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So, I've got an AirMini, and I'd really like a battery solution for it. The thing is, most battery setups I can buy for it are not only big and bulky enough to

by lsc 8y ago

So, I've got an AirMini, and I'd really like a battery solution for it. The thing is, most battery setups I can buy for it are not only big and bulky enough to support larger machines with heated tubes/humidifiers, but they have their own big and bulky power supply. I mean, the whole point of the airmini is to trade extra money for a secondary machine that is easy to throw into your bag. I was thinking of a project to power the whole thing off of usb-c, which seems kinda silly, but the whole point of buying a tiny secondary cpap is to save bag space, right? and I already have compact USB-C chargers and batteries, and more importantly, I can buy those things in regular stores, should I lose my existing components. Also, the AirMini kind of looks like an apple product itself, so USB-C just seems appropriate. https://www.resmed.com/us/en/consumer/products/devices/airmini.html https://www.resmed.com/us/en/consumer/products/devices/airmi... (Compare that to the giant setup the guy took down the grand canyon.) being able to use the same power supply and battery for the cpap and everything else would make the whole setup more convenient. I think USB C pd gives me on the order of 100w and I think the AirMini uses less than 30w. But I have a lot of ee to learn between here and there. My first 'figure out how to power it off USB-C PD' project would be one of my old thinkpad laptops; my X220 uses a 20v power supply, and USB C PD is also 20v, so it seems like it shouldn't be that difficult.

DenisM 8y ago
There you go https://buyminicpap.com/products/battery-pack-for-airmini https://buyminicpap.com/products/battery-pack-for-airmini Btw, how is airmini humidifier working for you?
- lsc 8y ago
  the inline humidifier doesn't work with the full face mask, and I figured out that nasal masks aren't for me shortly after buying my CPAP setup, so we're talking just a few nights of experience on the inline humidifiers. When I tried the nasal mask, the inline humidifier did seem to add a lot of variable noise, (like it makes the noise really different breathing in vs out) and I personally didn't notice much by way of humidification (but most of the time I don't need humidification on my other unit, either, so I'm probably just less sensitive about that sort of thing.) I dunno if I would recommend the portables for people who can't live without the humidifier, like I'd rig up one of the inline humidifiers to your regular cpap with humidification disabled and test before buying an airmini, 'cause they are really a very different thing from humidifiers where you add water. As for the lofta battery, it's bigger than the airmini, and it has what looks like a power brick that is also larger than the airmini. I mean, I can totally see situations where I'd buy and carry it, but at that size, I'm not going to carry it in situations where I'll likely be able to drag the bed closer to an outlet, while I might carry something smaller 'just in case' or 'just for convenience' in those situations.

by lsc 8y ago

DenisM 8y ago

There you go https://buyminicpap.com/products/battery-pack-for-airmini https://buyminicpap.com/products/battery-pack-for-airmini Btw, how is airmini humidifier working for you?

lsc 8y ago
the inline humidifier doesn't work with the full face mask, and I figured out that nasal masks aren't for me shortly after buying my CPAP setup, so we're talking just a few nights of experience on the inline humidifiers. When I tried the nasal mask, the inline humidifier did seem to add a lot of variable noise, (like it makes the noise really different breathing in vs out) and I personally didn't notice much by way of humidification (but most of the time I don't need humidification on my other unit, either, so I'm probably just less sensitive about that sort of thing.) I dunno if I would recommend the portables for people who can't live without the humidifier, like I'd rig up one of the inline humidifiers to your regular cpap with humidification disabled and test before buying an airmini, 'cause they are really a very different thing from humidifiers where you add water. As for the lofta battery, it's bigger than the airmini, and it has what looks like a power brick that is also larger than the airmini. I mean, I can totally see situations where I'd buy and carry it, but at that size, I'm not going to carry it in situations where I'll likely be able to drag the bed closer to an outlet, while I might carry something smaller 'just in case' or 'just for convenience' in those situations.