- Good day, mates.
Thanks for tuning in.
It's Saturday here in Melbourne.
Lovely day. Lovely summer's day.
I'm just having myself a little G&T,
settling into the afternoon.
I'm gonna have a few pizzas.
Should be good.
Now there's one question I've been getting asked
a lot on the Facebook group lately, and that is,
"Can you use one of these tiny little travel CPAP machines
as your main CPAP?"
That is not bother with one of these big boys.
Just have the little travel one at home.
And I thought I'd just do a little video
and have a little talk about it.
Now the short answer is yes, you can.
However, there's a few things you need to consider
if you're wanting to use a travel CPAP machine
as your main unit at home.
And I thought we'd talk about that today.
Now, just before we start, I wanna tell you this,
both these machines here, the AirSense 11, old Amy Sue,
Nava May, the AirMini,
both have the same turbine,
the same blower inside them.
And also, the DS 2
and the DreamStation Go, which is now being recalled,
also have the same turbine and blower.
So in terms of the motor, the heart of the device,
they're the same.
So that part doesn't really change.
But the thing that really does change is the humidification,
the heated humidification, which is important,
it's gonna alleviate congestion
and alleviate the dryness.
So that's important.
And also the noise.
They're the main two.
And we'll start with the noise, I think.
So when it comes to the noise, like I said,
both machines here, same turbine.
The turbine's the part that creates the noise, you know.
As it's pulling in the air and pushing out the air,
as it's spinning, it's creating that cavitation,
creating that noise.
And that is why, my friends,
we have the sound abatement foam.
So the difference between these two devices,
in terms of the noise level,
this one's much noisier,
is that the DS 2 here,
has that turbine casing
that has all the sound abatement foam.
Albeit, the new silicone version foam.
And the DS 2 here was recalled
because it had a tiny, tiny little piece
of that polyester, polyurethane foam inside it.
But that's the difference there in terms of the noise.
So the noise is a bit more in this device
because it has less foam.
So that's one thing to consider.
And once again, with the AirMini and Amy Sue,
there's no foam in the AirMini.
But it's much noisier than the AirSense 11.
So the difference in the noise there
is purely because of the sound abatement foam.
And there's a lot of sound abatement foam in that device.
And the little Breas Z 2,
they don't make a full size unit Breas.
They've just got the travel CPAP.
No foam as well.
Okay, so it is a little bit noisier.
They're all a little bit noisier than the full size units.
So that's one thing to consider, the noise factor.
What I normally tell patients and customers
is that if you are on a pressure of,
let's just say over 12 centimeters,
you're probably gonna notice the noise
a lot more in the travel CPAP units
compared to the full size units.
If you're on those lower pressures, sort of sub 12,
it's not gonna be as much of a difference.
Still a bit of a difference there.
And also with your age,
if you're getting on a little bit and you pass 60,
your hearing is not gonna pick up the noise as much.
So it's probably not gonna be as much of a problem
in terms of the noise factor.
Now, the other thing is the humidification.
Most people do enjoy humidification.
And you will hear a lot with the travel CPAP machines
that you can use these little devices,
heat moisture exchange filters.
And what they basically do
is they recycle the moisture
that's in your own breathing.
So as you're breathing in and out,
there's a lot of moisture in your air.
If you've ever breathed onto a cold bit of glass
in the morning, you'll see, you know, it fog up.
That's the humidification in your own breathing.
So this little filter here collects all that
and then it sort of recycles that,
and that's how it works.
But it's nowhere near as effective
as a full size heated humidification system.
It's nowhere near as effective.
They do work.
It'll take the edge off a bit,
but it's not gonna be near as effective.
So these are some things to consider.
But apart from that,
when it comes to the actual therapeutics of the therapy...
That doesn't make much sense.
But when it comes to treating your sleep apnea,
it's really gonna do the same,
you know, same turbine, same sort of algorithms.
And there's a few of the other little things as well.
You know, you might not have a screen on your device,
you might not have all those cellular capabilities,
all those wireless capabilities,
you know, you'll probably get Bluetooth,
but you're not gonna be able to sort of send data
via the cell towers.
And a few other little things.
But the main two things there
are the noise and the humidification.
So if you are thinking about it,
I would certainly recommend that you try it first
before you buy,
especially if you've never tried CPAP therapy before.
And 90% of people will use the travel CPAP machines
as an auxiliary unit.
They'll have a main unit beside the bed overnight,
and then when they wanna go traveling,
when they wanna go camping,
they can just grab one of these little travel CPAP machines.
They're great with batteries
and so small, lightweight,
you can put it in your backpack,
and away you go to your girlfriend's house
or wherever you wanna go.
Anyway, guys, look, I'll leave it at that.
It's Saturday,
so there's better things to be doing,
let's be honest.
But I hope you're all safe and well.
I do wanna give a shout-out right now
to my first ever member of the channel.
I know a lot of you are subscribers,
but this is the little membership thing
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And he's a best mate member as well.
North Boy, thank you so much, mate.
I look forward to giving you a few extra perks
as we go along on this journey together.
As always guys, thanks for watching,
have a great sleep and I'll see you soon.
Cheers.