New CPAP Could Revolutionize.... CPAPs!!
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@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
And if these are disposable, it ruins much of the value. I want one because I travel and traveling with a huge CPAP is horrible. It is SO much to deal with in an airport. It's an extra piece of delicate luggage that I have to lug absolutely everywhere, all the time. I have to always have one in the car. I can never be spontaneous because I must always have one with me to be able to travel or sleep away from home.
In this case why would disposable lose value? Because you would have to carry more then one, or that it wouldn't be convenient to have to plan out the number of days you are going to be away and then buy n+1 devices to cover those days, thus losing the ability to be spontaneous?
Because I was hoping to only carry one, not months worth of them at all times. For example, when I travel to London for a three day show I would probably need to carry ten or more, to account for emergencies like bad weather keeping me in a location longer. Or if plans change and I need to travel elsewhere, I might need to carry twenty. That's a lot.
And when I "really" travel, like to Europe, I would need to carry a year's supply or more because I don't know when I am returning "home" for really long periods of time. Like when we leave to go to South American ~ January 1st next year, we literally have no idea if and when we are returning to the US.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
And if these are disposable, it ruins much of the value. I want one because I travel and traveling with a huge CPAP is horrible. It is SO much to deal with in an airport. It's an extra piece of delicate luggage that I have to lug absolutely everywhere, all the time. I have to always have one in the car. I can never be spontaneous because I must always have one with me to be able to travel or sleep away from home.
In this case why would disposable lose value? Because you would have to carry more then one, or that it wouldn't be convenient to have to plan out the number of days you are going to be away and then buy n+1 devices to cover those days, thus losing the ability to be spontaneous?
Because I was hoping to only carry one, not months worth of them at all times. For example, when I travel to London for a three day show I would probably need to carry ten or more, to account for emergencies like bad weather keeping me in a location longer. Or if plans change and I need to travel elsewhere, I might need to carry twenty. That's a lot.
And when I "really" travel, like to Europe, I would need to carry a year's supply or more because I don't know when I am returning "home" for really long periods of time. Like when we leave to go to South American ~ January 1st next year, we literally have no idea if and when we are returning to the US.
It seems like the idea behind this is to have them be available at drug stores over-the-counter (which would be nearly impossible in the US). So that would alleviate some of that necessity, although not all of it.
I would agree though having it just plug in would be best, or at least as an option. I wonder if the parts are designed to be used in that manner, it didn't sound like the micro-pumps were being developed for long-term, repeated use.
Out of curiosity is the power infrastructure in South America as reliable as that of Europe or North America?
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@coliver said:
It seems like the idea behind this is to have them be available at drug stores over-the-counter (which would be nearly impossible in the US). So that would alleviate some of that necessity, although not all of it.
Yeah, if you could do that it would already solve nearly all the existing problems with CPAPs.
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@coliver said:
Out of curiosity is the power infrastructure in South America as reliable as that of Europe or North America?
Depends where you go. Lots of North America is unreliable. Lots of Europe and South America is reliable. Big cities are normally really good, tiny villages tend to be bad.
Worst I've seen in Europe is better than where @Minion-Queen is. So it is all relative.
Far, far better cell service in Europe than in the US.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Out of curiosity is the power infrastructure in South America as reliable as that of Europe or North America?
Depends where you go. Lots of North America is unreliable. Lots of Europe and South America is reliable. Big cities are normally really good, tiny villages tend to be bad.
Worst I've seen in Europe is better than where @Minion-Queen is. So it is all relative.
Far, far better cell service in Europe than in the US.
Umm yeah we didn't have any stable anything here.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Out of curiosity is the power infrastructure in South America as reliable as that of Europe or North America?
Depends where you go. Lots of North America is unreliable. Lots of Europe and South America is reliable. Big cities are normally really good, tiny villages tend to be bad.
Worst I've seen in Europe is better than where @Minion-Queen is. So it is all relative.
Far, far better cell service in Europe than in the US.
Are we talking cellular or power infrastructure? I'm surprised @Minion-Queen has bad power being so close to two major cities in the north east.
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I have awesome Cellualar connection here Verizon is the best by far, but AT& T and Sprint have gotten better recently. Tmobile is still not great here in our area.
Power everything is old here they haven't bothered to replace anything since the 70's.
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@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Out of curiosity is the power infrastructure in South America as reliable as that of Europe or North America?
Depends where you go. Lots of North America is unreliable. Lots of Europe and South America is reliable. Big cities are normally really good, tiny villages tend to be bad.
Worst I've seen in Europe is better than where @Minion-Queen is. So it is all relative.
Far, far better cell service in Europe than in the US.
Are we talking cellular or power infrastructure? I'm surprised @Minion-Queen has bad power being so close to two major cities in the north east.
She has terrible power. Outages there are crazy common. Remember the weather up there, there is little way to keep power on all the time. Being "close" to "large" cities has very little impact.
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@Minion-Queen said:
I have awesome Cellualar connection here Verizon is the best by far, but AT& T and Sprint have gotten better recently. Tmobile is still not great here in our area.
Power everything is old here they haven't bothered to replace anything since the 70's.
Ah got it. We are in the same boat down here as well. Although NYSEG has been doing some small scale updating at certain distribution centers. We haven't had a major power outage since... 2006? Even then the local town was still up.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Out of curiosity is the power infrastructure in South America as reliable as that of Europe or North America?
Depends where you go. Lots of North America is unreliable. Lots of Europe and South America is reliable. Big cities are normally really good, tiny villages tend to be bad.
Worst I've seen in Europe is better than where @Minion-Queen is. So it is all relative.
Far, far better cell service in Europe than in the US.
Are we talking cellular or power infrastructure? I'm surprised @Minion-Queen has bad power being so close to two major cities in the north east.
She has terrible power. Outages there are crazy common. Remember the weather up there, there is little way to keep power on all the time. Being "close" to "large" cities has very little impact.
Ah, yes we don't get nearly the weather she does I hadn't considered that.
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@Minion-Queen said:
I have awesome Cellualar connection here Verizon is the best by far, but AT& T and Sprint have gotten better recently. Tmobile is still not great here in our area.
Power everything is old here they haven't bothered to replace anything since the 70's.
"Awesome cellular" is a bit of an overstatement. Compared to over here her cell costs about three times as much as has to worry about "coverage". I can't find a place to drop below three bars even in the middle of nowhere in the country. And across several countries. There is nowhere, not even in Manhattan, that you can get cell service on par with rural Europe.