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- It is freezing here in Melbourne.
Now I know some of you have been giving me
a little bit of shit on Facebook
saying that 14 degrees is not cold.
Well, it is for me, all right?
It's freezing.
So I've got a nice hot cup of tea, my nice warm jacket on.
But today, I'm talking about foam again for a change.
Now, when Phillips first announced this recall,
they stated that the foam degradation could be exacerbated
by the use of unapproved cleaning methods,
such as the ozone sanitizers that many of you use.
The SoCleans, and there's many others that are sold online
and through CPAP clinics around the world.
They also stated that it could also be caused
by high heat and humidity,
that could also be playing a factor.
Ozone to me was the great mystery, I mean,
could it really be causing the foam to break down,
or was Phillips just using it as a red herring
to distract customers?
Also, if this was true,
could the use of ozone be potentially degrading the foam
in other C-PAP machines, like your ResMed,
and your Fisher and Paykel?
I just had to look into it and find out for myself.
Now, a lot of you on the private Facebook page
would have already seen the experiment,
but for those of you not on that page,
basically what I did was this,
I grabbed brand new foam from the DreamStation One,
DreamStation Two, and the ResMed AirSense 10,
put it in a bag, and then nuked it
with four ozone generators for five days straight,
24 hours a day.
And this is what it looked like, it was pretty crazy.
- When this baby hits 88 miles per hour,
you're gonna see some serious shit.
- [Nick] All right, the great foam experiment.
Four ozone generators pumping in to the bag
full of DS One, DS Two, and ResMed Foam.
- But I need a nuclear reaction
to generate the 1.21 gigawatts--
- 1.21 gigawatts.
- [Nick] So here's the results.
First up is, this is the polyester polyurethane foam,
this is the recalled foam from Phillips.
And I almost feel like I should be wearing
a mask when doing this or a hazmat suit,
but you can see here
that the foam has just become completely,
it's almost melted, look at it.
The foam just gets all black and sticky like this,
so it's had a big impact on the structure of the foam.
Look at it, it's sort of like eight and away at it,
you see that?
And what's happening is, when this foam degrades,
obviously it's releasing chemicals,
I can smell them right now.
- Are You're telling me that this sucker is nuclear?
- [Nick] But then all these little black particles
are breaking off and that can obviously then enter
the turbine and then be shot out down the tube.
I might change my gloves when I open up the next foam.
All right, so I feel like a, of a drug dealer here,
with my little bags, dealing foam.
All right, so the next one is the ResMed AirSense 10 foams.
This is the only little piece of foam
that they have in their device.
And this little black bits on here
is actually from the other foam,
but the actual integrity of this foam
is still pretty much the same right around.
It's changed a little bit, but it's,
you can still see it's quite strong,
so the foam is quite resilient to the ozone.
And lastly,
in my other little drug bag,
my cocaine foam.
And here's the DreamStation Two foam,
or the snowflake foam as I refer to it.
It also seems to not be affected by the ozone,
although this foam just in general is really delicate,
I do have my worries about is longevity.
It's very delicate, this foam,
it seems like it's really easy just to break.
Phillips we're obviously pretty confident in it,
so we'll just have to see how we go with that.
And that's it, that's all the foam,
the great foam experiment.
- All right, so where to from here?
Well, I think until the FDA actually comes out
and approves an ozone device for sanitizing your CPAP gear,
you should definitely stop using them for the time being.
Now, I do know that many of the viewers use
a brand called SoClean,
it's another ozone generating device,
probably the best one on the market.
Now, I know SoClean is currently in the process
of registering their product with the TGA
as a class two cleaning device.
And if that product does get the green light from the TGA,
then I will certainly be more than happy
to revisit this video, have a look at their device,
and educate you further.
So before I wrap up this video,
I do want to remind all the Philips viewers watching
that regardless of ozone use, high heat, humidity,
all that stuff, you are still going to be exposed
to the volatile organic compounds that are above safe levels
from day one no matter what.
So you really need to talk about that with your doctor,
if you are wanting to continue using
your Phillips CPAP device.
Now, most doctors, as much as I hate to say this,
are clueless on this, they really are.
So what you need to do,
I've put a PDF in the description of the video,
give them that PDF, print it off, give it to them,
and then that way they can get educated
and they can educate you on what's best
for you and your health.
Anyway, guys, thanks for watching, really appreciate it,
I hope you enjoyed today's video.
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Until next time, all the best, sleep well,
look out for one another, and I'll see you soon.
Bye
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