Dirty Filter?

Goofproof wrote:

Bill44133 wrote:I would strongly suggest In-line Outlet Bacteria Filter for the cpap.
Here is the link for them from this websites sponsor: https://www.cpap.com/productpage/Respir ... -pack.html

Since I started using these no more sinus infections.

The fact his filter is trapping the dirt, means it's doing its job. As a filter gets dirtier it traps finer particals, the only reason to change a filter is because it creates a restriction.

As far as using a bacterial filter on your xpap, curing sinus infections, do you stick them up your nose the other 16 hours a day, or do you just hold your breath.

You could clean up the air in your appartment with a air cleaner or fan with a filter built in, mine is even a hepa filter. Installing a filter in the dirty hot air register, would probably ut down on your room heat. Maybe the apartment furnace is shared by people that smoke. Jim

It works good for me..
It was especially helpful late summer/fall with the pollen(ragweed etc.) I have allergy to, at that time of the year is always rough for me.

And yes at that time of the year especially, I wish I could stick them up my nose.

Mine are 24/7, Not supposed to use due to heart, but I use OTC at night. Keeps me going xpap air with both normal filters do fine at night, I dont allow any extra restrictions in my air line. Jim

Mine are over due time to change them... Yea,
i must have missed a change it was getting dark.. Fresh air to nigh

Quick question guys:

I am thinking of moving my CPAP machine from a cardboard box on the floor to my nightstand. Does the CPAP machine have to be lower than your head to work? My nightstand is a bit higher up than my mattress, so with my head on a pillow, the CPAP machine would probably be level with, or slightly above, my head. I ask because I remember that the instructions for washing and then drying your tube out said to run the mouth opening lower than the CPAP machine so the water can be forced out. I am not sure if the reverse holds true for therapy.

Thanks!

Could be the carpeting that most apartments have. Move the bed and vacuum like crazy. We have a house and took all the carpeting out because of allergies. good luck.

We put the machine slightly below the top of the mattress so that if water condenses inside the hose,
it will flow back into the tank, instead of your face. Your night stand sounds a bit high.
Can you use a dining chair or something that height?

Is anyone burning candles?

CzechCzar wrote:Does the CPAP machine have to be lower than your head to work? My nightstand is a bit higher up than my mattress, so with my head on a pillow, the CPAP machine would probably be level with, or slightly above, my head.

The lower than mattress thing is mainly for condensation in the long hose...having the machine lower lets gravity help the condensation run down to the humidifier instead of giving you a cold shower out the vent holes or maybe getting to snort water. If you don't have condensation issues then it really wouldn't hurt anything as far as therapy goes if the machine is a tiny bit higher than mattress or your head.

That said....if it was a lot higher than mattress there's always the risk of pulling it off and having it fall down and smack you on your head...so that's another reason. So we don't want it high enough to crash into our head...it's heavy enough to do some damage and hurt like a son of a gun.

It's the floors, guaranteed. I live in an apartment with carpeting that seems to spit out detritus. I will probably try to find a cheap box on craigslist...

Just go to target or a Home Depot and purchase a small one step - step stool made of plastic. That's what I use, keeps my machine up off the floor but lower than my mattress. Works great and was cheap!