CPAP SD Cards - Which Is Best & What File Format?

Everything you need to know about CPAP SD cards and how to use them correctly!
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[@CPAPReviews]

try.sleephq.com/ is my online cpap support community & cpap reporting platform. Master your therapy and improve your sleep with our powerful cloud-based platform. Create a FREE account and download your detailed therapy report today! Features Include - 1. High-resolution 'breath-by-breath' analysis - View every apnea and every breath in full detail. 2. Sleep Journal - Track how changes to device settings influence your sleep & therapy results. 3. Custom PDF reports - Detailed therapy reports complete with journal entries. 4. Therapy Trends - Monitor changes to your apnea control over time. 5. Support - Access to the SleepHQ Community Forum 6. Education - From CPAP novice to therapy PRO. Master your device and settings with the SleepHQ Academy course 7. Blood Oxygen, Heart Rate & Movement Data - Connect a SleepHQ O2 Ring to your account to view additional data sources and take your therapy to the next level. 8. Access to exclusive, member-only discounts on the latest and greatest CPAP gear And much more! SleepHQ O2 Ring - www.sleephq.com/o2-ring/ SleepHQ Magic Uploader - www.sleephq.com/magic-uploader/ Thanks for all the love & support! Uncle Nicko

[@barbtaks4292]

Thank you so much for this information. I am a new CPAP user and don't know bubkis about what I'm doing. These videos are helping me to navigate my CPAP adventure.

[@YoSpiff]

A minor technical correction that doesn't really affect the info given here (but I am a technician and a nitpicker). CPAPs have a minor amount of internal flash memory, but they do not have a hard drive. The job a hard drive would do is what the SD card is for.

[@fitybux4664]

I think he said "hard drive" to dummy it down. (Instead of saying internal flash memory.) But when we dummy it down, we get things like Resmed saying SDHC cards don't work. Maybe there's a happy medium, or maybe people just need to have a technical mind?

[@cyberfiche]

Wow I really did learn something! The main thing I didn't know is that I i need to wait a few minutes before removing the card in the morning. Thanks so much!

[@gordeng4001]

I've only had my ResMed 11 for two weeks now. I purchased a Walmart brand OON 64GB micro SD card with adapter and it works great.

[@CPAPReviews]

That's great to hear mate!

[@waynebeck7801]

Does it have to be a micro SD card?

[@chrish7927]

I haven't tried my Airsense 10 yet, but the Airsense 11 I had absolutely worked with a 64GB microSD card after I obviously put it into an SD card adapter. I used it that way for weeks without any problems.

[@ndfzen93]

What brand? I used a SanDisk Ultra Plus 64gb in my Mothers Airsense 11. I unlocked the SD card, installed it and I'm just getting an error code. No reading her first night. I can't believe ResMed doesn't have one in it from the factory. =(

[@chrish7927]

@@ndfzen93 Penny pinching stupidity to not include it. It was an Adata Premier or Patriot LX. In only have two MicroSD that are 64GB but I don't know which one I actually used sorry. The Airsense 10 I bought came with an SD card so I just use that.

[@chrish7927]

@@ndfzen93 You need to format the card as Fat32 first also.

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

Interesting video. I’m new to CPAP World. Thanks mate.

[@marionosial9866]

I got a 128gb SDXC micro (in an adapter) and formatted it FAT32 and it works fine

[@jasontrewin123]

Curios what does the machine do when it’s SD card is full?

[@CPAPReviews]

Starts rewriting over the old data 🤙

[@paisleyjane9606]

I've been using my ResMed 11 just over a month. Sleep apnea has delayed a total knee replacement for six weeks because the painkillers afterwards combined with the apnea could put me to sleep permanently. My "events" are reportedly way down, but I don't know if I trust those reports. To do a sleep study with a sleep ring, I guess I need to turn off the bluetooth on my CPAP, which is why I'm trying to get an SD card pronto. Why do they make such a secret of it? They offered to send me one, but it would take too long, so thanks for the info! Surgery's nsw scheduled in thirteen days .

[@c50grand2]

Thank you for this very informative KZbin video! I have an AirSense 11 and I formatted and installed an 8GB SD Card, and it’s work perfectly! I just needed to know what the largest size SD card the machine accepts, bcuz I have quite a few SD cards that I’m not using, and you explained everything about in your video. Thanks again. God Bless!

[@jasonmurray8184]

I was able to use a 256 GB SD card from Samsung that I had laying around with my ResMed AirSense 11. However, I had to format it to MS-DOS (FAT32) on my Mac running MacOS Ventura 13.4.1 to get it to work with SleepHQ.

[@vintageveloce]

In short; Get a card sized under 32GB (try 4GB) and Format it as Fat32. Also make sure the write protection switch on the side of the card is "unlocked". Be sure to push the card in all the way. To get it out, push it in a bit more and it will pop out: it is spring loaded.

[@CPAPReviews]

short doesn't pay the bills buddy

[@vintageveloce]

@@CPAPReviews Want me to delete the summary? I don't mean to step on of your any revenue!

[@HurricaneTroy]

Why use one under 32GB?

[@TrossOfTheAlba]

@@vintageveloceYes. Do the right thing.

[@michaelmarchei8539]

Nicko is that an oura ring I see you wearing ?

[@waynebeck7801]

My air sense11 doesn’t have an sd card..however my cpap provider has been able to do down loads.

[@bradyperez8833]

Have you tried using a Wi-Fi SD card adapter? I think the reason why not to use larger capacity card is because it's a different format than the FAT 32. The larger capacity cards can be reformatted to FAT32 with a program because windows no longer supports it natively.

[@BRTardiff]

Thanks for a great video. Hoping you can answer this question… Does the AirSense 11 send ALL the data over the cell system when it syncs even though the app only shows the summary information? In other words, does the server store all the info the doc needs to view/print detailed reports or are we still at the mercy of the SD card?

[@CPAPReviews]

The answer is no, it still only sends summary data 👍

[@hawaiian-cerveza]

Ahhh I was wondering what I was doing wrong the first time I tried to transfer info to sleepHQ. I reformatted my sd card and the info is loading onto my card. I'll check it in the morning after I give it some time to DL the rest of the info. Thanks!

[@paulpoco22]

My Airsense 11 didn't come with an SD card. I already uploaded my old Airsense 10's SD card, to I just formatted that one to use in the AS11

[@dandifusco1868]

Hmmm. I have a airsense 11 and im using a sdxc 64gb micro sd card in a full size sd card adapter case so it fits in my as11 and zero issues. I upload daily to sleephq so maybe they recently did a software or firmware update on mine. Dont know

[@janicerenee9593]

Hey, mate.... once you insert the sd card into the airsense 11, what do you do with the plastic cover? Save me from jamming it in and breaking the thing!!!!

[@CPAPReviews]

The plastic cover is only for aesthetics when not using a card mate so you can just throw it out if you're going to be using an SD card from now. Cheers

[@jasonmurray8184]

I was able to use a 256 GB SD card from Samsung that I had laying around with my ResMed AirSense 11. However, I had to format it to MS-DOS (FAT32) on my Mac running MacOS Ventura 13.4.1 to get it to work with SleepHQ.

[@Gallery90]

You notice how hard it is to see the SD card in that kinda hidden slot tucked under the overhang of the ResMed AS11 (99% of SD cards are black, and so is the slot.)? You can find white 32GB SD cards -- and some other colors -- but ya gotta look around. Whilst doing that I discovered *orange* SanDisk SD cards. These come in a two-pack and are marketed for trail cameras (to help you find a dropped card in the woods), but I like being able to see that my card is in the CPAP machine from across the room. [They come in both 2x 32GB and 2x 64GB packs.]

[@markhowells3835]

Is it the same for Philips machines

[@midnightsecuritysargent1066]

Hey nick just got my air sense 11 last Thursday sill getting use to it. Do you have any idea on how to get Rid of that new hose smell the smell keep bothering me and its annoying. Water and dish soap did not work thank you. Love the videos keep up the good work

[@GregJGreen]

Finally received my Resmed 11 a week ago after using a system one since 2012. I noticed the 11 didn't come with an SD card, so I just took the old one out of the System One. Been using it since 2012, not sure if it retained all of my previous info over past 10 years or not.

[@davidretiredleo155]

Hi Uncle Nicko I am new to your channel and I appreciate the great content. I am interested in trying Sleep HQ. Before seeing this video I ordered 128gb SD. I was wondering why you specifically say 32gb?

[@CPAPReviews]

Many CPAP machines don't work with SD cards over 32Gb. Let me know how you go mate. Cheers

[@davidretiredleo155]

@@CPAPReviews I just took your advice. I returned the 128 and bought a 32. Why question the advice of the Master 🤗

[@davidretiredleo155]

@@CPAPReviews I was diagnosed with OSA in 2019. I gave it a try for more than 3 months. I had a miserable experience. I had no idea that there were people like you out there to help. I was given an AirSense 10 and a pat on the back. It has been in my closet ever since. Recently I have had several additional medical issues an was tested again. This time my number jumped from 30 to 40. I was again told that I needed CPAP therapy. With your help I am slowly working through my issues. Thank you

[@waynebeck7801]

So the Resmed 11 doesn’t have an SD card?

[@JS-xs5hq]

👍👍 Thanks Nick for this important information! 💤💤

[@FuffyFan33]

My question is, when you get an sd card why can't you upload it wirelessly to the sleep Hq program? Another question if that's not possible. Do you recommend a specific brand of SD card and a reader? Thanks.

[@PreppyKacee]

Hi Nick Which should my resmed time be set at. I have noticed that at midnight it resets the usage time. So at 12:30 am the usage time says :30. Shouldn’t it rest at noon of each day? So in clinical setting it is 1 pm in the afternoon. What should my time be set to? 1:00 or 13:00? Thanks

[@SoulDelSol]

Match clinical setting time to your local time. It is so supposed to change nights at noon. So fri night could include sleep from 8pm to 4am for example

[@DarwynnCarter]

Brand new CPAP user here. Just got the ResMed AirSense 11 yesterday. Question for you: Will adding the SD card interrupt or prevent my data automatically being updated to my sleep clinician?

[@markeyfarrell]

Same question here. but I have the AirSense 10. It came to me without a card.

[@DarwynnCarter]

@@markeyfarrell It's fine. I added the card. All of the info is still being sent to ResMed. And there is so much more info in Sleep HQ than what ResMed tells you!

[@DavidBernard-b1d]

Might be a dumb question. I assume the SD card will hold multiple nights of data? I have a 16G SD/HC card I am going to try. Any thoughts on how many nights of data this will hold.>? Thanks all for the newbee question.

[@CPAPReviews]

Hey mate, a 32gb card will store years of data

[@davileett1224]

The more I watch, the more I like about you bud.

[@devrimradyotiyatrosu1968]

merhaba güzel bilgiler fakat neden Wi-Fi SD kart ile ilgili detay vermediniz. her defasında cihazdan kartı çıkarmak yerine wifi üzerinden sd karta bağlanabilsek çok iyi olmaz mı.

[@TrossOfTheAlba]

Uncle Nicko, I shut my S9 off by pressing the physical button. Will that prevent the machine from writing to the SD card? Or in the following two minutes, is it writing anyway?

[@AvengX22]

Nico, I've purchased 3 card readers that will not transfer info to my iPhone 14. Copied and pasted from your video on which one to use on amazon and no luck, seriously pissed. Regards Mark.

[@promisedlan2985]

I happened to find a spare unused "SanDisk Ultra 100MB/s SDXC 1 Class 10 128GB" and decided to give it a try, formatted to FAT32 using MiniTool Partition Wizard and it worked flawlessly. Hopefully this could help people who are wondering if anything above 32GB will work. (I cannot speak for people who own 64GB SD Card, just in case)

[@johankorten2797]

Sandisk is very good indeed. I use it a lot in Raspberry Pi's. Never die on me even though Pi's are known to be problematic with lot's of SD card brands. I'm wondering @CPAPReviews do you have experience with WiFi SD cards?!

[@markeyfarrell]

ResMed AirSense 10. Came with no data card. I put in a known good 16 GB ScanDisk SD Ultra II. (All FAT32 format) CPAP machine gave error code said can't read the SD Card, remove and restart machine. I took an old SD Card from ResMed (blue card), 2 GB. It still had data from my last machine. It was read and updated data for today. Go figure. Can't see a 16 GB newer card, but no problems looking at an old ResMed 2GB card from a previous machine.

[@EvertG8086]

Did you check if that card, is MBR or GPT. I’ve seen some machines croak with something GPT formatted. Even my cars infotainment croaks of it encounters an update on something in GPT.

[@ClarenceBJacobs]

Great info

[@donalddodson7365]

Thank you, Uncle Nicko. Maybe this week I will make another attempt at uploading and then getting my "Magic Uploader" uploading. That will be most uplifting to upload without lifting a finger and switching switches and unswitching switches .... 🤪😎

[@Edupion]

The big question here how you edit certain files? it looks very much locked.

[@samstinkeringaround8961]

The ResMed 11 appears to be on stand by mode all the time, the power button does turn it off

[@SoulDelSol]

Maybe that's bc of auto start?

[@guysolis5843]

I just seen your video on ''what happens when your machine drops off the night stand'' and will soon watch " How to take apart the ResMed AirSense 11". So mine machine hit the floor while in use and I got some water through the tube. In makes a subtle air noise even when turned off and I was looking at the machine closer and popped open the door for the SD card. I swore something hit me but could not find an SD card. Can it run properly without a card? I've never been scheduled for a download..

[@celiayancey269]

My ResMed AirSense 11 did not come with an SD card. There is a place holder with black two pieces of plastic that cover the opening.

[@couchrou]

So the data being uploaded via cellular is crap?

[@CPAPReviews]

That's correct mate. Just summary stats

[@syco85]

I lost data from my s9s card after connecting to sleep hq.....and putting back in my machine..I'm screwed now

[@bremertonsdvideos]

HELP!! I only have about 1 month's data on my Airsense 11 and I bought a SanDisk 32 gm SD card but when I go to import it on the SleepHQ app, there is no data. I've even left it in there for a few days! Help!! Please!!

[@1A2A]

Hey mate: for some of that are novice on the CPAP world, you need to tell us which SD card is for ResMed 11… and how to format it… your links are no good if we can not follow them… so please tell me which is the best SD card to use and how to format them…. Thank you from the USA….

[@CPAPReviews]

Hi there, i told you this. SDSC or SDHC 32 gb or less. There will be plenty of vids available on how to format SD cards ( google is your friend! )

[@1A2A]

Google according to Don Lemon says that women over 50 are past their prime…. So why trust Google!!!!

[@charleszacharybennett7827]

so helpful!!!

[@Joe-mz6dc]

You are awesome.

[@NigelM18]

A 32gb card, how many days of info will that hold before it starts writing over old days?

[@mastathf]

On average? longer than your device lifetime. Mine did like 1.5 gb a year

[@Erik_42]

Same here, original 4GB erases now 2020. I have also an older original only 2GB(FAT16 No HC).

[@dmcmaster3544]

You don't need a 32 GB SD card. A 4 GB is more than enough.

[@Angel200929]

SD data but the data from august 2019 to 2020 is missing why did they change the sd if that’s why the data is missing? As got the data from 2020 - 2023 Feb 3

[@Angel200929]

@@af1966 it’s ok I’ve worked out it started writing over the older data from august 2019, it’s the SD card that came with resmed elite 10

[@hangahliong4746]

Why my sdcard from airsense 11 not readable on my macbook? Can anyone help me I have 32GB it seems like the format is ExFat, do I need reformat to MsDos?

[@dmcmaster3544]

You will most likely have to re-format your SD CARD on your Mac. Pop in the SD card into the MacBook, go to the disk utility application and click on the SD card icon you just popped in. Right click on the SD card icon, click to erase and select FAT. Select enter and wait for your MAC to erase and reformat the card. You might want to right click on the SD card icon and change the name of the card to ResMed or something similar. Be sure the lock tab is unlocked by pushing the tab up before installing in your Air Sense 11.

[@rayjeep]

Close, but not technically accurate. The data on a sd card is stored on nand flash chips which have limited write cycles. Most sd cards have MLC NAND which has roughly 10,000 P/E cycles MTBF. TLC is about 3,000 and QLC is about 1,000. SLC (single layer cell) NAND has 100,000 P/E rating, but are typically more expensive. Kingston Industrial cards have 30,000 P/E cycles and are around $30 for a 32 GB card. You can help extend the write cycle limitations by getting the largest block capacity cards that you can find, in SLC or MLC type cards. The more blocks, the less overwrites that will occur in each block over time. Formatting an sd card (or any storage device) does not write data on each block unless you specifically select that option. Formatting storage merely clears the logical or high level formatting allocation units which points to where the files are stored on the device. High level or quick formatting does not change the data that is stored in each block, and can be reversed using recovery software. Each user should determine their need for usage data and choose the appropriate storage device. For a user with little to no inconvenience if the data is lost, a cheap but reliable storage card will do. For someone such as I that must prove usage information for occupational licensing, choose the most dependable option.

[@877cms]

“You know nothing about sdcards” followed by “data is stored on the CPAP’s hard drive” 😂😂

[@CPAPReviews]

bahahaha

[@brianstack8379]

Add me to your list of people who do not know much about the SB card. :)

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

You sound like you’re from Western Victoria.

[@phothowhy9390]

The fact that we have to watc h a video about SD cards in. 2023 is just another sign of how crappy this machine is. In 2023 , you insert a card and it works!.. I have inserted so far 2 cards and they all had issues, only one worked for a few nights and then became unreadable , i tried other cards and the same, ( it is not locked)...the computer cannot read whatev er the machine did to it. Just a piece of shit anything electronic on the Airsense 11 ..it is unbelievable

[@dmcmaster3544]

Sorry, but the issue is not the device. Try re-formatting the SD card in the computer you're using to read the SD card. The reason Nick posted the video is because a lot of folks who use CPAP have no idea how to use a computer, never mind how to store data on a SD card.

[@xyzhxyz1885]

You could help more people if you spoke unaccented English.

[@CPAPReviews]

hahaha, turn on the closed captions mate

[@dmcmaster3544]

The Brits would laugh if you're thinking American English is un-accented