I am a new CPAP user. You have no idea how much you have helped me. Thank you very much. Your videos are greatly appreciated.

Hey Nick, Im new for using CPAP from Asia. I barely find any information abt use of CPAP in Chinese, this channel give a big helping hand. Thank you so much for your tutorial and review on CPAP, it helps me a lot 👊

@johnoakes34

11 ай бұрын

He speaks Chinese very well doesn't he?

Thank you so much for sharing this video. I've been bombarded with ads on my socials for this devices and I have to admit I was almost conviced but I had a feeling it seemed little to good to be true. As you say, the concept has merit but the technology isn't their yet.

Thank you for explaining this! I was so enthusiastic when I saw this little thing.... I'm glad to know it's a scam, at this point in time. I am however also glad that this is "in development" , because it's clearly something many people would want to use, *if* it works. Considering the fact they're microfying everything these days, this should become a reality soon!

would suck pretty bad if the battery caught fire

Great video! Thank you

I wish I had checked out this video before I bought one of these so called micro CPAP devices. I've been using a proper CPAP machine for over twenty years but thought it might help my son's snoring problems and like you I was amazed that anyone would actually make a working model of a CPAP device when, as soon as you switch it on, it is obvious it is a pathetic scam. Fortunately I paid for it using PayPal and their dispute resolution system put pressure on the obviously dodgy company to cough up a refund. I do wonder how many people have lost money on this scam, because they are very elusive, the web pages for returns mysteriously disappeared and when I attempted to email them I got sent a report saying that the email could not be delivered. However the financial muscle of PayPal got me my money back, although I did have to pay postage on the return. Enjoyed your video presentation by the way.

Great video! Yes, I can see as technology advances the whole device becoming an all-in-one mask. I don't think it will get as small as the scam device in my lifetime, but it will get smaller than current models.

I'm the research king and they still got me on that Airing. I saw over 3 thousand of reviews at 74% positive, pulled the trigger to give it a try. When I realized I screwed up was when I started reading the comments and noticed they were comments from a different product. They are using some scroungy tactics. And Airing themselves took off with two million dollars from crowdfunding.

Thanks for the video, it was both humorous and informative! They did get me with one of these, as I just got mine today, and having test run it a bit, it does seem to run with the fans for some hours at least (and recharge, too). The positive reviews basically got me, particularly the lady who said her husband snored like 14 Orcas, 3 grizzly bears, etc. and said this worked for him. I wonder if it at least keeps the nasal passages open / helps with snoring at all. I mean, they still sell 'Breathe Right' strips in the pharmacy aisles and those don't do squat diddly for me, either. :p

Build it Nick and we will pay you money for it......but it has got to be effective, comfortable, sleepable, QUIET, vibration free, and has to ensure a good seal. And oh, did I mention comfortable?

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Maybe we should do a crowd funding campaign! This little device i just showed you raised 20 million from memory. Thanks for the great tips legend. Cheers

@JS-xs5hq

Жыл бұрын

@@CPAPReviews Go for it Nicko and you will change and own the CPAP world. And while you're at it, would you please start a class action lawsuit against Resmed for their fraudulent My Ass program. Thanks brother for your work and videos.

@JS-xs5hq

Жыл бұрын

@@CPAPReviews NickoAir, Nickomed, Nickomask......just a few branding ideas.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

hahaha, love it mate!

@hippyable

Жыл бұрын

​@@CPAPReviews love your accent! Sounds Australian! Noice!

cheers from Thailand Uncle Nick

Clocks quickly became watches given time especially now you've put it out there. Just like SleepIQ a proper sleep centre that you guys created so to will it be! oh feeling a little philosophical lol. I had to travel some distance in a bus and bought one haha same result. and then shortly after gadget arrived trip was cancelled.🙂

There may be a machineless option one day, but I don't think we're there yet. Perhaps it might be possible to target people with lower range therapy pressures to help balance out performance and battery life while not making a unit so heavy as to be uncomfortable.

Mind bender thinking about a CPAP all-in-one mask

I was soooo curious. More inside than I expected.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Hi Leigh, i know right! I was blown away (excuse the pun). I wouldn't be surprised if we see a mask that has an inbuilt micro blower in the future. Cheers mate

I remember there was a kick starter for these micro CPAP devices many years ago, I looked at it and thought maybe in the future but not yet and stayed away from it. Great concept though and Nick is on the right track so I think it will only be a matter of time before a hybrid mask/machine becomes a reality. I don't really see them as a daily use machine though, but for travel or camping they would do the trick.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate i agree!

@youni43

Жыл бұрын

The similar "looking" device on kickstarter did not use "fans". It was based on a micro-sized diaphragm "pump". Thousand of these micro pumps working in concert are capable of producing modest PAP pressures. The inventor leveraged Kodak film-making technology that would combine dozens of very thin layers to make a stack of diaphragms in a plastic sheet a little thicker than color film with microcircuitry embedded. Dozens of the film-thick layers were combined to make a 3d matrix of thousands of digitally addressable pumps. Each "diaphragm" was moved by cyclically applying a tiny electric charge to electrostatically pull/push the diaphragm in a pumping action. Clever :) The prototypes worked, but it seems that launching mass production using Kodak film assembly technology may have been beyond the inventor's resources$ even after raising millions from kickstarter. About 15 years ago, the devices were expected to last 1-2 months. Back then a secondary hurdle to mass production was finding a micro power supply (battery) that would last overnight. Probably wouldn't be a problem today? Sadly, at least one retailer of the "fan"-type device in this youtube include on their webpage selling "fans" a GIF from the the original kickstart inventor and a schematic of the diaphragm pump using an electrostatic charge called "microblowers". aroflit.com/products/airing-the-first-hoseless-maskless-micro-cpap Maybe someday, the PAP manufacturers will pursue the idea.

@capitalinventor4823

Жыл бұрын

@@youni43 I just saw their site after seeing an ad for one of these devices. The site hasn’t been updated in a couple of years. Their design calls for a non-rechargeable zinc air battery that has enough power for eight hours. So one would use a new device every night because rechargeable batteries weren’t light enough! Ha! Then they were saying how easy it would be to get FDA approval because it’s not a new treatment. Their device is a new form of CPAP that would have to be tested if their device even worked at all. They just threw out some science sounding words and got a bunch of people to build replicas (or they are building the replicas themselves) in order to cash in on the desperation of some people for a better solution. The problem with everything in a mask solution is that it doesn’t work for people in dry rooms/areas whom need to have water vapour along with the air pumped to the mask. For those that have never needed the water to prevent a dry mouth or sore throat from the CPAP treatment then an all in one mask solution would be great.

YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

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Even if it did work slightly, your moist breath when you exhale from your nose right over the fans and the PCB board and the battery. There is no isolation at all. It will short out after a couple days of use. Or after 1 minute if you sneeze a bit of mucus in it!

Thanks for the breakdown and I do appreciate it. I tried for some time to get these products banned when they were empty shells. That didn't work out so I gave up.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Welcome my friend

A study I saw showed not a fan but dozens of individual reed valves that pull in air as they open and push it into the nose as they close. The rate of opening determined the pressure. This was considered more reliable and used less energy than fans. However, the prototype was too large and was just a proof of concept. It was expected to take a few more years to make certain the reed valves would be effective when smaller and that they could stand several days of use. Then they were supposed to be cheap enough to be disposable.

@jpbaley2016

Жыл бұрын

I saw that too, when the MicroCPAP was first promised. Of course, it was just a scam as the manufacturer released just an empty unit. But distributors bought into it based on the schematics.

they almost got me... I was ready to buy

Good morning and thanks for the review. It sure looked like BS and was glad to see your review to confirm it. I sleep with a Philips replacement unit every night and would love to see something that removes the tubing from the equation. With regard to Philips, I had a few comments. I actually had two machines that were recalled, a home unit and a travel unit. Philips finally sent a replacement home unit, but never addressed the travel unit. I called them yesterday and was told that they did not yet have a solution for the travel unit. I asked if there was an option to receive compensation so that I could purchase a different travel unit. They said no. Seems incredible that they have not yet addressed it and that no one is holding their feet to the fire. It has been far too long. Regardless of their lack of a plan, I do need a travel unit. Any recommendations? Thanks again!

will be great, specially because I travel a lot.

coreless 5040 motors are from micro drones and micro aircraft (radio controlled toys) and you can get upgraded higher performance versions

Playing around with full facemask for first time and really noticing the weight. I probably will get used to it, but I can't imagine getting used to one with all that stuff included even if they shrink it significantly.

Surely there is better options than the Band-Aid of cpap machine that just treats the symptoms.. Like fixing the problem? I use one and have for 10 years but I want to fix it once and for all and not have to use a machine at all

Love the idea. Hope it comes to pass in the future

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

So do i! Thanks Karen

Build it and we will come!!!!

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you!

Good video.This came on right after a video about a CPAP alternative called the Genio. Have you seen it and what are your thoughts if so.

Hi, I’m using a Lowenstein Prisma here in the UK. Don’t know if they are available in Oz but it seems pretty good. Any chance of a review to give your thoughts? Be great if it was compatible with Sleep HQ, I’d have to spend £35 for the software here for an in depth analysis. Also be good to know what foam they are using as I’ve just been switched from a Devilbiss and I’m concerned I don’t go from frying pan to fire.

@JMOBILEHITE352

Жыл бұрын

Devilish is made by Philips RESPIRONICS

@JMOBILEHITE352

Жыл бұрын

Devilbiss is made by Philips - RESPIRONICS I meant

@damian2079

Жыл бұрын

Lowenstein foam is different to Philips. It has been tested and passed all standards for VOCs emissions and is also resistant to degradation from humidity. Ozone cleaners are not reccomended. (by anyone)

Legs? I have a spare pump from an air sense 10. I want to know how to controll it for camping.

Might keep your nose cool on a warm day, if it's lucky LOL. Thanks for the teardown I've been wondering what was inside this abominaition. Take care and have fun!

I agree a small unit could be made that eliminates the tubing. You will need just thin flexible wires to a power supply. I think that would still be much better than the large air hose.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

I've got a really cool USB C cable that powers the AirMini and AirSense 11. Hmmmm

@fitybux4664

Жыл бұрын

Inductive charging in your pillow. A night full of EMF! Lol....

That’s precisely what I want… a cheap LiPo in a cheaply made device plugged directly into my airway whilst I lie under layers of flammable material. Perfect! 👍

I’d buy it!

Nice idea, but you'd also need to add a water reservoir and heating element!

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

ResMed Airmini doesn't have those HME technology is improving every year

What brand of micro screwdrivers are you using?

If the fan(s) can be made small enough and efficient enough to create enough pressure. If the battery pack can be small enough and efficient enough that a single charge (wireless charging only please) can last a whole night. If we could have some form of humidification. And most importantly, if we could style it to match Darth Vader's helmet, I'll buy one!

I just found your channel. Which Mini c pop would you recommend?

Gentlemen we can rebuild it! We have the technology. We have the capability to make the worlds first bionic CPAP! Uncle Nick will be that man. Better than it was before. Better, Stronger, Faster…

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks brother! I'll do my best

You would however have to fit a battery in there as well.

Why do so many devices still use Micro USB when USB C is so much better?! But I can't wait for the components to get smaller because it would be amazing to have a tiny mask like CPAP machine.

Doest this work also for users who have 93AHI. Verry verry severa sleepo apneu?

Where did you get this?

It’s got legs but it would lack the humification that many people need. I’m sure that could be figured out though. Interestingly, however, is that something similar with a bit more pressure could be used in conjunction with a dental appliance for severe apnea as less air pressure would be needed. Might be an idea one day for those with severe apnea that just can’t tolerate a big mask.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

True that. Thank you for your feedback and suggestions

That sounds possible let me know who’s interested in developing this this together?

I'd love to see Big Clive do a full electric analysis of the circuit board

@fitybux4664

Жыл бұрын

It's not that difficult to take a high res picture of a tiny board and RE it... most are just lazy I guess?

Looks like one of my grandkids toys . I don’t think he would play with it form more then a minute or two.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Haha, that's a great idea! I'm going to wrap it up and put it in my 2 year olds Santa Sack

For me it’s NOT a scam. I have big difficulties to breathe when lying down, but with this device I sleep a LOT better and can breate more easely. (However, I don’t snore.) /A nowadays happy and not so tired guy in Sweden

@CPAPReviews

11 ай бұрын

Placebos are powerful drugs mate 🍻

@kungorneI

11 ай бұрын

If the devices bathery ends in the middle of the night, I wake up and can’t breathe. So it’s not placebo.

@kungorneI

11 ай бұрын

My device has three different speeds. Maybe it’s better than the one you have tested.

I recently ran into an issue with ordering a replacement Cell Phone Case & Holster... I know, what does that have to do with this... Well, it seems as if the ORIGINAL item listed on Amazon can simply be replaced by another with the same URL... When my original Holster broke, I simply ordered another using the same URL along with a coupon code from the seller to get it for free / under warranty... But, when I received it, the Case & Holster was for the "FE" version of my Phone... Thinking it was a simply order picking error by Amazon, since the item online clearly stated it was for my device, I ordered it again, and again it was the wrong one. Upon looking at the item online closer, it stated in the fine print "compatible with the FE version"... meanwhile the remainder of the posting was leading me to believe it was for my Phone. Just looking at this Anti Snoring device on Amazon Canada, and it's the same as you mention, with high ratings, but for a temperature probe, a calendar, and a handful of mixed reviews for the actual product... I LOL when I see this posted on Facebook Ads, like don't they screen out the crap? Facebook is quick to ban people / put them in "Facebook Jail" for silly little things, but fraud is perfectly fine?

I would have liked to have seen how long that itsy, bitsy battery powered those “fans”.

the bladeless fans that room fans and even cieling fans now and hair dryers, can be shrunk down, bettery battery tech abounds, metamaterial frame doable, mini turbos and maybe one way valves and a tube theough the sinus and then out the mouth curled around the corner, or even a circular bteathing type for both nostrils with a closed mouth or different modes or attachments for different types of sleepers and different facial features and structures. It's more than possible. How much money will be lost on the bigger machines?

I'm sure the technology will get better. The problem seems simple but the cure not so easy.

I get scam ads for this micro cpap constantly on Facebook....

#UncleNICK, What DO You think of the HOSELESS and MASKLESS #Inspire CPAP System?!?

How you're gonna sleep with that noise?

I'm sure that your thoughts in the few year would be a reality🤓🤓

Ya a doctor from the UK put a feather on top of the ‘device’ and it wasn't even poweful enough to move it lol.

Let’s design it. I’m a professional Industrial Designer

Hey Nick, your last couple of videos have got me thinking!! I am certainly no physicist and so my idea probably is ridiculous but I was thinking outside of the box lol! My idea was to place small refillable canisters of compressed oxygen in a harness across the top of your head and connect that via a regulator to control the pressure via a tube to either a mask or my preference the nasal pillow. Then each morning you refill the canisters from a larger storage tank! That way, no motor or fans required! I’m just not sure the canisters could hold enough for the night 🤷‍♂️

@fitybux4664

Жыл бұрын

They have those, and it's not great. You don't want to have to manage O2 tanks. Explosive, burst danger, it can fly across the room and kill someone.

You need those two components you show...plus a battery. Battery tech has come a long way, but the battery needed to power the current travel CPAPs available is still 3-4x the size of those components. If you don't need the heater (I don't ever use mine) there is hope, but more advancements are still needed to last through the night I think. On top of that, being "medical grade" is a whole thing. Look at the cpap batteries available and they are all *way* over priced because they need to comply with a bunch of regulation on crap. You can go buy a battery with a generic plug on it and power a cpap (with the heater turned off) for a lot less. Any device which I would want to use would need to have a user-replacable battery because you don't want to have to replace the whole thing if the battery wears out. Additionally, you could imagine having two batteries and always charging one while using the other, and just swap it each night before you go to bed, that would be sweet!

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, I think you'd be surprised what size battery is required to power an airmini for a night. Cheers

Nick and Lanky Lefty might be a great team.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely mate! Love old grandpa lanky

You spelled Micro CRAP wrong! Lol😅 Great video, I think most of us have one in the drawer, the one I have has nothing inside.

Nicko, we are betting on you to come up with a new cpap without tubing.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, if i can't do it myself at least, i've provided a few ideas to those who can make it happen. Cheers

That sucks. I wanted to try them.

Thanks, Kept thinking this cannot be real... SCAM!! and a dangerous one! 1) I have rebuilt both my cpaps and the motors are robust... 2) not nearly enough pressure 3) how could a battery power it for 8 hours. One would like it to work, esp. for travel. HOW can they be allowed to market these to people with sleep apnea?

Resmed: it's now a fan or blower! It's a "flow generator". (In other words: $$$ the fanciest of air! $1500 air.)

CPAP is also what it is because of a very sophisticated software. I don't see any benefit in tacking a vacuum cleaner under my nose. Weight and noise are show stoppers.

@reggieevans7251

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've got 2: 1 without a fan in it, the other has 1. I sleep all night flat on my back, & neither of them stays located up my nostrils. i.e. they're both bloody useless!

Is your raspberry pi data uploader ready?

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Yeah mate, we shipped out 250 last week. We've got more coming! Everyone loves them

The answer is no. No couldnt in a battery config. You would also have noise of fan reverberating thru skull.

Someone should self-engineer a mask only cpap device. It would be revolutionary. Positive pressure could be achieved using advanced compact wind turbine designs.

It's a total scam as mine won't even charge from new. No contact details support etc. What a waste of money

What are you waiting for design it❤

Hotta have that air pressure. Build some and Lmk

Man I was hoping this wouldn't be a scam… Sorry to hear it is.

What’s the wearable on your thumb?

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

It's our SleepO2 Ring - www.sleephq.com/o2-ring/ . Cheers

I think probably their will be someone who will invent a light weight device that will make the old machines obsolete without a hose, maybe even pocket size, mobile phones were once brick size! 🤔

I hope someday but I'm a mouth breather at night haha

El problema es que si se acaba la batería estas muerto

But is he a fan...of the fans?

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Nick invents a micro fan mask which instantly does away with the machines etc. Next step is for a CPAP company to make Nick an offer he can’t refuse for the patent and we never hear or see the device again. I’m sure your ethics will mean this won’t happen!

Damn that physics.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, so true!

@fitybux4664

Жыл бұрын

AI generative modeling will push physics up to the wall like a schoolyard bully. Be prepared to be amazed in the next few years.

Would you be offended if I said this was the most Australian video ever?

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Hell No! I'd give you a big hug mate

maybe if resmed and the other cpap machine manufacturers didn't charge an arm and a leg for their stuff, there wouldn't be such a market for the scam devices.

I started following you Nick, because your channel was informative, useful, more importantly helpful! However, pre, during, and post advent Sleep HQ, there is too much marketing and hawking of all the various merch that the joy of watching your videos and reels is gone...I feel like I've been hijacked almost, not to mention costs after all the buy'ins and subscriptions. *I will continue to follow, but after 1 January I won't continue any paid subscriptions. Take care and stay Frosty my friend! 🙂🇦🇺🇺🇲

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

Hi Leslie, after spending 18 months working on SleepHQ, it's only fair I can spend a few weeks promoting the launch. It's helped thousands of people improve their therapy and i won't apologise for promoting my hard work. I also fund the FREE version of the platform so anyone can use it. People can choose to 'follow' whoever they like but I'm the one doing all the free work and i have been for 12+ years. Moreover, his is not my product in this video? This is a product found on Amazon, and i'm not promoting it, I'm warning people to avoid it. I had a channel donation link active for 12 years and you know how many people sent me a few bucks to say thanks.....18. Don't get me wrong, i love the idea of creating free, educational, helpful content for everyone but i've also got to provide for my family. Cheers mate

@roushl1964

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't want you to apologize for your hard work either Nick. For myself however, my interest pecked when I realized what value you were adding to my CPAP experience. Again, just a simple explanation from a man of simple meager means here in USA: I followed cuz you are informative. Then Sleep HQ entered the picture, everything morphed into a monster I can't keep up with. Still think you're valve added though, even if I can't pay for all the subscriptions.

I use a cpap machine and was hoping this device actually had sleep monitoring companion app. Tired of this machine 😢

So wished there at least some potential. The other machines are overpriced for the average man.

Yeah, let's put lithium ion batteries on our faces and hope they don't catch fire.

can't call this thing a CPAP. It's nothing more than a micro fan and can't produce the 4 to 20 cm H20 required to keep an airway unobstructed.

Fabulous concept. Too bad tho. Perhaps someone will improve on it

Well, considering that the CEO of ResMed started with his friend solving his SleepAppnea with vacuum cleaner connected backwards . . . 🤣😂

@CPAPReviews

2 ай бұрын

Haha fair point!

Misleading headline.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

What part Chris? I show you what's inside and i was impressed

When this product is advertised to me on social media I report it as a scam

Why is this a scam?

Damn Nick. Does this mean I have to take my pic of you in that compromised position out of MY wallet? I won't! Nope

Buy you a new pair of pliers for video purposes, lol.

@CPAPReviews

Жыл бұрын

I love my old fishing pliers 🥹. They’ve been all over the world

Even if it did work as claimed I sleep on my side and breathe through my mouth so this would be as much use to me as a chocolate condom.

See the problem? You show the two components, yet one costs $30, the other costs $800-$2000. Who are the scammers? Both, only the second does it legally. A CPAP should not cost more than $100, maybe $200 for a top end model. It just doesn't make sense based on the parts.