08-31-2024, 10:58 AM
Using an older Remstar machine
I found an old (yes, very old I know) Remstar Pro2 machine at a thrift shop for $5 (!). I've gone over it, giving it a thorough cleaning.
It only has roughly 2500 hours on the blower. Now I know that this machine can't touch the quality and improvements of my Resmed
Airsense 10, but I'm still flabbergasted that my provider DOES NOT provide a back up machine when mine's in for service. The last
time something happened, I was going to be a month without a machine. I suffer from sever apnea (47 incidents per hour) and I cannot
live without a machine. Again, amazing that my provider takes my money but doesn't offer a back up (heck, car dealerships do!).
All this to say, I'd keep this machine purely AS A BACKUP. It is not a recalled model, the fan theoretically has lots of life left, and I can
still find filters for it. I've programmed it and it seems to work fine. Any thoughts on this model,
reliability, etc? Clearly it's no where near as refined as modern models, but it seems to do the job.
Thanks,
Robin
It only has roughly 2500 hours on the blower. Now I know that this machine can't touch the quality and improvements of my Resmed
Airsense 10, but I'm still flabbergasted that my provider DOES NOT provide a back up machine when mine's in for service. The last
time something happened, I was going to be a month without a machine. I suffer from sever apnea (47 incidents per hour) and I cannot
live without a machine. Again, amazing that my provider takes my money but doesn't offer a back up (heck, car dealerships do!).
All this to say, I'd keep this machine purely AS A BACKUP. It is not a recalled model, the fan theoretically has lots of life left, and I can
still find filters for it. I've programmed it and it seems to work fine. Any thoughts on this model,
reliability, etc? Clearly it's no where near as refined as modern models, but it seems to do the job.
Thanks,
Robin
