I bought a dreamstation machine from an American seller (I live in Australia). After about 2 years of use, 6 weeks ago I started hearing the infamous whirring noise from the machine. The same noise has been discussed a few times on this forum. It sounds like the machine is making a (lot of) effort when I am breathing in. I followed the usual troubleshooting steps mentioned - now even after running the hose just on the machine minus the humidifier there still is no change. I have put in brand new filters and tried two new hoses (of both types) I still hear the noise. Incidentally, this started happening when I moved from Darwin to Canberra - from an extremely tropic/hot and humid climate to a very cold and dry climate.
I contacted philips customer service on facebook messenger and after about a casual 2 weeks someone from the US asked me to get in touch with the US support meaning there is no international warranty on this machine - which I find absurd. What if I was on a long holiday to Australia ? Would I be sleeping without a CPAP machine and put myself at risk? Anyway, has anyone from Australia faced such a situation ?
What do you reckon I do?
Cheers,