What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

nolaegghead

I was using my wrist biometric data, but it’s not the best for apnea.  I’ve been feeling great in the morning and my O2 sat has been in the upper 90s.

the max pressure is insane on it.  I keep telling them there’s something wrong with it, it doesn’t fall back into my rhythm when it wakes me up

Legume

nolaegghead said:

I was using my wrist biometric data, but it’s not the best for apnea.  I’ve been feeling great in the morning and my O2 sat has been in the upper 90s.

the max pressure is insane on it.  I keep telling them there’s something wrong with it, it doesn’t fall back into my rhythm when it wakes me up

Simple google search will give you instruction for getting into the prescribers menus where you can review and change the settings like pressure, ramp, etc. if you decide to use it again.  It's usually something complicated like "hold these two buttons down at the same time for 3 seconds"

Ozzie_Isaac

Legume said:

nolaegghead said:

I was using my wrist biometric data, but it’s not the best for apnea.  I’ve been feeling great in the morning and my O2 sat has been in the upper 90s.

the max pressure is insane on it.  I keep telling them there’s something wrong with it, it doesn’t fall back into my rhythm when it wakes me up

Simple google search will give you instruction for getting into the prescribers menus where you can review and change the settings like pressure, ramp, etc. if you decide to use it again.  It's usually something complicated like "hold these two buttons down at the same time for 3 seconds"

Up,Up,Down,Down,Left,Right,Left,Right,B,A,Select, Start

nolaegghead

I’ve never even looked at the screen on it.  I was told the doctors office controls all that with a cellular connection.

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

I’ve never even looked at the screen on it.  I was told the doctors office controls all that with a cellular connection.

Mines an airsence 11 I think. Pressure is 6plus minus with a pillow mask which is just a slit in a tube under the nose, simple as it gets. Apnea dropped from26.0 per hour down to 0.18 per hour ave over the last 90 days on ave. Huge drop. Waking up over 70,000 times a year sucked

kl8ton

nolaegghead said:

I’ve never even looked at the screen on it.  I was told the doctors office controls all that with a cellular connection.

Nope. The Russians.

billt01

PSA for CPAP users..Phillips Dream Station could lead to cancer..I had to go buy another out of pocket which sucked...

https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update..

I finally received my replacement from Phillips after almost 2 years

Legume

billt01 said:

PSA for CPAP users..Phillips Dream Station could lead to cancer..I had to go buy another out of pocket which sucked...

https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update..

I finally received my replacement from Phillips after almost 2 years

I got my replacement in less than 2 months from registering.  In the meantime, I used in-line filters on the hose.

billt01

Legume said:

billt01 said:

PSA for CPAP users..Phillips Dream Station could lead to cancer..I had to go buy another out of pocket which sucked...

https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update..

I finally received my replacement from Phillips after almost 2 years

I got my replacement in less than 2 months from registering.  In the meantime, I used in-line filters on the hose.

congratulations

Ozzie_Isaac

billt01 said:

Legume said:

billt01 said:

PSA for CPAP users..Phillips Dream Station could lead to cancer..I had to go buy another out of pocket which sucked...

https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update..

I finally received my replacement from Phillips after almost 2 years

I got my replacement in less than 2 months from registering.  In the meantime, I used in-line filters on the hose.

congratulations

Sarcasm? /s

Legume

Ozzie_Isaac said:

billt01 said:

Legume said:

billt01 said:

PSA for CPAP users..Phillips Dream Station could lead to cancer..I had to go buy another out of pocket which sucked...

https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update..

I finally received my replacement from Phillips after almost 2 years

I got my replacement in less than 2 months from registering.  In the meantime, I used in-line filters on the hose.

congratulations

Sarcasm? /s is under appreciated.

So is butt-hurt. /bh

alaskanassasin

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

billt01 said:

Legume said:

billt01 said:

PSA for CPAP users..Phillips Dream Station could lead to cancer..I had to go buy another out of pocket which sucked...

https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update..

I finally received my replacement from Phillips after almost 2 years

I got my replacement in less than 2 months from registering.  In the meantime, I used in-line filters on the hose.

congratulations

Sarcasm? /s is under appreciated.

So is butt-hurt. /bh

I don't think you are using the cpap correctly

Legume

alaskanassasin said:

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

billt01 said:

Legume said:

billt01 said:

PSA for CPAP users..Phillips Dream Station could lead to cancer..I had to go buy another out of pocket which sucked...

https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update..

I finally received my replacement from Phillips after almost 2 years

I got my replacement in less than 2 months from registering.  In the meantime, I used in-line filters on the hose.

congratulations

Sarcasm? /s is under appreciated.

So is butt-hurt. /bh

I don't think you are using the cpap correctly

Mine blows sunshine.

HeavyG

Legume said:

billt01 said:

PSA for CPAP users..Phillips Dream Station could lead to cancer..I had to go buy another out of pocket which sucked...

https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update..

I finally received my replacement from Phillips after almost 2 years

I got my replacement in less than 2 months from registering.  In the meantime, I used in-line filters on the hose.

Speedy. Took 13 months to receive my replacement.

JohnInCarolina

HeavyG said:

Legume said:

billt01 said:

PSA for CPAP users..Phillips Dream Station could lead to cancer..I had to go buy another out of pocket which sucked...

https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update..

I finally received my replacement from Phillips after almost 2 years

I got my replacement in less than 2 months from registering.  In the meantime, I used in-line filters on the hose.

Speedy. Took 13 months to receive my replacement.

Congratulations.

lousubcap

Congratulations to me as I got my Phillips replacement in 16 months after registering.  I did not change a thing regarding use once alerted to the problem.  I am quite sure something else will get me first.  Yep-old here and used the initial machine for 6+ years before the change out. 

Nose only mask and sleep fine on either side or back with the mask on a nightly basis at home.  Do not take it on short (< 5 day) air travel trips, and no real sleep issues without it AFAIK.  

paqman

I am pretty sure that I inhaled more nasty stuff adding charcoal to my egg one time than sleeping with my CPAP for a few years

Ozzie_Isaac

paqman said:

I am pretty sure that I inhaled more nasty stuff adding charcoal to my egg one time than sleeping with my CPAP for a few years

Don't even talk about the fibers from your gaskets.

TechsasJim

Spoiler alert, this isn't about CPAP.

In any case, just more Kuiu gear, random items I picked up from their outlet.    Hats, tshirts, general nonsense that I wouldn't have paid retail for.

Jstroke

Sick of throwing a line over a limb at night

TechsasJim

Jstroke said:

Sick of throwing a line over a limb at night

Fun, dumb, story but back before I had Yetis or lockable coolers (or truck bed cover) my buddy and I took our young daughters car camping.    Youngsters went to bed early, buddy and I stayed up for shenanigans.   Anyway, right after we went to bed we started hearing "thuds".    Turned on our headlamps and popped out of our tents and had about 10 racoons in the bed of my truck that were dropping down from tree limbs and had opened up the Coleman coolers and were going to town on everything they could.    

The interesting part is they ate everything except the Oscar Mayer bologna.    That makes me wonder...

alaskanassasin

Same, I puts some cookies in the unlit grill and woke up to a raccoon popping the lid up and down to steal them.

Legume

TechsasJim said:

Spoiler alert, this isn't about CPAP.

In any case, just more Kuiu gear, random items I picked up from their outlet.    Hats, tshirts, general nonsense that I wouldn't have paid retail for.

I have two CPAPs, one is a smaller  travel tactical model that runs on battery or AC that I keep in my duffel go bag.

TechsasJim

Legume said:

TechsasJim said:

Spoiler alert, this isn't about CPAP.

In any case, just more Kuiu gear, random items I picked up from their outlet.    Hats, tshirts, general nonsense that I wouldn't have paid retail for.

I have two CPAPs, one is a smaller  travel tactical model that runs on battery or AC that I keep in my duffel go bag.

I see what you did there and I think I like it.   🍺

HeavyG

Legume said:

TechsasJim said:

Spoiler alert, this isn't about CPAP.

In any case, just more Kuiu gear, random items I picked up from their outlet.    Hats, tshirts, general nonsense that I wouldn't have paid retail for.

I have two CPAPs, one is a smaller  travel tactical model that runs on battery or AC that I keep in my duffel go bag.

Surely you meant you keep your tactical model in a Molle pouch so you can attach it to your tac vest in case of any sleepwalking.

Langner91

I talked a bunch of the guys over on the CPAP forum to buy pocket knives, BGE's, and Tormek knife sharpeners.

That really was a much more friendlier place before the CPAP supply chain issues and COVID CPAP boom.  Now, they all just talk about recalls, headgear, and proper humidifier settings.

Things do tend to get rather heated when it comes to chinstraps, though.

fishlessman

Langner91 said:

I talked a bunch of the guys over on the CPAP forum to buy pocket knives, BGE's, and Tormek knife sharpeners.

That really was a much more friendlier place before the CPAP supply chain issues and COVID CPAP boom.  Now, they all just talk about recalls, headgear, and proper humidifier settings.

Things do tend to get rather heated when it comes to chinstraps, though.

Got ally CPAP problems solved here between cooks....

alaskanassasin

I have been wearing Wesco boots for 10 years, apparently they were discovered during the pandemic and unfortunately it now takes 15 months to get a pair of boots. 

 So I am going to try Nicks. Hoping this works out

Langner91

There is nothing I hate more than finding a product that I absolutely love and then having it become unavailable.  It seems several items have become less available recently.

alaskanassasin

@Langner91 especially if they are failing to scale up.