ResMed AirFit F30i CPAP Mask Review - Should You Buy?

- G'day guys,

Nick here again from Cpap reviews,

it's great to be with you today

we're going to be taking a look at the new ResMed f30i.

Now not too long ago,

I did a review on the ResMed f30

And in that review,

I suggested perhaps hold off for the release of this mask.

The reason being is that the F30

just wasn't getting great reviews,

and I had a feeling that perhaps

they'd learn from that feedback

and those bad reviews and implement some changes

with this new mask,

which I think they've done.

So in this video,

we're gonna be having a nice look at the mask.

I'm going to show you the different components

and how the mask fits together, and just be guiding you

with some of that feedback that we've received

from this mask. Okay, I think it could be a winner,

especially if you're someone that's struggling

with perhaps the claustrophobia

of a big full face mask,

or if you're struggling with the bridge of the nose,

or maybe you just want a little bit more freedom.

When you're moving around over nighttime.

Now one thing with this mask, is there's a lot of variety

when it comes to sizing.

Okay, there's this frame section,

you can get it in a small, medium and large.

And with the cushion section at the front,

you can get that in a small, medium, small wide and wide.

So because there is so much variety in sizing,

I think it's an important point

that if you want to go and get one

to not buy it online, you should probably go into a clinic,

have it properly fitted, go home, try it out,

and if you're not confident with the size,

that way you can go back to the clinic

and then maybe exchange it for a different size.

So that's my advice to you just regarding

the purchasing of this mask,okay a lot of variety in sizing.

But anyway, let's have a quick look at the mask

so you can see it nice and close.

And that way you get a better understanding

of how it all fits together.

Alrighty so this is a close up of the F30i,

I spin it around nice and quick

so you can have a bit of a look.

So the old F30 had the connection here now it's at the top

of the head.

We've got these nice magnetic clips on the bottom,

and we have exhalation ports at the front here, here,

here where the air is going to come out.

And also at the top, you can see there's holes there.

Beautiful thing about this mask, obviously,

you don't have anything up here so you've got nice,

clear line of sight as well.

Very less claustrophobic mask,

compared to some of the other full face masks available.

Obviously, when you don't have the connection here

and you have it at the top of the head,

means when you're lying down

like so the tubing connecting here,

you're not gonna have anything

sort of dangling around at the front of you here.

So it makes it easy just to sort

of turn around when you're sleeping.

Alright, I'll take the mask apart

so you can have a look what it looks like,

when you take the components off.

So these little frame sections,

you just literally just sort of, push down nice

and they pop out.

And this is the cushion.

This section here where the nose fits that's the part

that changes size.

I don't believe the actual mouth section changes size.

I think they've made it wide enough,

sort of a silicon part and then a harder silicon part here.

And then we have our frame assembly,

which is this silicon part with the hard plastic parts

on the end, and a headgear section.

And then last but not least, is the elbow section.

Okay, it's got little quick release parts.

But that's it nice and easy to take apart.

Nice and easy to clean and nice and easy

to put back together.

Okay, guys, I'd like to talk about the feedback

regarding the F30i.

The feedback for the F30 was horrible.

To put it bluntly,

but it was, especially for ResMed standards.

For the F30i, although it hasn't been around

a long period of time, the feedbacks been excellent.

Out of the 20 reviews I had a look at,

it was writing at 4.5 out of five stars,

and the reviews were glowing,

people were ecstatic that they'd found such an amazing mask.

So it's definitely one to put on your radar.

Most of the positive feedback was surrounding

the fact that this is a minimalistic full face mask,

and people were loving the fact that

they weren't having bridge of the nose issues.

And they felt more comfortable

when they were moving around over nighttime

going from back to side and so forth.

They also found that was a great seal,

and they also liked the fact they had that clear

sort of vision.

Another positive feedback

was they weren't getting tangled up

in the tubing when they were turning around.

Because this mask connects at the top,

it means it's much easier to maneuver in the bed.

Some of the negative feedback was regarding mask seal,

and that's common with most of my reviews.

Obviously, there's a large amount of faces and face shapes

and no shapes so it's quite hard for these manufacturers

to come up with masks that's gonna fit everyone,

ResMeds come up with quite a large variety

when it comes to the frame and the shapes

of the cushions for this mask.

So if you do go to a clinic

and try out the different cushions

you more than likely going to find one

that does fit your nose face mouth shape.

All right, guys, I'm gonna leave it at that,

I hope you enjoyed the video. If you did find it useful,

please give me the thumbs up, show your support

and subscribe to my YouTube channel.

On a final note, remember this mask

does have a lot of variety,

so if you are thinking of looking at it,

make sure you go into a clinic

and pick one up in the clinic.

Don't buy it online I know sometimes it's convenient,

and it's just easy to go and do it.

But go and show you support, go into a clinic, say hello,

get some face to face contact with a consultant.

And that way you know you're supporting those guys

that are putting a lot of money into having places

for you to go when you do get stuck with the gear.

So, I know there's online and now it's nice and cheap,

but every now and again just throw a bit of money

into the clinics. Otherwise,

they'll all be gone and you'll be left with me for support.

(chuckles)

Anyway, guys, I'll leave it at that,

I hope everything's going well with your sleep apnea,

and have yourself a great day.

Cheers.