Travel w pump

Can I ask, how big is it and what does it weigh?

The unit itself is probably about 4" X 9" X 9" (give or take less than an inch).Weight - maybe 3 lbs?  The garment size/space would be dependant on the size you need (I'm 'smaller').  I can fit mine in a backpack the size most kids carry to school daily.   

OK I meant portability-wise from one location to another where you would set it up in a hotel room or relatives place, (where theres a bed),  right? or do they take a while to set up?

A minute or less to 'set it up'.    The box/brain (approx 4" x 9" x 9")  is already programmed so just sit it wherever you want it, plug into electric, clip in the 4 hoses that are connected to the garments (they're numbered so go in the right place) and it's ready for you to put on the garments when you're ready to run it.  Same goes for packing it away to leave - disconnect the 4 hoses and it's ready to go in carrier.  I haven't flown with mine but have traveled with it often - no problems at all.  

Im not actually looking to get one of these but I AM curious. You never know.... One reason Id hold off I could safely triple the price you guys pay in the US for one of these. 

bhd, youd hope they wouldn't interfere with the device through the airports surely? I do hear you guys have real issues going through airports now.

bhd1 - Are you sure you're dealing with FlexiTouch and not some other manufacturer - there are several?  

I can only go off my experiences with FlexiTouch but that does not sound at all like anything I was told or experienced.

I only have arm LE (primarily elbow area)  but there was never any question about me having the 3 sections/garments needed to simulate MLD.  As explained to me by my CLET (and the company rep), to properly do MLD you have to 'empty' (not the greatest word but the best I can think of right now) the 'healthy' nodes on body to be 'ready' for the fluid being moved manually/mechanically from the effected areas (has to have somewhere to go).    Thus the upper leg/lower body are massaged first, then the chest/upper body, and moving to upper arm, mid arm and lower arm/hand.    Doing these isolated areas takes 1/2 hr of the program.   The next 1/2 hr, it runs in a continual massage from hand, up arm, over chest and down to lower body/upper leg.  This is continual and as soon as it moves to lower body it starts at hand immediately again, over and over til it shuts off. (I never counted how many times it does the cycle but it's a lot.)

 My FlexiTouch was delivered to me at  an appt with my CLET guy.  You might want to check with your CLET and see what was written on the request.  Also check with your insurance company on their poli.  You also might want to call FlexiTouch and talk with a specialist there - I've called several times and they are great to deal with. 

Glad you got some info/answers!  Now, you are better 'armed' for the 'fight' we each have to fight for what is what 'works' for us - not what someone else says is 'right'.  

Always remember - "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" so we have to 'squeak' for ourselves.

Kicks that was a great explanation of how this works. Thankyou.

barb, when you asked about a carry case for the Flexi, I checked with Tactile Systems (who makes the Flexitouch) and just received this reply--lots of good points, especially about foreign travel:

Traveling with your Flexitouch

We recommend that the safest way to travel with your Flexitouch controller is as a ‘carry on.’ Our traveling sales representatives frequently use a small hard-side travel suitcase with handle and wheels.

You may safely pack and check your garments in your luggage.

Security Issues: Here is a DOT document regarding USA Consumer Protection. Overseas traveling: We cannot speak to customs issues regarding traveling with the device, as these are dependent on what countries you are visiting.

You may want to bring your Flexitouch System User Guideto help explain the Flexitouch system.

Overseas destinations: The controller will need a plug adapter for the country you are traveling to.

Websites such as www.tsa.gov or the equivalent agency in your destination country may be able to give you more information.

The following is a link to the FDA’s website to show that the Flexitouch system has been cleared to market in the US:http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf6/K062818.pdf

This may be helpful to prove that the device is acceptable to re-enter the US and is safe to take aboard the plane.

Have a wonderful trip!

Sharon Sullivan

Patient Services Representative

Flexitouch System

barb, over the Holidays we had a generally disappointing travel experience, only partly due to the LE. I agree with Kicks, whose mantra is that we can do anything we put our minds to, LE be hanged. But the truth is we never really get a vacation from the rotten condition, and we always need to take it into account--like deciding whether or not to pack along the pump, and how to pack it, and what will convince the TSA folks that it's not some new-fangled incendiary device. No free rides with LE, but the joy is that we do get to choose what and how much we want to put up with. I wrote a bit about my own Holiday choices and experience at an on-line literary magazine; it's here if you'd like to read it:
http://www.literarymama.com/columns/seniormama/arc…

Hugs,
Binney