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Hi Thanks for the oxygen info and your personal experience. Seems to me that we have to figure out what works for us! I'll keep you posted on my further adventures with oxygen. Leanne ipf 1/03 wrote: Hi Leanne Here is site with some good infro on portables http://www.portableoxygen.org/july.html I have a invocare home fill unit with 2 m6 and a m9 tanks and a inogen. I use the inogen in the car with the 12 volt charger. You can travel for ever with it plugged in, and still be fully charged when you arrive. I still use the m6 for quick runs into stores, but i don;t worry about running low cause the Inogen is always there. Had to sit at hospital all day for my brother, so I found a electrical plug and charge it as we waited. I use the 100ft hose in the yard on the satellite. works well after I got the right hoses, Kept coming off. You could use it on 100ft hose at your office but everyone would trip on it like they do a home This is a pulse unit so set on four you do not get four liters and if you breath to fast the unit does not recycle fast enough so it skips a pulse. When it is shut off it still runs the battery down.but not

to fast P UIP 8/00 Leanne Storch wrote: Dear Diane, Thanks for responding to this. I thought it was just dumb me (totally not technical) that kept freezing the portable Helios. Initially, I tried releasing the latch and for me, it froze up worse. My oxygen provider told me not to do that. I was telling them that you need two helios units - one as a backup. Another issue for me is that since I'm at four liters, I would run through the little unit fairly quickly. It's a hard system to figure out how much oxygen you have left - no neat little gauges that tell you how much you have

used. A unit that was supposed to last two hours lasted only 40 minutes while I was on my walk and I had to call someone to pick me up ! I HATE that. I am switching back to the gas tanks. We did that on this weekend jaunt and just brought the bottles up with us. Tiny bit of a hassle and a heavier unit, but I had peace of mind knowing how much oxygen I had. Also, Peggy, if you are reading this - could you tell me your experience with the portable oxygen concentrator? Apria is looking for one for me because my insurance provider said they would cover the rental charge. I think it would work for me here at work and when we go on car trips, but I'd like to hear about your experience. Or anyone elses experiences with oxygen. I'm so durn frustrated. thanks Leanne ipf 1/03 __________________________________________________