We lost my wife’s CPAP while traveling. Through insurance it would have been a month of paperwork, an exception made, and $600. Without insurance it was no wait and $650.
Guess which way we went…
I’m sorry the author had to deal with any of this. A lot of pandemic scarcity and multiple recalls made it hard to get supplies for a long time. My wife’s first CPAP is out of commission because the parts will simply never be made again. In between the pandemic start and the “well we all gave up” point three new models, recalls, and various mergers happened but not one replacement set of filters were delivered.
If it was any sort of other filter I’d just buy a replacement from Amazon and call it a day, but that doesn’t seem appropriate for this situation. Some people did and apparently (per doctors not my own research or anything I can verify) old OEM and new but improperly made third party filters can start flaking off while the machine runs due to how CPAPs work.
Now though? Apparently it’s easy to get a new model and all the components from a supplier… at least if you skip insurance.
If you need repairs done in the future, see if the local university’s biomedical engineering department has a student chapter of Project C.U.R.E. Students may volunteer to fix the device (off warranty of course). They work for free for needy families, and if you’re not in the former category, consider donating to their organization
Guess which way we went…
I’m sorry the author had to deal with any of this. A lot of pandemic scarcity and multiple recalls made it hard to get supplies for a long time. My wife’s first CPAP is out of commission because the parts will simply never be made again. In between the pandemic start and the “well we all gave up” point three new models, recalls, and various mergers happened but not one replacement set of filters were delivered.
If it was any sort of other filter I’d just buy a replacement from Amazon and call it a day, but that doesn’t seem appropriate for this situation. Some people did and apparently (per doctors not my own research or anything I can verify) old OEM and new but improperly made third party filters can start flaking off while the machine runs due to how CPAPs work.
Now though? Apparently it’s easy to get a new model and all the components from a supplier… at least if you skip insurance.