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- Good day, kids.
It's your old mate, uncle Nico,
back again with another super fun
and entertaining CPAP video.
If only that was the truth.
It's not, I'm sorry, it's a lie.
It's very, very hard
to make this stuff fun and entertaining.
I'm not even sure how I ended up here.
I could have chosen anything to review, guitars,
fishing rods, golf clubs, power tools, power tools.
But instead, I'm stuck here talking to you
about these things, CPAP machines, hip pumps.
Oh, dear, but at least it's educational, right?
That's important, right, guys, anyone, important?
Oh, well, while are you here anyway,
we may as well have a little chat.
I think we'll chat about noise.
Lalalalalalalaa, CPAP noise.
Now I was just doing a little bit of a noise comparison
between this shiny little touchscreen gizmo over here,
the brand new AirSense 11 and old Mr. Reliable,
Mr. Faithful, Mr. Trustworthy, the AirSense 10, I love it.
Now, set both machines up to 10 centimeters of pressure.
And I've been using this mask for the last two weeks,
the Fisher & Paykel Evora Full.
The seal is incredible.
No mask leaks.
It is amazing.
Love the seal.
The rest of the mask is good as well.
Kind of looks a little bit like an Amara View or an FTDI.
So the designs are a little bit similar to others,
but the seal is pure gold, loving it.
So anyway, I've got both machines set to 10,
work on the Evora Full, hit the on button
and straightaway I noticed that the AirSense 11
was much quieter.
In fact, I was quite taken back
because I wasn't expecting there to be that much difference
in the noise level between the two machines.
And then the pin dropped,
on the AirSense 10, I had the APR,
the pressure relief settings, set to three,
the maximum level.
Whereas on the AirSense 11,
I had it completely switched off, no pressure relief.
And that made a lot of difference.
When I leveled up the settings and put them both to an APR
of off, completely off, the noise was much more level,
much more on par.
The AirSense 11 maybe a little bit quieter,
but not that much quieter.
And then I thought,
well, hey, maybe I'll just come up here to the bedroom,
happiest place on earth,
and do a little bit of video on noise.
Just talk a little bit about noise
and maybe give you a few tips on how you can reduce noise
or even just drain it out a little bit.
So here we are.
And noise is probably the most frequently asked question.
When it comes to CPAP machines,
anyone who's gonna start with a CPAP machine,
the first thing they say, how noisy are they?
And that's quite ironic, isn't it?
Because those people, you know who you are,
you're the noisiest people on earth.
With all your snoring and stuff,
you're worried about a bit of pop noise?
Forget about it, all right?
But look, it's a legitimate question
and there's been big improvements in noise over the years,
but they've sort of hit a little point now
around that 26, 27 decibel mark,
where look, I'd love to see it get lower,
but it seems to be just hovering around there,
maybe just a little marginal differences.
But noise is funny, right?
We've all got our own tolerance of noise.
Some people will just like completely no noise,
blackout blinds, complete silence.
Whereas other people like myself,
I don't mind a bit of noise.
I've got quite a noisy bedroom.
I got a young fella in the cot wailing all night.
I have a white noise machine for him, but also for myself,
I love white noise.
It just really levels out the noise.
I have my ear buds in listening to war documentaries
for half the night.
We got frogs outside and birds and all sorts of stuff.
And I sleep with the blinds open.
So I'm completely different, everyone's different.
I think that's important.
But for those of you who don't like noise,
here's a few tips that I can give you
that maybe help a little bit.
So the first thing we'll discuss
is those pressure relief settings.
The high you have those pressure relief settings,
generally the noisier your CPAP machine will be.
And it'll also give it a different sound profile.
And that's because the motor is switching
between inhalation and exhalation pressure.
And that switching the pressure
between the motor going slower and faster
gives it that changing noise.
You hear that ffffhhhh, ffffhhhh.
And when you get a change in noise,
a higher change in noise,
it's more disturbing for your brain.
If it's at one level like white noise,
that sort of one generic level,
your brain sort of sets that as the baseline
and doesn't really care too much about it.
But when you get those changes in noise,
you start thinking about them a lot more.
So that's something you can try.
Turn your pressure relief settings down.
You might find it a little bit harder to breathe out,
but over time you get used to it.
I have it off personally.
The next thing you might wanna look at
is the position of your CPAP machine.
Most of you will have it up here on the bedside table
like I do.
I have it up here as well
because the noise doesn't bother me.
But if it is bothering you,
you might wanna switch it up a bit.
You can put it lower to the ground, ideally off the ground
'cause it can be quite dusty down on the ground,
but ideally off the ground,
that will also help with rain up,
moisture building up in your CPAP shoe.
But when it's down there, not right next to your head,
the mattress will also act to absorb some of that noise
and it's further away from you.
Now, the next thing is my personal favorite.
I've just really gotten into this
and I love it, white noise.
It's beautiful.
I'll just listen to it through Spotify.
Although when the little fella here, Jack's here,
we have its own little white noise machine
that, some of you might've seen that red light
that I have in my bedroom, but this is just Spotify.
There's a lot of different types of white noise.
Just find one that you find sort of soothing and calming.
This is the one I listen to.
It's called Dreams & Calmness.
I just like the pitch.
It's got a buh buh buh, bit of a rumble to it,
almost like maybe being on an airplane.
That sort of a white noise.
But what I find is when I put that here
next to the CPAP machine,
it just really levels out the noise.
You don't hear the changes in the noise,
it's just one static noise,
and I find it very relaxing personally.
All right, so there's a cool little tip for you.
Now, this next tip is a bit of an expensive one
and you'd probably only go and buy them
if you were desperate or perhaps you like exercise
and running and listening to music, the Apple Airpod Pros,
and they have noise cancellation technology.
And basically what that means
is when you put them in the ear,
they drown out all the ambient noise outside of your ears
and they work a treat.
I use them over nighttime listening to history docos,
that's my favorite thing, war documentaries.
I love war documentaries.
It is fascinating.
World War I, World War II, Stalingrad, Barbarossa,
Midway, Pearl Harbor, Hitler.
It's just crazy to think that all that stuff happened
not that long ago when the world was in absolute turmoil.
Anyway, I'm babbling on.
That's what I do when I start talking about history,
but it just fascinates me.
But yeah, there's something you can look at.
And there's probably some other brands as well
some cheaper brands.
But these ones, I just love these ones.
They work really well.
They were given to me as a little gift from my lovely wife.
Not my best video, but I hope you enjoyed it.
Have yourself a lovely day.
I'll be doing the AirSense 11 video soon.
And I'm gonna start giving away some AirSense 11 machines.
I know some of you don't like Facebook.
Even though we've got a great Facebook private group,
I know some of you don't like Facebook,
so I'm gonna be giving away one a month.
And I do one on the Facebook group,
one on YouTube, and sort of rotate them
probably for the next year.
So keep an eye out for that.
I'll make it nice and easy for you to enter the competition.
And yes, (indistinct) a few giveaways.
It should be fun.
See you soon, guys, look out for one another,
and have a great day.
Bye.