Resmed S9 elite vs. AirSense™ 10 Elite CPAP Machine with Hum

This is probably like ford & chevy , but i wanted to know from anyone who has used both to offer an opinion. Definitely have no complaints with my current S9 Resmed & agree with doc that switching back to straight cpap was the way to go for me . since on this machine for a few years now wonder if there has been any updates / improvements if any ?
Thanks in Advance
tim

I may be wrong about this but from reading the S9 manual on the Climate control with the Climateline Hose I don't think you can set the tube temperature separately from the humidifier setting. You can do that with the Airsense 10 ClimateLine.
Other than this I haven't heard of any significant difference. No personal experience with the S9 series. If you want to read over the Airsense 10 clinical manual here is the link. https://sleep.tnet.com/home/files/resme ... -guide.pdf

OkyDoky wrote:I may be wrong about this but from reading the S9 manual on the Climate control with the Climateline Hose I don't think you can set the tube temperature separately from the humidifier setting. You can do that with the Airsense 10 ClimateLine.
Other than this I haven't heard of any significant difference. No personal experience with the S9 series. If you want to read over the Airsense 10 clinical manual here is the link. https://sleep.tnet.com/home/files/resme ... -guide.pdf

I'm pretty sure you can... I've done it on the s9 vpap auto, if you set climate control to auto, then you set the temp of the tube and it automatically sets the humidity level, if you set it to 'off' then you get separate tube and humidifier options.

palerider wrote:

OkyDoky wrote:I may be wrong about this but from reading the S9 manual on the Climate control with the Climateline Hose I don't think you can set the tube temperature separately from the humidifier setting. You can do that with the Airsense 10 ClimateLine.
Other than this I haven't heard of any significant difference. No personal experience with the S9 series. If you want to read over the Airsense 10 clinical manual here is the link. https://sleep.tnet.com/home/files/resme ... -guide.pdf

I'm pretty sure you can... I've done it on the s9 vpap auto, if you set climate control to auto, then you set the temp of the tube and it automatically sets the humidity level, if you set it to 'off' then you get separate tube and humidifier options.

Your are right I didn't go far enough down in the S9 Manual. All I saw was where the temperature and humidity have a constant relationship to each other in the settings.

Right you are pale rider. Also the S9 is info explanatory . on wakeup i punch the info button, then right after i simultaneously hold down the info button and silver button beside it. detailed info without pulling the SD card right at your finger tips *

deerslayer wrote:detailed info without pulling the SD card right at your finger tips *

if you call that 'info'.

trying to summarize the whole night in a few numbers really does leave a lot to be desired.

palerider wrote:

deerslayer wrote:detailed info without pulling the SD card right at your finger tips *

if you call that 'info'.

trying to summarize the whole night in a few numbers really does leave a lot to be desired.

LOL, serves my purpose.
After all these years i don't feel i need to micro manage my data imho .. to each his or her own

deerslayer wrote:

palerider wrote:

deerslayer wrote:detailed info without pulling the SD card right at your finger tips *

if you call that 'info'.

trying to summarize the whole night in a few numbers really does leave a lot to be desired.

LOL, serves my purpose.
After all these years i don't feel i need to micro manage my data imho .. to each his or her own

as long as it's good, then the front panel is good enough, that is true, it's when you're trying to improve, or if things start going off the rails, then it's woefully inadequate.

If you are getting a new machine I would go with the 10. As for getting the standard clap, I wouldn't do it. I don't think it is really that much more. I think with the S9, I saw only a 50 dollar difference on the site I was on. With the auto set you can use the standard setting or the Auto. So it is a win win and you may find auto is a better fit for you, especially if you take anything that will relax your air way, such as new med's, a night out drinking, or gaining weight. I honestly don't know why they are not all auto set.

SleepingBearDoNtWake wrote: I honestly don't know why they are not all auto set.

DMEs want a cheaper thing they can dump on unsuspecting people, so manufacturers defeature their machines to give different price points.

same thing happens in a lot of places... one of the current 'fun things' with electronics tinkerers is buying the base model Rigol oscilliscope, and then (depending on the model) entering codes, or firmware off the web, and poof, you've got the twice as good one.

palerider wrote:

SleepingBearDoNtWake wrote: I honestly don't know why they are not all auto set.

DMEs want a cheaper thing they can dump on unsuspecting people, so manufacturers defeature their machines to give different price points.

same thing happens in a lot of places... one of the current 'fun things' with electronics tinkerers is buying the base model Rigol oscilliscope, and then (depending on the model) entering codes, or firmware off the web, and poof, you've got the twice as good one.

I would love to try that, I'm a little technical, but for an expensive machine, I wouldn't try it, I would fry something. If you ever do it, would love to see a youtube video of how it is done.

I had two S9's an auto-set, then an elite.

Now I have the air-sense 10 which is still new within a few months.

My 'sense' (haha) is that the humidifier on the 10 is much better, it has a bigger tank and can be set to deliver more humidity, other than that it feels exactly the same to me, it took me one night of rainout to get the humidifier set at least close to what I had before (I like to set it to just below rainout) and then I haven't had to fiddle with it at all.

I like the unit is smaller, easier to travel with (assuming you want the humidifier).

The fragile connection between the humidifier and the base unit always bothered me about the S9, glad to see it go.

SleepingBearDoNtWake wrote:

palerider wrote:

SleepingBearDoNtWake wrote: I honestly don't know why they are not all auto set.

DMEs want a cheaper thing they can dump on unsuspecting people, so manufacturers defeature their machines to give different price points.

same thing happens in a lot of places... one of the current 'fun things' with electronics tinkerers is buying the base model Rigol oscilliscope, and then (depending on the model) entering codes, or firmware off the web, and poof, you've got the twice as good one.

I would love to try that, I'm a little technical, but for an expensive machine, I wouldn't try it, I would fry something. If you ever do it, would love to see a youtube video of how it is done.

the closest I've come to is taking them apart all the S9 line is *exactly* the same inside, the only difference in the 14 or so models is the firmware.

kurth83 wrote:I had two S9's an auto-set, then an elite.
Now I have the air-sense 10 which is still new within a few months.
My 'sense' (haha) is that the humidifier on the 10 is much better, it has a bigger tank and can be set to deliver more humidity, other than that it feels exactly the same to me,

in point of fact, both tanks hold 380ml of water.

kurth83 wrote:The fragile connection between the humidifier and the base unit always bothered me about the S9, glad to see it go.

fragile?

kurth83 wrote:I had two S9's an auto-set, then an elite.

Now I have the air-sense 10 which is still new within a few months.

My 'sense' (haha) is that the humidifier on the 10 is much better, it has a bigger tank and can be set to deliver more humidity, other than that it feels exactly the same to me, it took me one night of rainout to get the humidifier set at least close to what I had before (I like to set it to just below rainout) and then I haven't had to fiddle with it at all.

I like the unit is smaller, easier to travel with (assuming you want the humidifier).

The fragile connection between the humidifier and the base unit always bothered me about the S9, glad to see it go.

Thank You for your input kurth83
the air sense 10 info was interesting. not crazy about the humidifier filling if you have to remove from machine each time instead of just lifting the lid to fill. seems to be a step backwards.
i had used two M series autos before the S9 Elite & actually prefer the straight cpap over the auto & not because the sleep dr. wanted to shave dollars off machine.
if there have been no improvements in machine software algorithms , i see no need to jones for a replacement at this time.
I did pull the SD card this a.m. and ran Sleepyhead which only confirmed what i had been observing from the different screen shots when scrolling through my S9's setup mode.
wish all effective therapy & a good nights ZZzzzzz
tim