fifi · Post by **Fifi** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:03 pm

Am I also correct in understanding that you have access to more clinical information the the additional software with the PB than with the other machine?

dsm · Post by **dsm** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 6:06 pm

ProfessorSleep wrote:It is an optical illusion! No, seriously, it does look bigger- but I think it is a camera angle thing.
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No optical illusion to me These were photos I took .....

http://www.internetage.com/cpapinfo/pb4 ... index.html

But re portability, the PB is by far the easier to lug around in hand baggage due to the very noticable weight difference. If travelling by car or other such transport where hand lugging is not an issue, to me it becomes the flip of a coin

Cheers

DSM

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:38 pm

I've received equally good treatment from any of the three major manufacturers' autopaps. The Puritan Bennett 420E is my choice as both main machine at home, and for travel. As icing on the cake, I particularly like the Silverlining software it uses.