Newbie. Second hand Resmed s9 user

[trish6hundred]

Hi MattMan,
WELCOME! to the forum.!
Good luck to you as you start CPAP therapy.

[ajack]

I'll somewhat disagree with Ajack on Mask choice. If you know you are a mouth breather at night maybe, but in general Start with the ResMed P10, it is the easiest mask to achieve a good seal on and many mouth breathers shift to nasal breathing when under CPAP pressure.  Larger masks (full face) have more area to seal and thus more areas to leak from.  I always suggest starting small (Pillows and then advance to nasal then Full Face) moving to the larger masks.

Read the Mask Primer.

Definitely download Sleepyhead and post data asap.  The settings that Ajack are intended to be adjusted after seeing how your machine responds to you and your apnea.

Fred

It's just the machine came with 2 masks and it may be worth trying them both out to see what he likes and doesn't like, it makes buying a new one easier, In australia the tests and doctors are free, but most of us are self funding cpap equipment. getting a year or more out of a mask is common. I thought the FFM was the simplest option at this stage.

"It has come with a full face mask and also nasal pillows which have a removable, mouldable mouth guard. "

[Gideon]

I'll somewhat disagree with Ajack on Mask choice. If you know you are a mouth breather at night maybe, but in general Start with the ResMed P10, it is the easiest mask to achieve a good seal on and many mouth breathers shift to nasal breathing when under CPAP pressure.  Larger masks (full face) have more area to seal and thus more areas to leak from.  I always suggest starting small (Pillows and then advance to nasal then Full Face) moving to the larger masks.

Read the Mask Primer.

Definitely download Sleepyhead and post data asap.  The settings that Ajack are intended to be adjusted after seeing how your machine responds to you and your apnea.

Fred

It's just the machine came with 2 masks and it may be worth trying them both out to see what he likes and doesn't like, it makes buying a new one easier, In australia the tests and doctors are free, but most of us are self funding cpap equipment. getting a year or more out of a mask is common. I thought the FFM was the simplest option at this stage.

"It has come with a full face mask and also nasal pillows which have a removable, mouldable mouth guard. "

I missed that part, yes try the masks you have first, that is common sense.

sorry Ajack

[Walla Walla]

The problem with using an old mask is the cushions and or pillows are probably worn out. At the very least they should be replaced or the mask might not work right. If you don't you might be ruling out a mask that actually would work with new cushions.