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The highest setting on the Inogen one G5 which is same as Rove 6 is a 6 which gives you about the equivalent of just 1.25 continuous glow, so yeah WAY below a continuous flow setting.

I do my rowing using my stationary concentrator and gave to turn it up to 4 lpm CONTINUOUS flow to be able to row. My doc approves and likes me to stay >90% all the time. I can only exercise vigorously with the continuous flow at 4.

I can walk slowly using my Inogen on pulse @3 but if I want to push myself, I have to switch to continuous flow and increase the flow rate to 4 continuous. I cannot take my stationary concentrator out of the house. It’s too big & heavy.

By all means use a cart if you have a heavy machine or if tires you to wear or carry it. The more we do, the more we CAN do! I just slowly worked myself up for 16 minutes on the rowing machine, starting at 5 and then increasing a minute every 4th day. It’s slow and steady progress we need, not anything heroic.

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This is certainly enlightening! No wonder I don't do well on pulse flow. I see my pulmonologist this week and will talk to him about changing settings. Thank you.