Katie, Yes when you turn on the CPAP the heater is automatically turn on only if the the big knob controlling the heater level is turn on. You can turn off the heater by turning the big knob counter clock-wise and you will feel a click telling you the heater is fully turn orff and you can run the hu...

Chrisp, If I allow it to dehumidify itself like you suggest won't that show up in my data as high leak? No, You turn off the unit by using the big start/stop button that looks like a wing and the machine will go to a cool down mode. There will still be a gentle breeze going through the hose. Take t...

ballast949 What does the Flow limitation or Flattening looks like? While some units may have a harder time adjusting the pressure due to apnea I would think that the Respironics APAP should have responded to the snores. Some of the other Auto's can response faster to some events. How is your leak ra...

Any of these conferences planned in the Northeast? NYC/NJ/CT/Eastern PA?

Thanks for sharing info!

APSS 20th Annual Meeting, June 17-22, 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah

Hang in there! hope you get a answer soon!

I am truly sorry I asked for tips, I did not need a lecture! Does a smoker know he shoundn't smoke? Do you help him quitting by lecturing him or by presenting him with the tips you used to quit. Sussan, Please give some details on what the issues you are facing and the attempts you did to resolve t...

Most of the current models do have a smart start like the one mention on the Resmed Web page "SmartStart® automatically starts and stops the S7 Elite CPAP." I just brought the ResMed Auto spirit and it also has a smart start and stop. Only with the ResMed full mask would there be a issue with the sm...

Mirage Swift Nasal Pillows System
Aura Nasal CPAP Interface
ComfortLite

These are some of the choices in masks that you can look into that do not have straps below the ear.

Ron, I did not think about noise level of the different machines since I was born with hearing loss and pretty much stone deaf sleeping without hearing aids. The last sleep study using Respironics "star dust" equipment connected to the Remstar plus indcated a pressure of 10cm is fine but with the Sp...

I was in the same situation Kaiser would not pay for an auto CPAP. Kaiser did let me borrow the Sprint Auto CPAP for a few days that the results and how I was felt were so compelling I need to get it. I did not give the Remstar Auto CPAP C-flex a second thought. The spirits really open my eyes to th...

If I understand correctly the ResMed did say that the swift will work with their Auto CPAP and Respironics will say that their ComfortLite will not work with their auto CPAP. In your case you should be fine.