can't find distilled water? What can I do?

[tron7263]

Hi. I'm in So Cal, USA. For weeks, I have been unable to find any distilled water for my CPAP in stores. In desperation, I bought six small bottles on Amazon for $24 !!!

Does anyone have an idea what I can do?

Thanks.

[Pugsy]

Use your drinking water...tap or bottled or whatever.

The worst thing that will happen is you get a bit of mineral build up in the water chamber but it is easily removed with a bit of vinegar or lemon juice.

[palerider]

Hi. I'm in So Cal, USA. For weeks, I have been unable to find any distilled water for my CPAP in stores. In desperation, I bought six small bottles on Amazon for $24 !!!

Does anyone have an idea what I can do?

Thanks.

Use *tap water* it's perfectly fine.

This should be a sticky, not that anybody will bother to read it.

[Pugsy]

Use *tap water* it's perfectly fine.

This should be a sticky, not that anybody will bother to read it.

Yes it should and especially right now.....so ask and ye shall receive....give me a few minutes to get it done.

[zonker]

Hi. I'm in So Cal, USA. For weeks, I have been unable to find any distilled water for my CPAP in stores. In desperation, I bought six small bottles on Amazon for $24 !!!

Does anyone have an idea what I can do?

Thanks.

welcome to the zoo. distilled water is a convenience, not a necessity. it's recommended so that you avoid mineral build up in the tank.

you'll maybe get more build up with tap water. but keep an eye on your tank. if you see anything scummy, dump out the water, clean the tank and you are good to go.

good luck!

[raisedfist]

our host has a pitcher that claims to turn tap into distilled water...more or less. i've used that out of laziness.

[Dog Slobber]

ResMed has clarified that using Distilled Water is a cleaning convenience and not a health concern.





https://www.resmed.com/en-us/covid-19/? ... ge1hYYltnI

[chunkyfrog]

If/when my tabletop distiller dies, I will readily switch to tap water.
No problem.
I drink it when I'm thirsty.
Dihydrogen monoxide--beverage of survivors.

[Lifeisabeach]

If you can't convince yourself to use tap water, start using de-ionized water that's dispensed on demand at some grocers like Whole Foods. It's actually "purer" and cheaper than distilled, and as long as the store is open for business and the machine is maintained, there will never be a shortage. More to read in discussions linked below:

viewtopic/t178786/Smartwater-substitute ... e#p1346091
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=178748&p=1345467&hi ... s#p1345467

[dadbar1]

You might also try running with no water at all. I never use my humidifier and I don't miss it.

[dreamingofdreaming]

I purchased a home distiller on amazon for around the price of the pitcher that is for sale. Between my CPAP and home humidifier, I was going through 2 gallons a day in the winter.

[ChicagoGranny]

ResMed has clarified that using Distilled Water is a cleaning convenience and not a health concern.





https://www.resmed.com/en-us/covid-19/? ... ge1hYYltnI

Thank you. That reference will be used in my town's FB page to hopefully calm some people down.

[Juanefny]

FYI - I bought a table top water distiller over 4 or 5 years ago on amazon. Have used it ever since. My parents liked it so much they even bought one. They run it for drinking water as the water where they live isn’t good.

[Dog Slobber]

CPAP tip of the day:

Get a home distiller. The time you save not having to descale your CPAP humidifier, you can put towards descaling your distiller.

[zonker]

CPAP tip of the day:

Get a home distiller. The time you save not having to descale your CPAP humidifier, you can put towards descaling your distiller.

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