Need opinion on portable oxygen concentrator
I am thinking about purchasing a small, over the shoulder, portable oxygen concentrator. I have it narrowed down between two different brands. 1) Respironics "Simply go Mini-Portable Concentrator". Wi...
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Did anyone get either the Simply Go Fit or Ingene One G4? These are the 2 units that have been recommended to my wife. The liquid oxygen is not an option for her whether, we've tried it for 4 months. None of the suppliers within 100 miles of us has a G4 for her to try. One has a Simply Go Fit that they are going to try to bring over fr her to try it. She has been tested and can use the pulse flow, we currently have a large continuous flow machine located in the basemnt and the liquid oxygen container in the garage.
With a POC, I'll rig up something so that the air goes into the water bottle to add some humidity. I'll try one with the portable liquid O2 unit first as without some humidity she gets terrible sinus infections. Just for reference, she was a very active healthy woman who was hit by a drunk driver. Injuries incl: every rib broken minimum 2 places each, separated shoulder, vertebrae sheered off her spine - 2 spinal fusions., lungs crushed and ... So pulling a cart is not an option, either is carrying a 5 pound plus portable unit. Her physio and doctors agree that the smaller/lighter the better. She is on 2.5 flow rate on continuous flow and using the porable liquid O2 unit in the car and to go to physio.
With a POC, I'll rig up something so that the air goes into the water bottle to add some humidity. I'll try one with the portable liquid O2 unit first as without some humidity she gets terrible sinus infections. Just for reference, she was a very active healthy woman who was hit by a drunk driver. Injuries incl: every rib broken minimum 2 places each, separated shoulder, vertebrae sheered off her spine - 2 spinal fusions., lungs crushed and ... So pulling a cart is not an option, either is carrying a 5 pound plus portable unit. Her physio and doctors agree that the smaller/lighter the better. She is on 2.5 flow rate on continuous flow and using the porable liquid O2 unit in the car and to go to physio.
