Sleep Apnoea and CPAP

[emc2]

Does anyone or their partners use a CPAP machine?

We need to get one for DH and I am struggling with the different ones out there, and the massive variation in price.

There seem to abe a few main brands available, but the two I like the look of, and can best afford, have the least information available. Add to that the incredibly high price compared to the US - but the US sites will ship internation, but only if you have a script from a US Dr - not sure how that one works!

Anyway, if you/your partner have one

Which one do you have
Does if have a humidifier
How loud is it - i.e. can you still get to sleep easily

TIA

My Mum had one which has just broken after over 10 years. It was a Fisher & Paykel, I'm fairly sure the replacement is too. I don't know which models. The part which finally broke was a cooling fan in it.

The newer ones are very quiet to silent I've heard. I thought they all came with humidifiers?

[lilima]

My aunt just trialed hiring quite s few diff ones. She is in Vic. I will find out where she hired through.

[sirenz]

my dh had has the respironics (REmastar auto M Series) with a nasal mask. It doesn't even make a sound while its runnning. It took dh a good 6 months to get used to wearing it though, so be ready for a long haul of complaining that its uncomfortable etc..

The machine has a humidifier, which dh uses during winter (otherwise water drips up his nose).

You definately need the cpap trial to get the right pressure etc otherwise it will be useless.

We went to the public sleep lab and they did it all there.

hope this helps.