Thankee muchly, folks--lots of grist for the mill. Right now I'm seriously leaning towards renting an RV, the smallest I can find with an on-board generator. Then I'd have all the pieces in place in one unit, and won't have to worry about the dust-in-the-CPAP issue. It would also solve a related iss...

hehehehe -- the Mae West-itude sounds as if "somebody" was checking out my website.

My own favorite Mae West quote: "Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried."

Veeery interesting! Thanks for the info, guys. Heh--I do sometimes call my little machine the "CRAP" machine; sometimes I also call it Darth Vader. For those who've not encountered such a gizmo, CPAP stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure--it pumps a metered amount of regular ol' air into yo...

(dang, once I figure out which post I'm replying to ... chalk one up to operator error.) Uh, hi. If it isn't obvious, I'm new. I go by mizducky, or you can call me Ellen, whichever you like. I'm told I'm a pretty fun person in a pleasantly wacko way. Enough of y'all seem likewise to me that I'm sure...

Howdy--newbie here. I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine, and am trying to figure out how to deal with these at BM. Any advice/experience is most welcome. Specific questions I have: will a CPAP machine even be able to survive conditions on the playa? (especially the fabled dust?). And, if I do ...