I have been using an AirCurve 10 Vauto for several years. I keep mine on top of an arched headboard, just a little less than a hose length above the bed, which means it can easily reach anywhere with little chance of get tied up. I have the humidifier, heated hose, Mirage Quatro full face mask. Beca...

If you don't have another machine, then keep that one in case your main one croaks off on a friday evening before a long weekend... (cuz that's when they like to fail). You should, if at all possible, have a spare for everything. How many times have you had to use an older machine as a backup? a fe...

palerider, I tried the website apneaboard.com. I as able to get the 'secret handshake' for my machine and it worked great. I went through the extended menu and saw many additional settings, including trigger level (set to medium). I don't remember seeing a hose type over ride but they may be that co...

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Very CLASSY, mbushroe and Palerider! You two are more than just the smart kids. You've got CLASS! Thanks from the peanut gallery for letting us try to follow along. :wink: Hopefully others will add their two cents here too~~~ Thanks! I am still learning all this myself as I go along. I do like it w...

Alright, I think I am beginning to see the comfort versus driving for full effect. The section you are not clear on was trying to asses the effective average pressure or level of effort for inhale and exhale. I was describing multiplying sections of the volume by the pressure when that volume went t...

My insurance always sends me to Apria. The have an office on the west Peoria and one in Tempe. I usually go the the Peoria branch. I once walked past it when they were closed and the place is HUGE with all kinds of DME stored in what would normally be several more stores in a strip. The usually had ...

Moved from somewhere else... Did you remember to change the tube type settings when swapping hoses? Not possible! Mine is currently configured to not allow almost any user changes. I can set mask to full, nasal, or pillow but there is no option for hose type, length, or diameter. Of course it's pos...

palerider wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:21 pm [ Did you remember to change the tube tupe settings when swapping hoses? Not possible! Mine is currently configured to not allow almost any user changes. I can set mask to full, nasal, or pillow but there is no option for hose type, length, or diameter. Her...

palerider wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:21 pm mbushroe wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:37 am But if it is not even able to match inhale and exhale pressures with the patient's flow rates, I don't see how it can provide feedback correction for pressure drops across the hose . It can, easily... Computers are ...

palerider, it would seem that my concern over hose types may be greater than justified. I am assuming that the 4cm and 12cm pressures were are the outlet side, going into a chamber with an adjustable outlet rate to the pressure desired when the fan was at maximum speed. I must admit I am surprised t...

BCman wrote: ↑Sun Dec 09, 2018 10:01 am The hose is standard size. I'll look into a bigger one. I'll definitely look into what you're saying. I just remembered that there is a simple way, short of a sleep study to at least see if your hose is adequate. Disconnect the hose from your machine, put the ...

I know that when I got a new machine, or was it a new set of consumables, I got a narrower hose than I had been using. These spiral wire, contracted plastic webbing between are horribly inefficient air flow hoses. They are lighter, cheaper, more flexible and virtually kink proof, but the air resista...

Moving posts isn't a smooth function with the forum software. I have tried to both combine and move posts and I ended up with nothing but a big mess...and moving means moving the entire post...not just the contents....I couldn't move the post and still add something in there. What I suggest you do ...

Strange. In my case the only time insurance leaned on me to make sure the expense was justified and that I would use it was for only one month. They required at least 21 days of four hours or more of use in the first month and that was it. I actually came close but failed my first month and let me t...