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I use a CPAP when I sleep and the humidifier section has to have distilled water used in it. So, I am wondering if any of the expats while out shopping in the bigger department stores or farang oreinted stores stock gallon jugs of it.

 

I was talking with Frosty the other night and he didn't recall seeing it and he pointed out the fact that the humidity is usually quite high there because of its proximity to the sea. Well, that in a way is good because the CPAP that I use the humidifier can be removed from the CPAP portion and plugged with a panel. Now I am thinking that if distilled water is not available I will get along ok without the humidifier portion.

 

Any information that could be found out for me would be greatly appreciated.

 

CB

 

Here is a pic of the CPAP that I use.

 

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I can only think of buying the bottles they sell to top off your car battery with.

 

Yes it is humid in the Pattaya area, but if you put the AC on that can be reduced somewhat. So a question might be how cool do you need to be....if you can manage 25 degC I am thinking it might well be humid enough.

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Pharmacies usually sell it. Any reverse osmosis purified water (a lot of the street purifiers are these) will have removed pretty much everything but the H2 and the O anyway so it is very close. That's how osmosis works.

 

I use a CPAP and I just use tap water. I have a couple extra tanks for it but I am still on the first one after more than 2 years. There is not much residue. You could use bottled drinking water just not Pattaya tap water as you'll breathe in slightly warmed bacteria, not wise.

 

Do not use a CPAP without the humidifier as it dries out your sinuses something awful. Then you get the runny nose and the works and it is shitty. The plastic/metal tanks are not a lot of money, and that's all that gets some mineral buildup. The air comes up the tube after the humidifier and the water thus is not getting in the air pump etc.

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'Nam Glan' it's called....about 20 baht a bottle. I bought mine in one of those roadside general purpose shops on Teprasit.

 

thanks for all the info. Atlas, how big of a bottle are you talking about, 1 liter, 1/2 liter?

 

Grandpollo, I never thought too much about the R/O water purifiers on the street, I'm sure that would work just fine. I would stop using it before I would use Pattaya tap water in it, that would be akin to committing suicide. I agree with your assessment of using the CPAP without the humidifier. I have a bit of a problem with that now and I have it turned up on 5 for the heating element and go through at least 75% of the water in the tank in a 6 to 8 hour sleep.

 

If anyone else has any info, please pass it along to me. I appreciate it very much.

 

CB

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My question is, WHY would you want to use a humidifier in humid Thailand? Most people struggle to remove humidity.

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Gary, as pointed out in Grandpollo's post #3:

 

"Do not use a CPAP without the humidifier as it dries out your sinuses something awful. Then you get the runny nose and the works and it is shitty. The plastic/metal tanks are not a lot of money, and that's all that gets some mineral buildup. The air comes up the tube after the humidifier and the water thus is not getting in the air pump etc."

 

I have to agree with his assessment and in my experience with the A/C in the rooms I have stayed, it does reduce the humidity level when sleeping. I have a bit of a problem with my sinuses becoming dry when using the CPAP anyway, so using the humidifier attachment is my best option.

 

Besides, I may end up living elsewhere in Thailand that isn't near the sea/ocean, so again using the humidifier attachment is my best option.

 

CB

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Waste of time me drinking that. I've got AIDS according to some people on this forum.

 

Anyway, I thought Potcheen was 'Heavy Water' ? :gulp :yikes: :drunk :fight :chogdee2

Never mind :allright Give yourself a quick rubdown with one of Big DAtlas's Wet Wipes; That'll cure it ! :rolleyes: :chogdee2
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Never mind :allright Give yourself a quick rubdown with one of Big DAtlas's Wet Wipes; That'll cure it ! :rolleyes: :chogdee2

 

I know you're only jesting but I don't ever remember BigD saying wet wipes would prevent catching HIV.

 

atlas2 seemed to think that was what saved him from catching HIV.

 

I think I'll stick with my tried and tested method of wiping my nob on the curtains afterwards :whistling:

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thanks for all the info. Atlas, how big of a bottle are you talking about, 1 liter, 1/2 liter?

 

Grandpollo, I never thought too much about the R/O water purifiers on the street, I'm sure that would work just fine. I would stop using it before I would use Pattaya tap water in it, that would be akin to committing suicide. I agree with your assessment of using the CPAP without the humidifier. I have a bit of a problem with that now and I have it turned up on 5 for the heating element and go through at least 75% of the water in the tank in a 6 to 8 hour sleep.

 

If anyone else has any info, please pass it along to me. I appreciate it very much.

 

CB

 

If you look at the way these things operate the air form the pump blows across the humidifier pot and then up the hose to your nose. So minerals will accumulate in the pot and in the hose (doubtful if much) so I would not worry about non-distilled but for sure not bacterial soup at a nice incubation temperature. So RO water, actual distilled (I have never used that in several years due to the cost vs. value) or any bottled water (most of which is purified with RO anyway) will all do the trick.

 

The dry nose syndrome is awful with no humidity especially used in a room with air con or in the winter with super dry air. It's one reason I never use on a plane as they will not allow the humidifier component.

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Same place I buy my condoms.

 

What the Drs? I went there and said, 'I feel like a pair of antiseptic curtains' and he just said..........'I should, 'Pull myself together!'

 

Bom bom tish !

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Martin, close this thread please, the usefullness of the last 2 posts have degraded it to nothingness and I have been given all the information I need. Let those who threadfuck to elsewhere.

 

If you clowns don't have anything constructive to add stay the fuck out of my thread.

 

CB

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