CPAP Machines

[AJC]

Looking at purchasing from overseas can anyone give any advice from experience.
Thanks. Al.

[boots-47]

Hey mate,

For me, I tested the Remstar / Philips Pro One with humidifier as well as the Airsense 10 Autosense and settled on the Airsense as it was quieter and with a smaller form factor. If you have private health, some funds include coverage for CPAP that might let you consider buying locally from a warranty and support point of view.

Good luck!

Boots

[xcvator]

I think you will find that you will have to supply a prescription to purchase the actual machine from any reputable supplier which may prove difficult but you can purchase all the ancilliary stuff with no problems

[Coiled]

I have recently started with CPAP. It was all new to me so with the benefit of $500 from medibank I decided to buy locally with the added benefit of support and warranty. In the future I think I will buy spares (masks & hoses) online.

I went with the Resmed Airsense 10 autoset. I have been really happy with it and found it great from first night onwards. The only nights I struggled was when experimenting with different sized nasal pillows. It has the MyAir service which gives useful info as you settle into using the machine but also has GSM so it connects to a mobile network and uploads your sleep data every morning. Your supplier can also reconfigure your machine remotely without any input from you.

We head off tomorrow on a two week 5000km road trip so I am about to find out how it goes on the road.

Good luck with purchase and let us know the outcome.

[jr]

Bought two from overseas.
Machines here cost around $500 more........around the same as health plans pay out.
Even considering USD rate they are heaps cheaper. Only problem is warranty and service means they have to go back to US. Ive had great support even being other side of world.
No difficulties and its common for us dealers to ship AU orders
Few sites around but some indicate older Resmed S9 as being better machine
Auto adjust a good feature, can get kit inc humidifier but many dont need it
They ar very easy to set, aus resellers try to tell you you need them for adjustmnets, firstly auto models self adjust and even complicated things can be accessed easily
Dont need prescription.

Small but noisy is HDM Z1, good for travel but S9 is better

[AJC]

Thanks for the advice will probably go with the U.S. Options.
Cheers. Al.

[broncos11]

I have the Resmed brand also. Bonus is that it's Aldo easy to get 12v adapter for these to use when camping. I'm happy with it.