Portable Oxygen Machines

Who has? And for what?

Be careful about stowing a POC om a small satchel or purse. The unit needs to be exposed to air on two sides to function properly, otherwise it will overheat and the yellow alarm light goes on. I agree the carrying case is not well designed. I may have a seamstress friend try to fashion something better.

Who has a much lighter design of what? Carbon tanks are lighter than metal ones. They’re slowly developing new POC machines—most are still fairly heavy and don’t produce 3+ liters/minute.

I FINALLY found a wheeled cart for my poc. Yes
the portable is very cumbersome to haul about if u don’t want to use a backpack. The cart is on the Inogen website. But Amazon carries it too. It is expensive - @$170. And not pretty but very practical. However you could configure a similar cart for much less. Take a look.

Thank you for your persistence - you found one! I'll be following your lead. If nothing else, this'll work so well for gardening.

There are definitely smaller, lighter carts available if you look around. I have an old cart which I had from a prior POC. I’ve lent it to a friend who has finding it too arduous to carry her POC on her shoulder when we were at a conference. I suspect you can find smaller, lighter carts at luggage sections of Ross, Nordstrom’s Rack, etc. I did buy one but returned it because I rather wear it with my backpack and have gotten pretty accustomed to it that way.

excellent point! Had not thought of that! Actually I was going to use the LV large tote that I have but will examine carefully when placing it in there with the other COPD paraphenalia, inhalers, spacer, Aerobika etc. Thank you

Who has come out with a lighter design? This is for lesley56

My provider sent me a mesh backpack that has lots of ventilation as an option. I tried that but decided I prefer the one made by O2totes. It has been designed so that it’s easy to remove the battery to replace as needed. It’s also easy to plug the charger in while still in the backpack.

I actually find it more comfortable to wear in the front than the back. There is NO pad to keep the machine from hitting your back and it's very hard. When I wear it in the front, there is more space between the bottom of the machine and my ribcage because of anatomy. Haha! I just figured this out last night when I was wearing it in my back with just a tshirt (because HI is warm and no need for jackets). Anyway, the backpack is versatile and easily able to be adjusted to wear whichever way the user prefers. I may add a pad to keep the machine from hitting my back where it does--a light piece of foam or neoprene perhaps, whatever is handy.