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(07-21-2024, 08:41 AM)stevesleep Wrote: Isn't the Resmed curve vauto a bilevel machine? That isn't 2500 euros in europe. I'm in the UK and I got one for like £900 (brand new). And I'm pretty sure you can get second hand devices for even cheaper.
one site has it for 1100€ but it's from the US so add 30% for import duties and they're not on the suppliers list. 2nd best price i can find is like 2100€ on sale
Machine: Lowenstein Prisma Smart Mask Type: Full face mask Mask Make & Model: Joyce One Full Face Humidifier: Lowenstein prismaAQUA CPAP Pressure: 4-10 CPAP Software: Not using software
Machine: Lowenstein Prisma Smart Mask Type: Full face mask Mask Make & Model: Joyce One Full Face Humidifier: Lowenstein prismaAQUA CPAP Pressure: 4-10 CPAP Software: Not using software
07-21-2024, 09:32 AM (This post was last modified: 07-21-2024, 09:33 AM by stevesleep.)
RE: Anyone else with no success using CPAP?
£917 machine here is where I got mine from: [DME Link Removed] cpapspecials
I never paid any import duties or anything like that either. So yeah this was pretty much the final price, maybe like 10-30 or something more for shipping
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(07-21-2024, 09:19 AM)phoen1kx Wrote: Also, is it possible that the machine itself is the problem? Could simply switching to a Resmed APAP fix this issue ?
Possible? yes. Likely, no. Based on all information available from your testing I do not think the issue is your machine not working correctly.
Will a ResMed APAP do the trick? Again. Possibly yes, likely no.
Will ResMed bilevel do the trick? The likelihood of success with a bilevel is far greater than using an APAP. APAP is fine for many who do not have significant flow limitations like you and I do. We may find a way using much higher pressures on an APAP, but the comfort would be dodgy at best. Using a bilevel we can use much lower pressures with more pressure support and higher trigger sensitivity for comfort.
Machine: Lowenstein Prisma Smart Mask Type: Full face mask Mask Make & Model: Joyce One Full Face Humidifier: Lowenstein prismaAQUA CPAP Pressure: 4-10 CPAP Software: Not using software