- Morning guys, Nick here from CPAP reviews
I hope you're doing well,
it's Friday here in Melbourne, Victoria it's freezing,
and unfortunately we've gone back into stage three lockdown.
So we thought life was getting back to normal
but unfortunately we've been hit with the second wave
that's come through
and the numbers are going through the roof again.
And yeah, it's back inside for another six weeks.
But anyway, I'm at home working from home at the moment,
this is actually my bar,
it normally doesn't look so professional
it's normally got a few empty beer cans
and a few empty glasses of scotch on it,
but today it's got a CPAP mask on it.
It's the N30 from ResMed,
and I think it's already been superseded by the N30i
but I'm not quite sure
how ResMed are doing things these days.
It used to be you know,
every couple of years they'd bring out a new mask
and nowadays it seems like it's every couple of months
so it's quite hard to keep up
but this is the N30
and it's very, very similar
to one of my all time favorite masks
from the 2018, 2019 years and still available today,
the ResMed P10.
Now I'm sure many of you watching now
actually have a P10 mask,
which is why I wanna do this video.
So the P10, why I love it so much,
and why many of you probably love it so much
is that it's so light
and it's so simple and easy to put on, takeoff and use
and it's also really quiet.
It has this great dual vent system here
where the exhalation port is
which gently diffuses the air so it's nice and quiet,
you don't have any of that swinging cross.
But it's just so easy
just to pull these elastic straps back over your head
and then take it off.
It's easy to take apart just a gem of a mask
but so lightweight.
I really love that.
One of the downsides to this mask
was the fact that I had this elastic strap
that overtime would stretch
and there was no way to really adjust the tension on it.
So you'd spent a lot of time just buying these new straps.
And with ResMed gear, as you probably already know,
they don't come cheap.
This little bit of material here in Australia
retails at somewhere like 90 to $100
for this tiny bit of elastic, which is a little bit absurd.
But I did bring out these little clips
so you can sort of like thread the clip through here
and then make it tighter that way.
So you can see there
just threaded that through and made it tighter.
But even that's a bit annoying, 'cause this is the back here
and it sort of creates this weird sort of part,
so when you're lying there, you can feel it.
So it's just not great in that aspect.
Which brings me to the N30.
So the N30 has the same sort of system
but the strap itself
has this great little part on the side here
where you can adjust the tension.
So what I'm saying is, if you have a P10
and you're loving it,
you can actually just go and buy the N30 strap
that actually I'll put a link
in the description of the video
where you can pick up all this stuff
so you don't have to go and look for it yourself.
But anyway, you can get the N30 strap,
you can whack it on to your P10
it's really quick and easy to change,
I'll show you that in a minute.
And then boom, you're good to go.
You've got a nice little part here
where you can adjust the tightness up over time,
you can take up that slack as it gets a little bit looser
and keep it nice and reasonably firm on your nostrils there.
But I will talk about the N30 anyway
because some of you with the P10
might be looking to sort of change that up a bit
or many of you might not have a P10
and you're just looking for a new mask
and this one one might be one to put on the radar
'cause it's getting good reviews
and there are definitely some features about it that I like
so what about we just have a quick look at the mask
and I'll take you through some of that stuff now.
Alright guys, this is that little size guide
that I said I'd put in the description there
so you can download that printed off, cut it out and use it
to size up your mask.
Pretty straightforward, you just put your nose in there.
But here is the N30.
This is that little part that I was talking about.
So now you can actually make it tighter or looser.
This is the little cushion section here.
So you can see your nose just sits here
in these little holes.
And then you've got a little bit of a flexi tube here.
To take off the head gear, you just sort of just peels off.
You can sort of see it sort of hooks over
this little part here.
So you can take off the headgear like so.
And that's the same as the P10,
so the P10 and the N30 frame pretty similar.
To take this cushion off you just sort of
it just sort of peels off.
There's no real clips here.
All right, so this is your little cushion,
medium,
small-wide and small.
You can see it's got left and right sides there as well,
so you know when you're putting it on,
I think it'll only go on one way but..
I think they've just sort of made it idiot proof
if you can do that,
but the nice and easy to take apart, nice and easy to clean.
To clean this section here, you just get little,
I don't know if you've seen them, a little holes brushes,
and you can use them for the your big hole as well.
But you can get like a little instrument brush
or just a little, you know, dish brush,
but you kind of just get it,
it's flexi and you just put it down there
and give it a quick wash down there.
These little ridges here are a perfect breeding ground
for bacteria and stuff
so if you aren't getting in brushing that out,
make sure you do just get some warm soapy water
and brush that sort of section out.
Otherwise, you'll just get mold and bacteria
growing in there
and obviously it's gonna go straight down your lungs.
But yeah, I want to put it back together
'cause it's pretty basic,
you can sort of figure it out yourselves.
But yeah, and then that just goes back on there,
you slide that through that hole,
bring it on there and then the other side on there,
and you're good to go.
I'll just quickly show you the P10, well I've got here.
So that's your P10 cushion here.
Right, you can sort of see the difference.
So one's got obviously the pillows that go up into the nose,
and this one's just a bit more of a cradle.
These ones tend to be a bit more secure for more people
because obviously it goes up into the nose there
and sort of, you know, gonna seal the nostril.
These sort of nasal cradles
can be a little bit hit and miss for some,
just because you sort of got align up your nostrils
with these little parts here
and you really sort of need to pull it in tight
for it to get a good seal.
I just wanna show you one more thing.
It's this section here is the new quiet air filter.
So behind here, you have flat filter material,
so like the same sort of filter
you'd find in your CPAP machine.
And that diffuses the air
and then it obviously comes out through this little ring
that runs around the edge there.
So this is the P10.
You can see the P10's different, it's like a vented system.
This is like a strange sort of filter material here.
And just on that if you have a P10
make sure you get a like an old toothbrush
and really give that a good scrub every once a week
because you won't be able to see
but this will get clogged up with dust and gunk.
And if you don't, that's where the air comes out.
So if you don't clean that,
it'll be a much harder to breathe air
because the air actually won't be able to escape
through this section here, okay?
So make sure you give that a good clean,
little tip from yours truly.
All right, cheers I'll leave it there.
Now the N30 comes with three size nasal cushions available
so you can pick it up with a medium cushion,
a small cushion or a small-wide cushion
and you can download our little size guide
which is gonna help you pick the right size
for your nose shape,
and I'll put the link in the description of the video
for the sizes.
Okay, let's talk about some of the features quickly
and then I'll give you some of the feedback
that we've had regarding this mask.
Firstly, it's extremely quiet.
This mask is actually three decibels quieter than the P10.
Which is quite remarkable
because the P10 was already exceptionally quiet.
So I love that they brought in this new quiet air filter
that really diffuses the air in the front here
making it exceptionally quiet.
Secondly, it's ultra lightweight.
It's featherlight, okay?
It's less than two ounces,
which means you don't have a big heavy mask on your face
when you're lying there,
when you're moving around at nighttime, it's very light,
very easy, very minimalistic to move around with.
I also really love the simplicity of this mask.
There's only three components of the mask,
the cushion, the frame and the headgear.
It's extremely easy to assemble and disassemble
for cleaning.
And it's also really easy to put on and take off
of a nighttime.
You're not fiddling around with mask clips,
you're not fiddling around with velcro,
it's really just a pull over your head take off like so.
And when you go to clean it and put it back together,
you're taking away, you're just taking apart a few pieces
instead of having a lot of parts and stuff around with.
It also makes ordering new parts easy
and it also means that less likely
things are gonna break.
Which is one thing I look for these days is
the longevity of the mask, okay?
So now you've got this little clip here
so you can tighten the strap,
you're not gonna have to buy that too often.
This frame section is really resilient
unless your dog or your kid comes along and tears it apart.
And then your nasal section is also quite resilient.
It's not gonna tear on you
but over time, obviously like a lot of things
you are gonna have to replace it.
What else have I got here?
Yeah, look, it's minimalistic, but also
because it doesn't actually go into your nose like the P10
it's not gonna create a lot of irritation, okay?
So it's quite soft on the nose.
So if you are someone who's getting
a lot of red marks on the face you're getting sore nostrils,
this might be one to have a look at.
So let's talk about some of the feedback
we've had regarding this mask.
So I looked at 60 reviews
and it came in at an average of 4.3 out of five stars,
which is excellent.
It was 42 five stars
so a lot of five stars.
Zero one stars, which is quite remarkable
'cause normally with every masks, there's a few one stars
but no one stars,
eight two stars.
And those people were mainly talking about
the cushion part not fitting properly for them.
Perhaps they ordered the wrong size,
or perhaps it just didn't suit their nasal shape,
you're always gonna get this with CPAP mask, okay?
But even those people who gave it two stars,
were still really loving the features of this masks.
They wanted it to work really badly
because they loved how long it was,
they loved how quiet it was,
they loved how minimalistic it was,
they just couldn't quite get a proper seal for their nose.
And you have to also remember
that some people are on super high pressures as well,
so it can be hard for any mask
to quit get a really good seal.
But the positives
were kind of what I've already talked about,
how easy it is to put on, take off, hat quantities,
how large it is all that sort of stuff.
But if you've got a P10 and you're loving it,
stick with the P10
maybe get the N30 strap and whack it on it.
If you're looking for a new mask, check out the N30.
I think it's really good, I think it's really good.
I really do.
ResMed makes great stuff, this one's no exception.
And just on that note
ResMed are bringing out a lot of masks
really quickly these days
so you don't always have to go for the latest and greatest,
sometimes it's really good to go back in time
and have a look at some previous masks.
There's still some after 12 years ago that are brilliant.
So if you are struggling to find one with the latest ones,
maybe go back and have a look at some of the other ones
like the P10 that was released, I think 2018
which is an absolute gem as well.
So I'll put a link to all this stuff in the description.
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