FishOutUvH2O
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I went over to my neighbors to get garlic and decided to ask him if he had any back-up plan for his device if the power goes out on vacation. It turns-out, yes he does. . . His travel one is battery operated. Who knew?!?!
CPAP machine for sleep apnea
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Others have answered your question, but I'll just confirm that no, power is not shut off every night. If there's a really bad storm and a transformer gets struck by lightening or overloaded there might be a temporary outage (just like anywhere else in the world) - but other than that, the electricity here stays on 24/7 and comes back up relatively fast when it does go out. Other than after Hurricane Wilma, I have not been without electricity for more than 2 or 3 hours MAX in 9 years of living here - and I'm not in a nice resort with back-up power supplies
BUT, I do have to know where you read that if you don't mind sharing!
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It may have been talking about Ventanas al Mar. They have limited power.
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Diver Kat
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If you're not too bad, I wonder if you really need to take it with you? Hubby uses his CPAP at home because of sleep apnea (and it's pretty bad!) but when we travel to Coz (or any dive destination), he seems to have no problems with his breathing or the snoring. It seems the daily salt water really keep his passages open, and he sleep quietly.
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john844
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Unfortunately, now I cant find the site that said the power went off each night. During my research, I looked at 1000's of sites reading reviews and just looking for information in general.
My apnea is bad enough that I sleep about 12-14 hours a night and still wake up tired without it. My wife has to sleep at the other end of the house due to the snoring. When the power goes off at home, we both have a miserable night of sleep. I am new to scuba, so I don't know if the salt water would help me or not. I hope it does though.
My apnea is bad enough that I sleep about 12-14 hours a night and still wake up tired without it. My wife has to sleep at the other end of the house due to the snoring. When the power goes off at home, we both have a miserable night of sleep. I am new to scuba, so I don't know if the salt water would help me or not. I hope it does though.
stortecky
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I know that when we were staying in the bigger resorts in the Maya Rivera the power would be out all the time. We have been to 3 places and they were nice and they all seemed to have the same problem. I noticed it was worse during the summer. Maybe the AC overloaded the system. But this was about 2 years ago.
I travel with CPAP to Cozumel and have never had a problem. Admittedly, we stay either at resorts, at west-side hotels (most recently Villablanca), or at rented houses in town. I've never had power go out at any of those places. I think it's primarily on the east side that power goes out, because they typically run on a generator that they shut off at night. The only place I can think of over there is Ventanas al Mar, and it's pretty unlikely you'd be staying there if you're planning to dive.
There's no reason that salt water would help obstructive sleep apnea, but it won't hurt, either.
As noted above, there are battery-operated CPAPs out there. However, most typical units draw enough power that it'll be difficult to find a UPS that would last more than a few hours. It's also worth keeping in mind that some CPAPs do not run correctly on inverters and that even fewer heated humidifiers do. However, if your machine has a DC-in jack then it should run fine (and much more efficiently) on 12-volt power. In my rural bit of New Hampshire power outages occur frequently enough that I do have a backup battery but even using a fairly sizable deep-cycle marine battery it's not sufficient for a full night.
I would not listen to anybody except a biomedical engineer or the manufacturer of your machine about using batteries with your CPAP (the info should be in your owner's manual, and a copy should be on the manufacturer's website if you don't have a manual). That includes me - I'm a physician and CPAP user but don't know what machine you're using and am not an engineer. Medical equipment such as CPAP is life-support equipment just as surely as scuba gear, and people should not be tossing around recommendations about how to use it unless they actually know what they're talking about.
There's no reason that salt water would help obstructive sleep apnea, but it won't hurt, either.
As noted above, there are battery-operated CPAPs out there. However, most typical units draw enough power that it'll be difficult to find a UPS that would last more than a few hours. It's also worth keeping in mind that some CPAPs do not run correctly on inverters and that even fewer heated humidifiers do. However, if your machine has a DC-in jack then it should run fine (and much more efficiently) on 12-volt power. In my rural bit of New Hampshire power outages occur frequently enough that I do have a backup battery but even using a fairly sizable deep-cycle marine battery it's not sufficient for a full night.
I would not listen to anybody except a biomedical engineer or the manufacturer of your machine about using batteries with your CPAP (the info should be in your owner's manual, and a copy should be on the manufacturer's website if you don't have a manual). That includes me - I'm a physician and CPAP user but don't know what machine you're using and am not an engineer. Medical equipment such as CPAP is life-support equipment just as surely as scuba gear, and people should not be tossing around recommendations about how to use it unless they actually know what they're talking about.
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Many trips to the Island with CPAP...
No power issues, ever. On the west side anyway.
If you have a tank heater bring your own distilled water if you normally use it. I have never found distilled on the Island. I usually bring two 16oz. bottles in my checked bag for a 10-14 day stay. MMV
Check tank daily, some critters like warm moist places
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No power issues, ever. On the west side anyway.
If you have a tank heater bring your own distilled water if you normally use it. I have never found distilled on the Island. I usually bring two 16oz. bottles in my checked bag for a 10-14 day stay. MMV
Check tank daily, some critters like warm moist places
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I have been going to Coz for about 10 years twice a year and have taken my CPAP with me as well. I have never encountered a power outage situation that you speak about. Not that it does not happen but I have never had that issue. We have stayed at resorts and condos over the years but now use condos exclusively. Have a great time.
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