Camp cpap power

[One Split Johnnie]

I know this had been talked about a bunch before but I can't find what I'm looking for. I'm looking to find recommendations for a power source for camping. My dad and I are setting up a camp again and he his really nervous about not having his Cpap machine. It's a short trip and too late this year, but with Christmas coming my sister and I thought we could get him a power source so he could feel comfortable getting back into camping because he stopped once he got the machine. Any suggestions on something portable and rechargeable?

 

[SouthernCharm]

A lot of missing data. Camping off grid, campground, tent, etc. the basic, use CPAP without water or heated hose. Get the 12 volt adapter for machine. Use a lithium car battery such as Litime. Then get a solar panel from harbor freight of at least 100 watt. That’ll do for awhile even on cloudy days. Only get easier with campground power, generator, and I actually have charged my battery with my truck. Hope that gets the wheels going. Tight lines

 

[HairyScandinavian]

This should be good for a few days, for longer a 100w solar panel for it would extend it possibly indefinitely depending on conditions. Bonus being it can power a lot of other stuff too. I run an Iceco cooler and pellet grill off of it sometimes and obviously phones and headlamps and such. Keurig too.

https://a.co/d/65putyh

 

[One Split Johnnie]

A lot of missing data. Camping off grid, campground, tent, etc. the basic, use CPAP without water or heated hose. Get the 12 volt adapter for machine. Use a lithium car battery such as Litime. Then get a solar panel from harbor freight of at least 100 watt. That’ll do for awhile even on cloudy days. Only get easier with campground power, generator, and I actually have charged my battery with my truck. Hope that gets the wheels going. Tight lines

As soon as posted I realized I blew it... I know what I mean, how come you don't too? Kidding of course. We set up a wall tent, so weight isn't really an issue. I'm looking at a few different solar generators, power storage type things. Trying to make heads and tails out of which are good and which are junk. They all kind if look the same and I assume all roll out the same factory in China.

 

[sodaksooner]

Ive had a small Jackery for years, too small for a cpap, but Ive been happy with it. Definitely get a few solar panels to hook up and keep it going. Mine has no problem lasting two weeks for charging phones, lights, etc.... Need to look at the power draw requirements and size it appropriately. DO NOT do the generator thing. It is soooo annoying. We camped across the road from some guys in CO several years ago. The only time they ran that generator was at night and it was just for one dude's cpap. Made me so mad I couldn't sleep.

 

[mthayr]

You'd be really surprised how long a CPAP can run when the humidifier and tube heating are disabled... I have a 268Wh "Solar Generator" and it can run 2 days with a ResMed AirSense 11 before needing to be recharged. Ideally, get yourself a "Kill-a-watt" meter and measure the Watt-hour consumption with those features off for a night. Take that number and multiply it by the days you want to camp without recharging, and buy a unit with 10% more capacity than that. Bluetti has been a reliable brand for me. Something like this would probably work well. Feel free to DM me with questions, I have experience with this solution.

 

[Forestryguy]

ResMed and few others have travel CPAPs now. They sell batteries that are suppose to get 1-2 nights out of them. Most do not require a water chamber, but can pull moisture from air to humidify.

 

[Hunter26]

I don't know much about the cpap machines and what they take but I have a hunting buddy that is dedicated to one so I will probably find out. We have been those guys running a small generator all night. I bought one of the Jackery to run a diesel heater in a wall tent and enclosed trailer conversion. My plan is to run a generator when we get back to camp for lights, charging the Jackery and all those good things. Then when it is time to go to bed use the Jackery. Lots of options with one of those battery packs just make sure you have enough juice to run it overnight and charge it in the evening. The Jackery says it will charge in 1 hour when plugged in so I would expect it to be good enough running off my generator. The price right now on amazon is a pretty solid deal from what I can tell.

https://a.co/d/65putyh

 

[SouthernCharm]

As soon as posted I realized I blew it... I know what I mean, how come you don't too? Kidding of course. We set up a wall tent, so weight isn't really an issue. I'm looking at a few different solar generators, power storage type things. Trying to make heads and tails out of which are good and which are junk. They all kind if look the same and I assume all roll out the same factory in China.

Yes all china, except I think Patriot is made? Assembled? In America. You can buy their whole package deal. I’ve had good luck with LiTime on my boats running trolling motor and radar and high consumption items, so that’s why I recommend them. As well as harbor freight solar panel, they work and cheap. You can only go up from there. I think there’s only a couple true battery manufacturers and they build to seller specs.

 

[jrock_jeep]

A small lawn mowerSealed AGM battery with the 12v adapter lasts about 3 nights on mine. I put 2 of these in a plastic ammo box. All told, less than $90 in this.

 

[SloppyJ]

Just went through this. This was for camping 8mi off of the trailhead and packing in. If you're truck camping, it will be a different story and you can either get a bigger battery or a bigger solar charger. I had issues with my cpap settings at camp elevation (10k) and didn't run the machine in full every night but I was able to get 3 partial nights out of it and it only lost one bar of power. I hooked it up to the solar panels before we went out each morning and I have no doubts that I could have made it all week.

Battery:

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12v Plug for Resmed 11:

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Goal Zero Solar Panel:

Nomad 20

This 20-Watt foldable panel is durable enough for any adventure, yet sleek enough to fit in any pack or bag. Integrated cable storage, built-in Flip dock, and an adjustable kickstand power small to medium-sized devices.

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[SouthernCharm]

A small lawn mowerSealed AGM battery with the 12v adapter lasts about 3 nights on mine. I put 2 of these in a plastic ammo box. All told, less than $90 in this.

The thing I ran into with this was the inability to keep it charged during the PNW inclement weather. Has me worried since the cpap shut down during the night.

 

[mthayr]

12v Plug for Resmed 11:

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Take it for what its worth ($0.02), but i'd be careful using a 3rd party 12v adapter on a $1000 piece of medical equipment - the 1st party adapter isn't that much more IIRC. I went that route with a Phillips unit I had. Granted it was getting long in the tooth, but soon after I started using my eBay 12v adapter, the unit died... coincidence, probably; but I'll only use 1st party options from now on.

 

[Titan]

1000wh+ power stations are running $220 or so right now. Be sure and get the 12v adapter for your machine ($40). The hose insulator is nice if it's going to be super cold.

That power station should last you 5-6 nights easily.

There are ecoworthy 150ah lifep04 batteries on sale for $220 right now. That's 1800wh. You could probably push that battery up to 10-14 days without a recharge.

 

[Hondo]

I took a Goal Zero Yeti 1000 to a drive-in camp and used a 12volt adapter with my CPAP (no water or heated hose) and it would go all week before I would need to charge it with solar panels or generator. That was with charging headlamps & phones on a daily basis. I did it for 8 weeks in a row without a hitch.

The 12volt adapter and going without water in your CPAP makes a huge difference. During tests at home months before camp I could go only 2 1/2 nights without the adapter and less than that with water. Watch out for the adapter type/quality as mythar stated. When testing my adapter at home, the adapter fried. Fortunately, my CPAP was ok and I had plenty of time to replace the adapter with a more reliable one plus a spare. I never needed the spare in camp, but it gave me peace of mind knowing I had it.

If I had to replace my setup I would likely go with a lighter and smaller footprint power bank and charge it more often. Best wishes to you.

 

[SouthernCharm]

I tuck my hose in the sleeping bag and didn’t need the heater. Now hose outside gave me brain freeze.