- Hey, guys.
This video is a follow-up to the video I did yesterday
on the new AirSense 11
which some of you weren't too happy about.
So I apologize for that little joke.
I didn't know everyone was so sensitive.
In that video, it did lack a bit of substance.
It was mainly just to show you guys
what the machine looks like.
It didn't really have too much other information than that.
So luckily for me in the comments section
a lovely guy called Will wrote, "I just got one."
And I was like, what?
Didn't know they were even out yet.
And yeah, so Will put in an order for an AirSense 10
and somehow got delivered the AirSense 11.
So congratulations buddy.
But anyway, Will send me through the manual
so I could look through it
and see if there's any sort of new features
which is what I'm really wanted to discuss
and really wanted to know.
So even though it's gonna be a little bit boring
I thought we'd just go through some of the pages
and talk about things that I found a little bit interesting
and some of the things that might be changing.
And I guess we'll start with the first page.
So you can see up in the top of the first page
how it says the three models, AUTOSET, CPAP, and ELITE.
There you've got there the AUTOSET
which is gonna be like the automatic one,
the ELITE is gonna be a fixed pressure, I assume.
And then the CPAP maybe that's sort of like a budget option.
I did notice there was no mention for, for her.
For those of you that don't know
with the AirSense 10 ResMed had the two different versions
they had the black for him
and then they had the white with the pretty flowers for her
with the sensitive algorithm,
because women who are hormonal or menopausal
have a few more sleep apnea events
so they need a dedicated algorithm to suit them.
It's just marketing BS, guys.
Let's call it for what it is. Okay.
It's really clever marketing
because all of you women out there,
put your hand up and go, oh, oh, the for-her version.
Oh, that's the one I should buy
because it's made for her and I'm a her.
You don't see any other manufacturer
doing this sexist for her, for him.
I mean, we're all breathing.
Apnea is apnea guys. Okay.
Air pressure is air pressure. Apnea is apnea.
Pretty disrespectful to the men really.
I mean, we've got hormones too.
Okay. Moving on.
Page two.
The only thing I can see different here is the power cord
and the connector.
It looks like they've gone
to the same connector they use with the AirMini machine.
That's gonna be a little bit annoying
for those of you using the AirSense 10 machine
that are using it with batteries and stuff,
because you're gonna have to go hunting around
for new DC cables.
Moving on. Page three.
Now, in this page I noticed test drive and the mask fit.
This new test drive I think it's for beginners
and it's gonna sort of help you get used to the therapy.
And I've done a number of videos
on how to get used to the therapy.
And I think the companies
that are actually sort of following my advice
which is start low with the therapy pressure
and then you can gradually increase it
as people get better with it.
Page four, one thing I found interesting
is if you look down the bottom there,
it says on the homepage CLINICIAN or USER.
And so that's obviously when you first turn the machine on
you get to press either of those buttons.
So I'd love to know what happens
if you press that CLINICIAN button.
Does it just let you into the clinician mode
or do you have to enter a password?
Page five. The humidifier.
The only thing I found interesting
is that the humidification chamber still holds 380 mls
the same as the AirSense 10.
Page six.
The only thing I found interesting about this page
was that the screen itself
on the AirSense 11 is light sensitive.
So if you're in a really bright environment
the screen will be nice and bright
so you can see it easily
and if you're in a dark environment,
then the screen will be a bit dimmer.
So it's not so bright on your eyes.
Page eight. Not a whole lot difference here.
The humidifier still has eight levels
and the heated tube
still has the same temperature sort of range.
So nothing difference there.
Page nine. The therapy data.
So we've still got the SD card
which is great for those of you that use OSCAR
and they're still doing the wireless thing.
There was no mention of sort of data privacy
like I've been advocating for or anything like that.
Your data is stored is gonna be shipped off
to ResMed's servers without you opting into it.
So that's a bit of a shame, but there's still there.
So page 10 and 11
were probably the most interesting for me personally.
On page 10, they've got this little section there
that says the Design life.
And it says that the design life
for the machine is five years.
And I noticed that on some of the forums recently,
people have been putting up
some images of their machines showing these little pop-ups
saying that the motor had reached its dedicated design life.
And they were asking questions like,
"Oh no, is my machine dying?
I think I need to go get another machine."
I'd never seen or heard of this before,
but maybe this is some sort of thing
that the CPAP manufacturers,
they're incorporating into their firmware
so that once your motor reaches a certain number of hours,
it's going to pop up with something to say
you need to go and get another machine.
Now, that scream sales tactics to me
and from the forum messages that I'd seen
and these people panicking
that their machine was gonna blow up or something,
I think it's gonna work for them.
So I just wanna let you know guys
that I think realistically, a 10-year lifespan
is probably pretty good.
I mean, I've still got TVs, 10 years ago.
I've got plenty of electronics that have lasted 10 years.
My fridge out there has lasted 10 years.
So if you see one of these messages pop up on your screen
that your machine sort of past its use by date,
whatever you do just don't go and buy a machine.
If you're cleaning your filter
and taking good care of your machine,
then it should last much longer than five years.
And I know heaps of people
that have got machines 15 years old and more
so yeah, I'm not...
I don't know where that's going
but that freaked me out a little bit.
So then we'll go onto page 11
and this freak me out as well, a little bit.
So, the warranty.
The warranty is a two-years.
That doesn't seem long enough for me. I'm sorry.
I know some Chinese manufacturers of CPAP machines
and even they've got five-year warranty.
Five-year warranty for the Chinese stuff
and then the high-end stuff, the Phillips DS2
and the Air10, two years?
If you're making the machines to last five years
then at least give people that five-year warranty.
All right, guys.
So where to from here?
Well, from all my research and all my digging around
and everything I've looked at,
I can't see any big differences
between the AirSense 10 and the 11 thus far.
I'm not gonna call it just yet, but thus far.
We've got the color touchscreen, which looks really nice.
We've got the test drive feature,
which is gonna be for beginners
to help them get acclimatized to the therapy.
And then I think they're gonna incorporate
that for-her algorithm into the new machine.
So you can have a choice
between whether or not you want the for-her algorithm,
the sensitive algorithm or the standard algorithm.
So you'll be able to choose
between the different algorithms.
And apart from that, not a whole lot.
So we might be heading down the same road
as the DreamStation 2, which would be very disappointing.
But like I said, I'm not gonna call it just yet.
And we'll just have to wait and see until I can get it,
sleep with it, use it and let you know.
But for the time being, if you just got an AirSense 10,
then don't stress too much
because I don't think you're gonna be missing out
on a whole lot, but...
All right, so if you've made it this far,
here's a little something I put together
just to make it a little bit more entertaining.
Please forgive me for the bad singing.
♪ CPAP blowing in the dead of night ♪
♪ Helping me breathe so I don't die ♪
♪ But man I'm dry ♪
♪ I can't get this master seal ♪
♪ Its blowing in my eyes ♪
♪ CPAP blowing in the dead of night ♪
♪ And when I wake up in the morning ♪
♪ I'm not tired ♪
♪ I'm energized ♪
♪ My wife no longer punches me or rolls me on my side ♪
♪ Happy wife ♪
♪ Happy life ♪
♪ Hit the like and please subscribe ♪
Have a great day, guys. Catch you later.