Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 we did a first on saturday went to visit my daughter, son in law and grandson in New York on Saturday used the helios on the drive up used the marathon on the drive home jerry put the concentrator on the backseat, in a seat belt, and we used it when we got to my daughter's apartment it worked out very well thanks for the idea everybody my son-in-law, the chef, made a fabulous dinner my grandson is adorable and my daughter is my daughter, upset that Davin stopped eating-- he used to "inhale" his food, now he is past 2, and all of a sudden, he doesn't like anything, and doesn't want to eat--this is new for her he might be teething, they can see the molars trying to come in he also had a cold last week they only reason i went was because i lived with Jerry's cold for a couple of weeks maybe Davin's cold symptoms were related to the new teeth Pink Joyce IPF 3/06 Pennsylvania Donate Life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Pink So happy to hear that. If you decide to take a long trip (more than overnight), your oxygen supplier can put a portable reservoir in your car so you'll be able to refill your helios and marathon when needed. The reservoir rides comfortably strapped in by a seat belt. They can put either a 25 pound or a 50 pound reservoir. By comparsion, your reservoir at home is likely a 100 pound unit although those in homes vary from 75 to 144 pounds. Note, these weights are the weight of the oxygen, not the reservoir. A 25 pound reservoir filled weighs about 50 pounds. For the other sizes you can add 40-70 pounds for the reservoir itself. I keep a 25 pound reservoir in my van as I found one barely used for $225. I generally get a 50 pound reservoir from my supplier for long trips since I use liquid indoors as well, instead of a concentrator. A 25 pound reservoir used just for refilling your portables will fill your Marathon twice a day and last 4 days. It would fill it once per day and last 6 days. A 50 pound reservoir used just for refilling your portables would last almost but not quite twice as long. I don't know your vehicle so don't know if you'd have to lift the reservoir out to refill it or not. My 25 pound unit is in the back seat of my van and I can refill without taking it out. However, I have to remove a 50 pound unit to refill. Now if it was in the back of the van instead of the seat it would work, but I have my chair lift there. > > we did a first on saturday > went to visit my daughter, son in law and grandson in New York on Saturday > > used the helios on the drive up > used the marathon on the drive home > > jerry put the concentrator on the backseat, in a seat belt, and we used it when we got to my daughter's apartment > > it worked out very well > > thanks for the idea everybody > > my son-in-law, the chef, made a fabulous dinner > > my grandson is adorable > > and my daughter is my daughter, upset that Davin stopped eating-- he used to " inhale " his food, now he is past 2, and all of a sudden, he doesn't like anything, and doesn't want to eat--this is new for her > > he might be teething, they can see the molars trying to come in > he also had a cold last week > > they only reason i went was because i lived with Jerry's cold for a couple of weeks > > maybe Davin's cold symptoms were related to the new teeth > > > Pink Joyce IPF 3/06 Pennsylvania > Donate Life > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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