[pdonis]

> their logic is that it does require configuration/calibration to be setup initially for your pressure levels.

Which is ridiculous. By "configuration/calibration" they mean setting a value in the software settings. Something that takes 2 seconds and could easily be done by the user (in fact most CPAPs have the ability to have the user set it, but it's disabled by the manufacturer because of stupid regulations).

> ultimately it is probably more about risk mitigation and liability for the doctor/sleep technicians and clinics who prescribe these things.

If people could just go buy them in drugstores by their own choice then doctors and clinics wouldn't be on the hook for having prescribed them. Plus there would be more competition and the devices would be cheaper and more widely available.

[TylerE]

I have a Resmed machine and it's super easy to change the pressure.

You just do the super secret thing to enter "Clinician Mode".

The super secret thing?

Hold down the one input button for a few seconds.

[pdonis]

AFAIK this only works on certain models.