Sleep Well Canada

I have been fortunate enough to be one of the first people in North America to see Fisher & Paykel’s new CPAP platform called the Icon. Though I was not able to take it home even for a night, I was able to briefly play around with the unit and it left me with a very good first impression.

The one knock on Fisher & Paykel units have been their styling. In fact going back as far as 2001, their CPAP units did not changed too much in overall appearances except for relocation of the buttons. The proportions were very similar that they have used the same humidifier chamber on the HC220 series from 2001 with the HC234 and HC254 units available currently. That is not necessarily a bad thing but generally they made some aesthetic changes but the form has been the same. Now comes the Icon… if you are looking for something different, this is the CPAP you’ve been waiting for. It has no resemblance to any unit in the market and to be honest, it does not even look like a CPAP machine!

Simple lines, simple color, simple display… all-in-all it is just simple looking. Standing on the corner of my desk, it looked like an alarm clock. Don’t be mistaken by the simplicity, however, because it is full featured in their full line-up of models. It will first be introduced with the Premo and Auto units and later on they will bring in the most basic unit Novo.

The units will still pack their full technologies for their heated humidifier including the heated tube in all their models. They will still have the largest humidifier container in the market at 420 ml to match. Their Auto-CPAP technology should remain unchanged. My initial impressions on the noise level of the device was that it had a similar pitch and volume as the previous Fisher & Paykel models which were probably considered the quietest in the industry. The true test will come when I am able to sleep with the device. They have “officially” announced the unit to North America but they have not indicated a shipping date. Please stay tuned for a full review which will be coming soon!

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First look: Fisher & Paykel ICON is written by Cox Tan-Ngo, RRT, Clinical Sleep Solutions

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