ResMed AirSense 10 filter cover / door design flaw and breakage

Does anyone else think that the cover / door to the ResMed AirSense 10 air intake (the little cover that you open and put the filter on) sucks? It has a terrible design flaw where it only has a small piece of plastic to slide into a hole to act as the hinge, and that small piece of plastic is pretty easily breakable. ResMed does have a replacement part available thru your DME, so you aren't out of luck when it breaks, but still... If they'd made the "male piece" that slides in out of metal instead of plastic it would be a lot more durable.

You should have seen the filter cover that was used on the S9.
Believe it or not the AirSense cover is a huge improvement IMHO over past filter covers.

Pugsy speaketh the truth.
The S9 filter cover was a stupid design, fully removable, on the BACK,
where one could not easily see to install it.
How does one break the Airsense cover, anyway?
Just a cute little door--easy-peasy.

chunkyfrog wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:41 pm

How does one break the Airsense cover, anyway?
Just a cute little door--easy-peasy.

With enough effort, almost anything can be broken

chunkyfrog wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:41 pm

Pugsy speaketh the truth.
The S9 filter cover was a stupid design, fully removable, on the BACK,
where one could not easily see to install it.
How does one break the Airsense cover, anyway?
Just a cute little door--easy-peasy.

It's just a small plastic tab that's very easily breakable. It's a terrible design flaw. Trust me, they offer replacements for a reason. LOL!

PaulKTF wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:14 am

Trust me, they offer replacements for a reason. LOL!

They offer replacements because, no matter what it is, SOMEONE will figure out how to break it.

The fact that it's not made out of titanium doesn't mean it's a "terrible design flaw".

palerider wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:36 pm

PaulKTF wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:14 am

Trust me, they offer replacements for a reason. LOL!

They offer replacements because, no matter what it is, SOMEONE will figure out how to break it.

The fact that it's not made out of titanium doesn't mean it's a "terrible design flaw".

It's a very thin (and small) piece of plastic molded as part of the cover that serves the purpose of being the hinge. It's very easily breakable and once it does break, it can't be re-connected into the unit and makes it pretty much impossible to use an air filter with the machine. That's why you don't use thin plastic on parts like that which are supposed to be mobile like that. It's just a known functional design flaw, that's all.

I know I can break things.
When starting out, I destroyed two hoses, and I am a wee froggie.
I tend to be gentler now--at least I try.
I hate replacing stuff that should not have bitten the dust.
Now we know what DME's are good for . . .

PaulKTF wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:45 pm

It's just a known functional design flaw, that's all.

In your OPINION.

'course, since you started this rant, I wouldn't expect you to have a rational view.

Hands up, everybody who hasn't had their "known functional design flaw' filter door break and fall off.

I am going on three years and my wife is going on one year with Resmed machines and have never broken a filter cover.

I know I am more likely to break things when I lose my temper.
After rolls of duck tape, a lake of super glue, and more checks than I care to remember,
I have regained some control over my ugly temper.
Cpap helped, too. Sleep is a miracle drug.

palerider wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:05 pm

Hands up, everybody who hasn't had their "known functional design flaw' filter door break and fall off.

I don't recall anyone here on the forum complaining of breaking that little door off...now of course the forum members here aren't the only people using this machine but pretty much if a forum member breaks something and they think it is a poor design we are the first to hear about it.
So for how many years has it been now.......and no one else has complained about breaking that little door. Certainly wouldn't qualify as a huge known defect causing major repeated breakage.
Now I did drop the water chamber and it hit the floor and then wouldn't seal...but that was my fault. I shouldn't have dropped it.
It's not the fault of the maker who didn't anticipate that I would drop it on the hardwood floor.

Pugsy wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:50 pm

palerider wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:05 pm

Hands up, everybody who hasn't had their "known functional design flaw' filter door break and fall off.

I don't recall anyone here on the forum complaining of breaking that little door off...now of course the forum members here aren't the only people using this machine but pretty much if a forum member breaks something and they think it is a poor design we are the first to hear about it.
So for how many years has it been now.......and no one else has complained about breaking that little door. Certainly wouldn't qualify as a huge known defect causing major repeated breakage.

Yeah, that was my thought, and, hopefully, unspoken subtext.. I have a faint memory of maybe one person complaining... but the more I think about it, it was "it snapped off, but I popped it back on" sort of thing.

Pugsy wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:50 pm

Now I did drop the water chamber and it hit the floor and then wouldn't seal...but that was my fault. I shouldn't have dropped it.
It's not the fault of the maker who didn't anticipate that I would drop it on the hardwood floor.

No no, that's a serious design flaw, it needs to be beefed up and engineered to be proof against a 10 foot fall onto concrete.

It'll be larger and weigh considerably more, but *it must be done!*

PaulKTF wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:39 am

Does anyone else think that the cover / door to the ResMed AirSense 10 air intake (the little cover that you open and put the filter on) sucks?

Based on the current responses, or lack thereof, I'm thinking the answer is "no".

(this minute delay between posts is SO ANNOYING! .... It's almost like "no no, stop and think again before you whip off that snarky response!"

Hold out hands, count the number of thumbs, if you see more than 6, put on gloves before you work on anything. Jim

If you see 10 thumbs, have someone else operate it for you!

Check house for broken anvils, have them recast!