Is the disposable filter a "must" ?

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
User avatar
Barb (Seattle)
Posts: 663
Joined: Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:41 pm

Re: Is the disposable filter a "must" ?

Post by Barb (Seattle) » Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:57 pm

SnoringInOregon wrote:
Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:36 am
If you carefully examine the fine filter when you remove a used one, you can see that it has become darker because of fine contaminants it has filtered from the air. Dust, pollen, smoke, whatever.

If you omit using the fine filter, then that dust winds up in the interior of your machine where it coats the air pump and the rest of the air path. Or it winds up in your lungs.

How much does it cost to replace a lung? How does that compare to the cost of a filter?

I'm probably overly sensitive about this, but I don't even want to use knockoff fine filters, e.g. what cpap.com sells. I only want the name brand Respironics ones I buy from my DME.
well, till they invent one that doesn't whistle, then I won't be using it. It keeps me awake and defeats the purpose of CPAP.

I use the other filter.
USED to be on DreamStation..now on S9 VPAP ADAPT
21 years on CPAP

Mirage Quattro Air Small