Who is the best online CPAP supplier? It would depend on what you value most.
Let me tell you about someone I know: Barb.
Like a lot of folks, Barb tested out for sleep apnea, and like many who have that diagnosis, she’d been prescribed positive airway pressure, or PAP, therapy. She came in to get her PAP prescription filled, and after about a week or so, she came in again. Beaming, Barb told me she was getting the best sleep ever. She had more energy through the day, she said, and she and her husband were getting along better than they had in years.
It’s the kind of thing you always love to hear.
I didn’t see Barb for a while after that. When she came back in, though, she looked tired. She looked worn out. As I asked her about it, she said that she wasn’t sleeping as well as she had been, even though she’d been using her PAP machine every night and had been keeping it clean. And when I asked her, “Have you changed out your filter and your cushion like we talked about?” she shook her head. “I didn’t think I’d need to,” Barb said.
Do I Need to Change My CPAP Filters?
You don’t drive a car without changing the filters and the tires, do you?
Why wouldn’t you treat your sleep at least that well?
If you’re on PAP therapy, you have got to resupply your PAP machine. Like your car, it will need new filters and new cushions to keep it running at its best. Given how many hours every night you’re using your PAP machine, though, isn’t it worth keeping up with?
Why Do I Need to Resupply, Really?
I know what you’re thinking: “Of course they’ll tell me to resupply. They just want more money.”
The truth is that your PAP machine is a machine. Like all machines, it has parts that wear out over time. While they do, your PAP machine will work less and less well, leading to lowered quality of sleep and a return of the symptoms of sleep apnea that cause you so much trouble and put you in danger. (See “Learn More about Sleep Apnea and How to Handle It” for more information.)
As I point at above, it’s like driving and maintaining a car. As you drive, you burn gas. You also use up oil, and its filters and your air filters close down as they keep out all kinds of grit and grime. Your tires wear down, too, making it harder for your car to get traction as you drive. So you put more gas into your car, you get the oil and filters changed; every so often, you put on a new set of tires.
The same principle applies to your PAP machine. As its parts do what they need to do to help you get the quality of sleep and the quality of life you deserve, they wear down and wear out, so you have to replace them.
Common CPAP Supplier Issues
We are going to spell out some of the most common CPAP issues. You can easily solve your CPAP issues by working with a reputable CPAP supplier. Considered the best in the business, Wise Owl Medical Supply always has your best interests in mind. Your success is always our goal.
The most common problem we see people on PAP therapy have is with their masks. It makes sense; the mask is the part of the PAP machine that sees the most direct use. The oils in your skin cause pieces of the mask to break down over time. Too, people move in their sleep, and even stones will wear away from things rubbing against them over time.
It’s not only the masks that need resupply, though. Disposable and reusable filters both have finite useful lives, as do the tubes that carry air from the PAP machine to you. Humidifier chambers prevent dryness. Replacing them periodically ensures they continue to work properly. Driving carefully does not omit the need to change the oil or hoses on your car. Your PAP machine needs regular maintenance in the same way.
How Do I Keep My PAP Machine Going?
We can fix many mask problems with a few quick adjustments. A few mechanical problems require more involved work from professional service technicians. But you can solve most common PAP machine problems by doing nothing more than keeping up with resupply schedules.
CPAP Resupply Schedule Tips:
- Disposable filters should be replaced on the 1st and 15th of each month.
- Nasal pillows (inserts that help your PAP machine seal around your nostrils) should be replaced on the 1st and 15th of each month.
- Nasal cushions (inserts that help your PAP machine seal around your whole nose) should also be replaced on the 1st and 15th of each month.
- Full-face cushions (inserts that help your PAP machine seal around your nose and mouth) should be replaced on the 1st of each month.
- Mask frames should be replaced every 3 months.
- PAP machine tubing should also be replaced every 3 months.
- Headgear should be replaced every 6 months.
- Humidifier chambers should also be replaced every 6 months.
- Reusable filters should also be replaced every 6 months.
Once I got Barb onto a regular resupply schedule, she got back to living her best life again. I know that it will help you, too! We’ll even ship your supplies to you on YOUR schedule. It is just one of the reasons we are considered the best online CPAP supplier.
Best Online CPAP Supplier
We’ve Got Your Back When Your Mask Cracks
I know that keeping your PAP machine resupplied is one more thing you’ve got to keep up with, and I know you’re busy. But if you want to succeed with PAP therapy, you’ve got to do it.
The good news is that WE HELP HARDER at Wise Owl. We’ve got a video to help explain everything, and we have a system to make it easier to keep up with your resupply. We’ve also got an easy-to-read printed version we’re happy to send to you. Take 30 seconds to fill out the form below and we’ll be happy to send it your way.
Just one more thing: The print guide also has information about keeping your PAP machine clean. We’ve got helpful information and support for that, too; check it out!
Let us show you how We Help Harder at Wise Owl. It is why we are considered the best online CPAP supplier. We are here to help YOU!
