AirSep VisionAire - Product Review

Following the success of AirSep Newlife Elite; Airsep VisionAire was launched as one of the best continuous flow stationary oxygen concentrator with some major spec improvements like power consumption, weight, size and more.

AirSep Visionaire Front Panel

What you would like about Airsep VisionAire:

  • Light weight (13.6 kg) compared to other stationary competitors
  • Quiet operation
  • Cost effective operation (Power Consumption-290W)
  • Wide range of safety alarms
  • Maintenance free – No need for weekly cabinet filter cleaning
  • Output Pressure of 8 psi as compared to 5.5 psi of Respironics & Invacare
  • Relatively small in size
  • Compressor manufactured by Airsep itself; therefore, more control on the quality

What you won’t:

  • Difficult to recognize alarms
  • Extra Tubing to connect VisionAire with Humidifier
  • Airsep’s floating ball type flowmeter despite of being highly reliable is little difficult to set to ‘exact’ flow when compared to Nidek’s lockable flowmeter.

Visionaire with Two humidifer Tubes

Size

Small and compact as compared to many stationary concentrators.

(20.8” H x 14.1” W x 11.5”D).

The compact size makes it easier to move around in house to keep in the boot of the car for travel/shifting.

AirSep Visionaire View

Oxygen Purity

Standard purity like any other concentrator of 90% (-3% / +5.5%) in operating range.

Weight

Almost same weight as close competing models of Respironics & Nidek.

VisionAire weighs 13.6 kg as compared to 14.5 kg of Nidek & 14 kg of Respironics. However, the machine, having the latest advancements in technology is quite smaller and lighter than some 5LPM concentrators like that of DeVilbiss weighing 16.5 kg & Invacare weighing 19.5 kg.

AirSep VisionAire Lifted

Power Consumption

The machine works on AC mains & is the most power efficient oxygen concentrator in the market consuming 290W of power. Apart from Nidek Nuvo-Lite, no other Oxygen Concentrator matches the power efficiency of Airsep VisionAire.

Flow

Provides continuous flow starting from 1 LPM to 5 LPM in increments of 0.5 LPM.

Airsep’s floating ball type flow-meter is very reliable and accurately shows the flow that is being ‘delivered’ by the machine as compared to the close competitor Nidek’s Nuvo-lite which shows what is ‘set’ rather than what is being ‘delivered’.

However, the flow is ‘little’ difficult to adjust at exact LPM as compared to Nidek’s user friendly lockable flow control knob which locks at all intervals of flow.

Visionaire's Floating Ball Flowmeter

Alarms

No text display of alarms – therefore, one needs to look at the table of alarms to see which kind of alarm is represented by the visual or audible indicators.

Alarms in Airsep Visionaire
Alarm Type Visual Audible
No Power None Intermittent One beep
Low O2 Amber Light on Intermittent Two beeps
Low Pressure None Intermittent Three beeps
High Pressure None Intermittent Four beeps
High Temperature None Intermittent Five beeps
No flow None Intermittent Six beeps

Amber light illuminates for 5 minutes after switching on the machine till the purity of Oxygen reaches a particular Oxygen saturation level.

However, it was observed that the machine reached at 94% purity within 1 minute only.

Viaionaire Amber Light Visual Alarm

The company claims that all the alarms get activated after 5 minutes of operation.

The machine gives audible alarm if Oxygen purity goes below therapeutic levels (85%) for more than 15 minutes. The visual indicator turns ON whenever the Oxygen purity drops below therapeutic levels during operation.

Warm Up Time

5 minutes

Humidifier

The humidifier is placed above back panel of the machine & has an elastic belt to hold the bottle which loosens up & looks very ugly after few months of regular use. The humidifier has another tubing which gets kinked after regular use; will be a source of complaint.

Visionaire Humidifer Holder Visionaire Humidifer Elastic

Humidifier in AirSep Newlife Elite is much easier to clean than in VisionAire.

Sound level

Very silent machine with 40dB of sound level

Filters

VisionAire doesn’t have a cabinet/external filter unlike any of the competitors and Airsep claims that the internal filters last as long as the life of the machine making it maintenance free.

This absence of cabinet filter may become a cause of frequent service requirement in high dust environment.

Maintenance

The absence of cabinet filter in the machine makes it the only maintenance free machine in market as weekly cabinet filter cleaning is not required.

Altitude

up to 10,000 ft. (3,048m) above sea level

Compressor

The compressor is manufactured by Airsep itself; unlike any of the major competitors. The compressor is serviceable and need not be disposed off in case of failure.

Front panel

Front Panel is inclined for easy view.

Visionaire Elastic

Power panel

Hour-meter shows the numbers of hours of operation, White colored Circuit Breaker trips to protect the machine in case of circuit failures - can be pressed to reset after trip.

Visionaire Power Panel

Oxygen Outlet

Nicely designed for suitable grip.

Visionaire Oxygen Outlet

Backview

AirSep Visionaire Back

Top 5 Oxygen Concentrators in VisionAire 5' competition

  1. Inogen At Home
  2. Philips Respironics Everflo Q
  3. Nidek Nuvo Lite
  4. Invacare Perfect O2
  5. DeVilbiss Healthcare 5 Liter Compact

Top 3 comparison with AirSep VisionAire 5

  1. AirSep VisionAire 5 v/s Philips Respironics Everflo Q
  2. AirSep VisionAire 5 v/s Invacare Perfect O2 v/s DeVilbiss Healthcare 5 Liter Compact
  3. AirSep VisionAire 5 v/s Inogen At Home

After a lot of research & development Airsep has finally come up with a reliable model of VisionAire; our sources revealed that the first few stocks had failure issues but all of them have been resolved by now.

The machine is suitable for patients who require supplemental Oxygen at home and who consider sound level, weight and power consumption of their Oxygen machine as very important factors.

VisionAire also has an optional air-outlet model for aerosol treatment which makes it a 1 box solution for oxygen therapy and nebulisation.

AirSep Visionaire Logo
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