I also have obstructive sleep apnea, I have a very small airway and it collapses frequently.
I tried no cpap, yeah waking up every 30 seconds sucks
got the brilliant idea of an inverter and I experienced the best night sleep of my life.
as a backpacker I cant get rest without the cpap so I searched and found
http://www.cpaptravelbatterypack.com...tery-pack.html
I talked to my sleep doc and explained I would be gone a minimum of 2 nights and he was ok with me dropping the pressure on my old cpap to 9 which gives me a good sleep and rest along with 16 hours on my old cpap. if I used my new one I would only get 13 hours total.
the battery weighs 1.5 lbs and the cpap is a bit heavy I haven't weighed it yet but heres the thing getting out backpacking is far better than sitting at home or at a car camping site.
I to am trying to drop weight but in all reality I will be tethered to a cpap until im cold and dead.
the only crappy part is I would like to hike the AT and the logistics of carry enough battery and deal with 5.5 hour recharge times im not really sure what ill do.
I am going to hike part of the IAT to see how it works and experiment a bit with pressures. the doc is ok with me dropping to 6 which I haven't tried yet.
best of luck and I have used my cpap going on 7 years now and life has been so much better with it. yes there is an annoying learning curve adjusting to it but it has made my life better.
im not really sure how im going to do in the cold seasons lol
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