Oxygen Concentrators

Destination · 20 Sep 2010 at 04:57

I need a bit of help from the wide resource of GD.
Anyone heard about these machines, oxygen concentrators, they take room air, concentrate the oxygen and the release it. So as not to make this a medical thread, I am not going to discuss their use, but suffice to stay, I am currently in Indonesia on vacation and someone here could rightly do with one.

Anyone aware of these machines?
A source for them that isn't chinese sellers on ebay?
Or a model type they would recommend or have used?

Quicker the replies the better, as I am only in country for less than one more week.

Destination · 20 Sep 2010 at 08:40

The person in question is on permanent oxygen therapy, through cylinders, costing around 4500 pounds a year to refill and maintain. Some machines I have seen cost anywhere from 200-800 pounds, and produce oxygen at the same rate as the cylinders.

I am not looking to improve oxygen in an entire room, nor an I am little girl, but thanks for your input MilkyBY.

Not a medical thread as the person already is fully diagnosed and on the correct therapy, I am simply trying to save a whole pile of money, that I already have to provide to my inlaws.

So as Heeed correctly stated, it is a nasal canula style machine for COPD.

Anyone have experience with such concentrators?
Know a supplier? A manufactuer?
A machine type they would recommend?

Destination · 20 Sep 2010 at 09:22

Thx RDM, looking into that now.
Google can't be searched in the same way here, I get google.id or international google, which were useless for my searches, everything chinese, ebay and australian coming up filled with adverts and no content.

Destination · 20 Sep 2010 at 15:22

Fourstar thank you for backing me up with the actual science behind how the machines function.
The portable machines will indeed cover his requirements, these machines are not uncommon, and are provided in most NHS areas for people with COPD, to save money on cylinders. Weirdly enough, as they run 24/7 on electricity, taxmoney, NHS funds are given to those in the UK using the machines to recoup for the electricity expense of using the machine.
Oddly the daily mail hasn't ranted about that one, but I digress.
Clearly no one so far has encountered such a machine, I'll see if anyone in the later evening replies with a machine recommendation.
Thanks to all who are contributing.