Dear Sleep Apnea Patient, and valued CPAP customer,

We often get asked this question.  "What do you recommend?"  We have broken down each category to give you our insite, our expert opinions based on personal use, ten years of sales experience, 30 years experience dealing with patients as Respiratory Therapists, and experience based on product quality, returns, breakage, repair, and replacement.  We also base this on customer feedback, product re-orders, and overall customer satisfaction.  It is a complicated set of parameters, but it all seems to point to a very small set of items.  We will offer you a short explanation to why we feel things are good, popular, or worthy of our recommendation.

CPAP Machines
Lowest price - ZZZ CPAP machine by Probasics (very good option)
Best Warranty - Devilbiss Intellipap CPAP
Quietest CPAP - Devilbiss Intellipap CPAP
Smallest Size - ZZZ CPAP by probasics or Aeiomed Everest II CPAP (both good choices)
Highest Quality - Resmed S8, Respironics Legacy (old style) Remstar plus, Devilbiss Intellipap, and Aeiomed Everest II, any CPAP made by Fisher & Paykel
Overall best CPAP - Devilbiss Intellipap CPAP

Autopap Machines
Lowest price - Devilbiss Intellipap Auto
Best Warranty - Devilbiss Intellipap Auto
Quietest Auto CPAP - Devilbiss Intellipap Auto
Smallest Size - ResMed S8 Autoset
Best Features - Respironics DS510S with A-Flex
Highest Quality - ResMed S8 Autoset Vantage
Overall best buy Auto CPAP - Devilbiss Intellipap Auto

Nasal CPAP Masks
Popularity - Respironics Comfort Gel (by far the most re-ordered mask)
Lowest price - ZZZ Nasal CPAP mask by probasics, or phone order Respironics Comfort Classic
Best mask for high pressure (above 12 cm) - Any mask made by ResMed
Good quality for low pressures (below 12 cm) - Respironics Comfort Fusion, Comfort Gel, Any mask by ResMed
Best mask for the price - ResMed Activa LT nasal mask
Overall best nasal CPAP mask - ResMed Micro, or ResMed Activa LT, or Respironics Comfort Gel for lower pressure (less than 13 cm)

Nasal Pillow Masks
Popularity - ResMed Swift II, Swift LT, Respironics Optilife, Puritan Bennett Breeze
Lowest Price - All have similar pricing over the phone
Best Features - Respironics Optilife, Swift LT, Swift LT Her
Overall best nasal pillow mask - ResMed Swift LT or Swift LT Her, or Respironics Optilife

Full Face Masks
Lowest price - ZZZ full face mask by Probasics
Most Popular - ResMed Quatro or ResMed Ultra Mirage Full Face, or Hans Rudolph V2
Best mask for High pressures - ResMed Quatro or ResMed Ultra Mirage Full Face, or Hans Rudolph V2
Overall best full face mask - ResMed Quatro Full Face mask

Best Overall System for a majority of CPAP users
If the average sleep apnea patient walked thru our doors and asked what is the single best recommended system, we would offer the following advise:
Buy the quietest, longest warranty, CPAP available (Devilbiss Intellipap CPAP)
Add the heated humidifier for comfort
Buy the all new ResMed Activa LT nasal mask
That is the most affordable, highest quality system we would recommend. 

Sincerely,
The folks at www.YouNeedSleep.com