After I was diagnosed with heart failure and supplemental oxygen, I started researching which oxygen concentrator I should buy. The top of the line, the Inogen G5, was quite expensive, not covered by my medicare (they called it a luxury, but I decided it was worth it.) With dual batteries and a lifetime warranty, it cost me $3800. I had several problems after 18 months of perfect use, and decided I needed a backup because even though Inogen fixed every problem under the warranty, going back to the tanks wasn’t an option. The other top of the line was the Caire Freestyle, which I purchased for $2600. I also bought a refurbished SimplyGo unit for $1400 that worked great for a year and a half, but finally gave up the ghost after the warranty was ended, of course. I am extremely fortunate to be in a position to be able to afford purchasing multiple machines, but to me, it’s worth it. I have been using the Wellue ring to monitor my oxygen levels at night for almost two years and I am impressed with its reliability, so when I found that they were selling an oxygen concentrator I decided to try it to replace the refurbished unit that stopped working. I rotate machines so I am very familiar with how they each operate. I have been told that my Inogen and Caire machines are the best ones available. Having used them both over a couple of years, this new machine from Wellue is significantly smaller, lighter, and quieter than the Caire, is smaller and lighter than the Inogen, and half the price of either of them. The weakness of the Wellue concentrator is in the battery life. I need a pulse setting of 4, and the battery life, for the single battery is about 1.5 hours. That’s fine for my day to day use around the house, but going to lunch, for example, requires taking a second battery, and even then, I have to be careful. Both the Inogen and the Caire have double batteries that last 4-5 hours. It does have a car charger, which helps, but if the Wellue would increase the battery life, I would say that, in my experience, it was better than both the Caire Freestyle and the Inogen G5 I have, and at half the cost. (One other huge advantage for both the Inogen and the Wellue units is that the sieves are customer replaceable, without having to send the unit in for maintenance.)