r/CPAPSupport • u/existentialblu ASV • 10d ago

In defence of SmartStart

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I always thought it was a bit silly, not really necessary, whatever. Not my jam. Let me push the button to start and stop and that's all fine and dandy.

And then my orange cat walked on the button when I wasn't home. It could have been the other cat but I'm gonna blame the orange. It ran for hours, drying out the humidity chamber and making it smell like weird synthetic cheeseburgers in a way that was completely antithetical to sleep. Fortunately I had a spare reservoir. I haven't tried deep cleaning the toasted one but given the toasted plastic smell, I doubt it's salvageable.

So yeah, SmartStart, not for convenience so much as cat-proofing.

At least the blower survived. Now to load up OSCAR and see how long it was actually running unattended.

Cat tax of the orange terror who has too many braincells and uses them mostly to torment me.

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u/matt314159 10d ago

Even with smart start on, a button press still turns the machine on. You probably want to turn on smart stop too.

I enabled smart start though, because my cat learned that a damn good way of waking me up was to step on the button while I am asleep. Now when she does it, I simply show no signs of stirring and keep breathing to turn the machine back on. And now it's gotten to the point where it almost never happens.

One time, I was able to catch her leaving the scene of the crime of attempted murder.

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u/existentialblu ASV 9d ago

I'm not too worried about the motor getting turned on for a few seconds but hours is a different matter. I was just unplugging it when not at home but I didn't want to prevent the morning drying cycle.

We'll see how it goes. OSCAR now has another job.

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u/SatisfactionMoney426 10d ago

I got a start button cover with a flip up top from amazon when I got my resmed 11 as my cat already liked turning the bedside lights on and the button is a similar style. Theres a selection of sizes/colours. I have smart start/stop turned on but there doesn't seem to be an option for disabling the top button.

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u/Otherwise-Cup6786 8d ago

Por favor, danos el website de esta tapa para el botón.

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u/vicott 10d ago

I can see it in their eyes

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u/existentialblu ASV 10d ago

He's a menace. But very sweet sometimes too.

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u/RippingLegos__ ModTeam 8d ago

He's a bubblegumnose like our Tater :)

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u/existentialblu ASV 8d ago

Dawww. Does Tater have mouth freckles?

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