Dreamstation 2 -Are you using it with success in 2024?

[jojopuppyfish]

I've been using the Resmed Airsense 10 for while and when I wake up in the morning I feel kind of groggy.
I started using the Dreamstation 2 and, like the old System One machines, I get this nice pleasant feeling when I wake up.
My question:
Are people successfully using the Dreamstation 2 in 2024?   All the reviews I've read are people complaining about it since it came out in 2022 and dropped it.
Any comments on successful users of the Dreamstation 2 are welcomed.

[StratCat48]

I've been using the DS2 since 2021 when it replaced my original recalled DS1. I bought a Resmed AS10 Auto to have as a backup and travel machine, but use the DS2 as my primary machine since it's the one on file with my DME for Medicare/insurance covered supplies. I do use the AS10 every couple months or so just to exercise it and to ensure it's working OK.
Both the DS2 and the AS10 work equally well to keep the AHI numbers typically below 1. The AS10 seems a slight bit more aggressive with the pressure and occasionally tends to cause a mask blowout (full face). I can't say I notice any difference in how I feel in the morning. I have no complaints about the DS2 and I find it to be a good CPAP machine that does what it's designed to do. Minor quibbles are the physical design that the hose exits the front, water tray is to the rear, and the gloss black case shows dust easy (my wife's complaint). I have the machine set on a nightstand with hose exiting to the back of the nightstand so the hose goes behind the bed headboard up to an overhead hook. The water tray is easier to remove with it oriented towards the front of the nightstand. Also the 12mm heated hose for the DS2 is super flexible compared the 15mm Resmed heated hose for the AS10.
I think a lot of people that ditched the DS2 were those that were left with a a bad taste of the way the Philips recall went for them and subsequently wanted nothing to do with Philips. My recall experience went pretty well I think because of my DME's record keeping that helped Philips verify my recalled DS1.

[jojopuppyfish]

thanks.   Yes I agree the water chamber design is terrible.   That would be my biggest issue with the machine.  
I find the Resdmed 10 is quieter than the Dreamstation 2, but frankly both the Phillips Dreamstation 2 and my old Series 50 CPAPs gave me a better sleep.  I'm thinking its the algorithm,