Travel Oxygen - Choices?

[Skye]

Tara,

I went through these questions when I first started on O2 at night. Most O2 companies provide a small portable unit for travelers at no cost to you. If your O2 company does not, you might call your insurance company and see if they have other providers that are an option. My O2 company gives me an Airsep that weighs less than 5 lbs. and looks like a little camera case. It is very quiet and can be used easily in a hotel room next to your bed without all that annoying noise. Airlines accept it because it is a concentrator. With some airlines, you have to get something filled out by your doctor. All airlines have the form on their website and it takes them about 48 hours to process. Don't worry, you will figure something out. It took me a while, but I asked the right questions and got what I needed<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Skye]

Tara,

I went through these questions when I first started on O2 at night. Most O2 companies provide a small portable unit for travelers at no cost to you. If your O2 company does not, you might call your insurance company and see if they have other providers that are an option. My O2 company gives me an Airsep that weighs less than 5 lbs. and looks like a little camera case. It is very quiet and can be used easily in a hotel room next to your bed without all that annoying noise. Airlines accept it because it is a concentrator. With some airlines, you have to get something filled out by your doctor. All airlines have the form on their website and it takes them about 48 hours to process. Don't worry, you will figure something out. It took me a while, but I asked the right questions and got what I needed<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Skye]

Tara,

I went through these questions when I first started on O2 at night. Most O2 companies provide a small portable unit for travelers at no cost to you. If your O2 company does not, you might call your insurance company and see if they have other providers that are an option. My O2 company gives me an Airsep that weighs less than 5 lbs. and looks like a little camera case. It is very quiet and can be used easily in a hotel room next to your bed without all that annoying noise. Airlines accept it because it is a concentrator. With some airlines, you have to get something filled out by your doctor. All airlines have the form on their website and it takes them about 48 hours to process. Don't worry, you will figure something out. It took me a while, but I asked the right questions and got what I needed<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Skye]

Tara,

I went through these questions when I first started on O2 at night. Most O2 companies provide a small portable unit for travelers at no cost to you. If your O2 company does not, you might call your insurance company and see if they have other providers that are an option. My O2 company gives me an Airsep that weighs less than 5 lbs. and looks like a little camera case. It is very quiet and can be used easily in a hotel room next to your bed without all that annoying noise. Airlines accept it because it is a concentrator. With some airlines, you have to get something filled out by your doctor. All airlines have the form on their website and it takes them about 48 hours to process. Don't worry, you will figure something out. It took me a while, but I asked the right questions and got what I needed<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Skye]

Tara,

I went through these questions when I first started on O2 at night. Most O2 companies provide a small portable unit for travelers at no cost to you. If your O2 company does not, you might call your insurance company and see if they have other providers that are an option. My O2 company gives me an Airsep that weighs less than 5 lbs. and looks like a little camera case. It is very quiet and can be used easily in a hotel room next to your bed without all that annoying noise. Airlines accept it because it is a concentrator. With some airlines, you have to get something filled out by your doctor. All airlines have the form on their website and it takes them about 48 hours to process. Don't worry, you will figure something out. It took me a while, but I asked the right questions and got what I needed<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[tara]

Luke,

I think my concentrator is rented by my insurance company. I've only had it since August. I don't know if it's rent to own?

 

[tara]

Luke,

I think my concentrator is rented by my insurance company. I've only had it since August. I don't know if it's rent to own?

 

[tara]

Luke,

I think my concentrator is rented by my insurance company. I've only had it since August. I don't know if it's rent to own?

 

[tara]

Luke,

I think my concentrator is rented by my insurance company. I've only had it since August. I don't know if it's rent to own?

 

[tara]

Luke,

I think my concentrator is rented by my insurance company. I've only had it since August. I don't know if it's rent to own?

 

[luke]

Tara,

The way the DME industry works is they pay by "code". The code for the "big concentrator" in your house is the same as a smaller three liter concentrator?(they weigh half as much). If your insurance is renting your machine(most likely they are) then the DME should just trade you out. I would call your local DME and ask them to trade your machine for a lighter/smaller model. Keep in mind that "portable" concentrators aren't covered by any insurance(they have a different code) so your best bet is a smaller version of the one you have. We encounter this a lot for our older "snow bird" population. When they go south for the winter they typically drive themselves so I always just give them a more manageable machine to travel with. Hope this helps.

Oh yea...our cost on travel concentrators are around $2000 and most work on a pulse dose mechanism. These models are more for people needing cont. O2 and flying on a plane.

 

[luke]

Tara,

The way the DME industry works is they pay by "code". The code for the "big concentrator" in your house is the same as a smaller three liter concentrator?(they weigh half as much). If your insurance is renting your machine(most likely they are) then the DME should just trade you out. I would call your local DME and ask them to trade your machine for a lighter/smaller model. Keep in mind that "portable" concentrators aren't covered by any insurance(they have a different code) so your best bet is a smaller version of the one you have. We encounter this a lot for our older "snow bird" population. When they go south for the winter they typically drive themselves so I always just give them a more manageable machine to travel with. Hope this helps.

Oh yea...our cost on travel concentrators are around $2000 and most work on a pulse dose mechanism. These models are more for people needing cont. O2 and flying on a plane.

 

[luke]

Tara,

The way the DME industry works is they pay by "code". The code for the "big concentrator" in your house is the same as a smaller three liter concentrator?(they weigh half as much). If your insurance is renting your machine(most likely they are) then the DME should just trade you out. I would call your local DME and ask them to trade your machine for a lighter/smaller model. Keep in mind that "portable" concentrators aren't covered by any insurance(they have a different code) so your best bet is a smaller version of the one you have. We encounter this a lot for our older "snow bird" population. When they go south for the winter they typically drive themselves so I always just give them a more manageable machine to travel with. Hope this helps.

Oh yea...our cost on travel concentrators are around $2000 and most work on a pulse dose mechanism. These models are more for people needing cont. O2 and flying on a plane.

 

[luke]

Tara,

The way the DME industry works is they pay by "code". The code for the "big concentrator" in your house is the same as a smaller three liter concentrator?(they weigh half as much). If your insurance is renting your machine(most likely they are) then the DME should just trade you out. I would call your local DME and ask them to trade your machine for a lighter/smaller model. Keep in mind that "portable" concentrators aren't covered by any insurance(they have a different code) so your best bet is a smaller version of the one you have. We encounter this a lot for our older "snow bird" population. When they go south for the winter they typically drive themselves so I always just give them a more manageable machine to travel with. Hope this helps.

Oh yea...our cost on travel concentrators are around $2000 and most work on a pulse dose mechanism. These models are more for people needing cont. O2 and flying on a plane.

 

[luke]

Tara,

The way the DME industry works is they pay by "code". The code for the "big concentrator" in your house is the same as a smaller three liter concentrator?(they weigh half as much). If your insurance is renting your machine(most likely they are) then the DME should just trade you out. I would call your local DME and ask them to trade your machine for a lighter/smaller model. Keep in mind that "portable" concentrators aren't covered by any insurance(they have a different code) so your best bet is a smaller version of the one you have. We encounter this a lot for our older "snow bird" population. When they go south for the winter they typically drive themselves so I always just give them a more manageable machine to travel with. Hope this helps.

Oh yea...our cost on travel concentrators are around $2000 and most work on a pulse dose mechanism. These models are more for people needing cont. O2 and flying on a plane.