"Hi
The SleepCube was a private purchase, as way back then my local sleep clinic assessed patients by filming them overnight, whilst wearing an oximeter, and only issued CPAP machines without humidifiers. There was no remote monitoring and…"
Sleep Apnoea Forum Bringing Help + Support to the Patient
Medistron batteries
Hi,
I bought a pilot and co pilot set up a few months ago and have recently been trying them out. I have found by trial and error the following,
First switch off all humidifiers etc.
Switch to airplane mode, this reduces the amount of battery power used.
Starting with everything fully charged the co pilot battery is discharged first (odd) its indicator light changing colour to show this.
The pilot now starts to discharge, at some point the strip of green indicators will go out and you need to press the test button to see them ( i thought it had gone flat)
So far i have managed to get 3 nights use from my airsense 10, hoping to make it 4 with a bit more tweaking ☺
Chris
Views: 383
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Kath Hope on
-
Chris why did you purchase Medistrom as opposed to the Resmed battery? Don't get me wrong as I've heard great things about the Medistrom and recommended it myself to people, but looking at the prices it seems just as or even more expensive than the Resmed one.
-
Permalink Reply by Chris Vesey on
-
hi,
at the time amazon were selling the pilot for £285 and the co pilot for £137, gone up a lot since then
chris
-
-
hi,
just looked on internet, it seems that medistrom may not have a dealer in the uk but a company called sleep tight advertise the pilot 24 for £345, don't know about the co pilot. The very expensive one on amazon comes from Israel, good luck with warranty. Mine came through amazon supplied by choice one medical. If you buy the resmed one at £400 you have to pay an extra £40 for the cables to connect it! the other main advantage with the pilot is that you can leave it all plugged in and it will transfer to battery if there is a power cut. All silly prices really, such is cpap, (not including yourselves of course
)chris
-
Permalink Reply by Sleep2snore on
-
I wish the ResMed was 12Vdc, it would make life a lot easier.
I wonder why they need 24Vdc anyway?
My APAP is not mine to and see why it has to be 24Vdc!
I don't think the clinic might be to impressed if I opened it for a look.
-
-
Hi,
I see from medistrom website they are looking for dealers, is it worth considering Kath
-
-
They are very costly things to have sitting around to go wrong or if you forget to charge them by their date.
You could try to see if they will do it on a sale or return basis, them you could keep one or two. However, I think most are ordering them on-line where they can get a good deal.
You would need to do your homework and I doubt it would be worth it.
How many times do you get someone asking for a battery to go camping and would they pay that amount?
-
-
Thanks Chris and we certainly are doing our homework Sleep2Snore. Our charity work hard to get the right products at the right price for our fellow sufferers, and we have lots of loyal customers who purchase from us both to support the charity and because they know they can trust us. We have loads of requests for batteries, and in fact the new Respironics battery will be available on our site very soon, even though it's expensive.
-
-
It is always good to have a dealer that you can trust and will sort out problems when they arise.
It is always nice to have someone that has the time to sort things out with a customer and take time to do it rather than some salesman that don't care as long as they make their target for the week.
The only time I have been in Hull is when I am catching a ferry, and as you know when you are trying to catch a ferry you don't have much time and they will not wait. By the time we travel from where I am it is almost time for it to sail.
It is kind of annoying as I would love to pop in past, even if the other half would be twiddling her thumbs.
Maybe some day!
-
Permalink Reply by billysleep on
-
Hi Sleep2snore, Chris, Kath,
Great to hear you are pushing the boundaries of off-the-grid CPAP use.
I have used my Resmed Airsense 10 with 12V DC power. I purchased the Resmed Airsense 10 DC converter. It is quite pricey at £70 and is quite a heavy add-on, but it is well built and allows the Airsense 10 to be run on 12V DC. It comes with crocodile clips for connection to a battery and cigar lighter-type attachment. I am just back this weekend from a 12-day sailing trip to the far north of Scotland with my CPAP. I plan to write-up my experience and post to this forum shortly.
cheers, billysleep
-
-
I bought a power cord and battery pack to use on the Philips Remstar so I could go night fishing.
Then the hospital changed me over to a Resmed S9 which is 24v
No more night fishing
-
-
You can get a voltage converter to change it from 12Vdc to 24Vdc, expensive for what it is though.
-
-
Only problem with stepping up the voltage is that the battery will drain a bit quicker.
About
Sleep Apnoea Forum
New to the Sleep Apnoea Forum?
1. Stop by our Sleep Apnoea Welcome Center to introduce yourself to the SleepGuide community.
2. Start a New Topic of Conversation.
3. Post your photos - of yourself, your old CPAP machine, your new CPAP machine, your pet, something about you!
Interested in advertising, have a problem or need to contact us? Click the Report an Issue page.
Latest Activity
"Yeah I was wondering about email address. I thought probably if they wanted me to mail them they would have given out an address. I can imagine heart data is considered more acute than sleep data, so it would make more sense to have that…"
"Hi.
I didn't use PatientsKnowBest (ironic name), but I have an email address for my heart department for sending in ECGs. I was just saying that they may be able to review a PDF when then cannot review a data file from your O2 ring.
I am…"
"Hi Jonathan, did you do that through PatientKnowsBest?"
"On an unrelated topic, I've been able to send ECGs by PDF to my heart clinic.
On the subject of Resmed and apnoeas, take a look at https://youtu.be/ufOOAfyzZso?si=Tpdl4EEiCQBZR4iD&t=276
Your machine may be under-reporting.
Good…"
Wellu O2 Ring - is it accurate enough for the medics?
Moving some furniture my long lost O2 ring continuous oxygen saturation monitor turned up. So I've been wearing it and it tells me I have loads of saturation drops during the night even though my Airsense 10 says I have very few apneas.So I get two…See More
"Hi,
Just thought I'd give an update. So, I had my appointment with the NHS sleep clinic which was much quicker than I anticipated and I've now had the overnight sleep study. My AHI is now 6, down from over 30, so I'm…"
"Hi Sally from what I read the airsense doesn't suffer the same foam degredation issues as the infamous Phillips machine.I can conceive it's possible that microplastics may be shed from the flexible main tube.What worries me more about the…"
"Hi
My sleep clinic discharged me, saying they were happy I was self-managing. Roll on a decade and the cardiologists taking care of me were very unimpressed and I was re-enrolled. I expect remote monitoring with current generation Resmed…"
"Hi Jonathan,
Thanks again for the info. My cpap *should* be monitored by the NHS though I haven’t had any contact from them since pre-covid. I checked out the link you gave to access extra data and I think that’s going to be…"
"Hi
I have the ResMed Airsense 10 Autoset (APAP). It's monitored remotely by my NHS sleep clinic and I believe they can make changes to the settings. I don't know whether they are notified if I make changes, nor whether they…"
"Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for the reply. I'd say that I'm fairly technical. I have the ResMed Airsense 10 Elite machine. I've discovered that I can upload data wirelessly from my machine and having lowered the pressure by…"
"Hi
You don't say how technical you are, or what sort of machine you use. However https://www.sleephq.com/ has software which allows you to upload data from compatible machines, and analyse your sleep "score", including a…"
air bubbles after weight loss
Hi,I've been on Mounjaro for about 3 months now, not primarily for weight loss, but I have lost weight around my face and neck. I've noticed that I am increasingly getting air bubbles in my mouth which of course is disturbing my sleep (and my…See More
Micro plastics risks
I was reading an article in the I newspaper today written by a journalist who had her blood tested for micro plastics and was shocked by the results.…See More
job with the charity
Was wondering if there might be a job for me with Hope2Sleep?(I also just asked this of a group by mistake)See More
For Sale - Ventura Full Total Face CPAP Mask
I’m selling an Ventura Full Total Face CPAP Mask Large and two spare liners. I bought it new from the Hope2Sleep shop, but it is not suitable for me. Only used for about two weeks so I have washed it thoroughly. Because of this, it is very much…See More
"I put in a claim for PIP which was denied and now I am over 66 and on pension I tried for AA. Denied again.I have other health conditions ( Diverticular disease and Bile Acid Malabsorbtion ) which I consider hard to live with and they refused all of…"
© 2025 Created by The SleepGuide Crew.
Powered by
