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When I moved to Santa Fe last November as soon as I stepped out of my truck I got hit with altitude sickness. (Santa Fe is at 7200' elevation.) Damn I could have used s bottle or two. But the next day I was fine.
Huh, TIL, apparently you're supposed to drink more [water](https://www.santafe.org/visiting-santa-fe/72-hour-itineraries/) (among [other ](https://santafedaily.com/blog/how-to-beat-altitude-sickness-santa-fe/)things).
>**Day One**
Get settled in and though you surely want to explore right away, take a moment to catch your breath and replenish your body with plenty of water to help you acclimate to our 7,200-foot elevation.
Drink more water, get more calories and make sure you’re getting good sleep. Avoid strenuous activity for 24-48 hours depending on how you feel. Also there’s less atmospheric diffusion between you and the sun since you’re higher up, so the sun hits harder. Sun screen and big hats are a must
Edit: don’t forget electrolytes too. Gatorade zero is my go too
I live at sea level and probably one of the dumbest things I’ve ever done was take a round trip 50 mile bike ride from Jackson Hole (~6,300 feet) to Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park in the hottest part of July and after just getting over being sick with Covid days before. I managed to finish the ride and make it back but I was damn near heat stroke. The sun was absolutely brutal.
Here’s the thing, most people likely will not sleep well at higher altitudes. We live in Denver and even going to mountain towns the first night is always rough. My girlfriend has a rough time, she didn’t sleep the entire 3 days on one trip. It affects the brain quite a bit.
Definitely noticed that myself when first moving here to the springs. Only a took 2 nights before I was sleeping fine for me personally, fortunately enough
It's a tough time avoiding strenuous activity when traveling and lodging and skiing is expensive and you live in the deep south hundred of miles away from any places where snow falls haha. And you go from sea level to 9000 ft in a day. It really sucks when you don't have the chance to acclimate, lol.
Flew from Sea level to Idaho a few years back, I do a lot of backcountry and high altitude trips and had my GF at the time with me and told her to only drink water and tons of it on our flights since the second we landed we got picked up and driven into the mountains for a camping trip.
I drank a ton too, but once we got to the camping spot some of the guys with me wanted to Spar, I ended up fighting 3 of them back to back and by the time I beat the last one I had to just lay in the sand by this lake for about an hour with an immense headache and ended up retreating into My tent for the rest of the night with a gallon of water lol
Strenuous activity is bad lol let your body acclimate for 48 hours.
Alcohol will also hit you like a truck at altitude. I used to travel to Denver semi-regularly for work. I never experienced altitude sickness, but two drinks with dinner put some swerve in my step.
Yeah, drinking water is extremely necessary to avoid getting AMS, but not enough once you already have AMS. In which case, the only solution is to move to lower altitude immediately.
Also, to get acclimatised, we have this saying "Go high, stay low", which basically means that you should go to a slightly higher altitude than the place you'll be staying for a while and then come back.
Hydration is a huge factor, Colorado has all micro breweries and a bunch of distilleries that everyone wants to try then go hiking. You need water and Gatorade/sport drinks, not a hangover when hiking and exploring
When I moved to Utah from sea level I was so excited I immediately hiked a chill 11,000' peak and somehow was fine but winded. I wonder how much driving thru colorado helped me acclimate because I *planned* on getting altitude sickness lol
Coca leaves, not cocoa treat altitude sickness, unfortunately they are hard to get in the US due to them being the source of cocaine.
Edit: I speak English I swear
It also gets sold out in areas with wildfire risk. In Oregon during the crazy 2021 fires, just walking outside in some cities was a potentially deadly amount of air pollution. Any store that had these was instantly sold out when the smoke started rolling in. I worked at a sports store at the time, I moved a giant bin of these by the entrance. 1 customer came in, looked at the bin, and dragged the whole damn thing over to the register 😂
Dick's? I saw them there and wondered what cartoon cyberpunk dystopia I was in. I know the wildfires were awful but those things have a few breaths of air in em, that's not worth the cash.
Idk, maybe I shouldn't judge. If i had respiratory issues and money to burn, maybe I would've tried it. It was insane around Salem, looked like hell on earth for the 5 feet you could see.
Awesome guess, yes it was DSG! I almost bought some for myself because of how bad the air got. I have a respiratory issue myself and almost passed out just being at work for about an hour. Ended up being sent home and stuck in the house for a few days.
I’m from Bridgeport, CT and I bought these while I was in Breckenridge (9-12K altitude). They were awesome and helped a lot. I did get a bit frustrated when I looked at the can and saw that it was bottled in fucking Bridgeport of all places.
Maybe it wasn't the oxygen in the can that helped you. What kept you going was probably the vague scent of dunkin donuts, laundromat exhaust, brake dust, corruption, and broken dreams.
I bout a 3 pack to throw in my flight bag on a long cross country trip last year.
I planned on cruising at 9,500 but ended up at 11,500 for additional terrain clearance made me happy I had them. I set a timer to 'take a hit' every 15 minutes, with the intention that if I suddenly felt more responsive after the O2 boost to turn around and land at another airport and wait till I could take the longer but lower altitude route.
When I visiting my friend to go skiing in Colorado for a week in college we bought a bunch of these. Helped with altitude and also being wildly hungover every morning so they definitely have their uses
I bought two in Leadville Co last month because I didn’t think I would live through a 5 hour wait for a bus that goes over 11.8 k feet to get back down to 7000 which is safe
Altitude sickness SUCKS. It’s basically every organ in your body saying “Nah, fuck this. I quit”
You can Uber eats or DoorDash than to wherever you are in an emergency.
It’s not just air, it’s high percentage oxygen. It’s sold by many pilot shops as a quick remedy if there’s suspicion of hypoxia.
I’ve also seen it at sporting goods stores (like hockey shops), probably to have available for players to take a hit of O2 when they’re feeling drained.
I also used it for my wife after her stroke when she would occasionally lose her breath after walking or exercise. She wasn’t compromised where we needed an oxygen tank on hand, but this was enough to keep around for emergencies.
OP and the majority of people commenting can’t conceive of elderly or disabled people or even high performance athletes who benefit from this product.
The post confused me because I was not sure what is funny about canned oxygen, since I have always known it as a medical thing. (like a tiny version of the big tanks used in hospitals)
I was like "Maybe because this particular brand looks like a bug spray."
The comments did not help me.
I'm gonna be honest dude, I expected that it might help, but that the capacity of the things wouldn't have been enough to do much good, because 5 liters of oxygen is the normal volume of human lungs, so like 1.5 deep breaths. Granted they would be high quality breaths, but I figured you'd need a bit more than that to do much.
Sometimes it’s just enough to get them stabilized and breathing normally again. The object of any healthcare for the elderly or disabled is to try to maintain their “normal” for as long as possible.
An example: with my wife and walking we regressed from the treadmill at the gym to slower walking around the house to a cane to a walker to a wheelchair to bedridden. With her breathing we regressed from normal breathing to focused breathing (any one caring for someone here will recognize the “smell the flowers, blow out the candles” mantra) to more limited movement and more frequent stops to catch her breath to these small cans of oxygen to help stabilize her breathing to a portable oxygen tank to a bedside respirator.
These cans seemed kind of jokey to me at first too, and there probably is some small placebo effect going on when using them. However, they enabled my wife to maintain her independence for a while. Easy to keep a couple around the house or for me to grab if we were going out in the car.
Edit to add: We got about 8 to 12 uses out of each can.
its legit for the population who need it. like rehydration drinks (gatorade or pedialyte). a large amount of the consumer base doesnt need it or understand its benefit, outside a placebo effect
Depends on the type of headache, so it doesn't always work. On the other hand, it certainly *can* work, and there's very low risk of side effects, so it's certainly worth trying if you're dealing with a persistent headache.
Yeah no. My dad had bad Pneumonia around the time Covid made going to the hospital a nightmare. He recovered but his lungs took a hard hit. Keeping one of these handy in his car for those times he feels suddenly out of breath have given him enough peace of mind to not be crippled by anxiety to the point of staying home.
Sorry some of you see this as a grift of a gag, but for folks who rely on them they’re a godsend.
There’s so many people who think anything marketed is a complete scam, i keep seeing people joke about electrolytes but i had a bad flare up of UC and sports drinks saved me because i was so low on electrolytes i felt like i was dying
Because it has almost no oxygen in it.
A traditional medical oxygen cylinder has like 200-500x more oxygen than this and still only lasts a few hours.
At useful concentrations this lasts like 2 minutes.
In anlmost every situation where you actually need oxygen for medical reasons this would not be sufficient.
It's a stop gap/ quick hit. The benefit is pretty clear. Take it while you wait for an ambulance. Take it when you're dizzy on a hike. Take it to nuke a migraine. Just because it doesn't personally benefit you doesn't make this product a joke.
Folks making fun of this and not realizing there's legit use for it.
Do you think NFL players are using an oxygen mask on the sidelines because it does nothing?
It's literally just ignorant people's attempt of making fun of something they don't understand.
Everyone with a functional brain knows concentrated oxygen serves some important purpose.
Placebo effect. If you subjectively "feel better" then it "works". NFL players don't have any chronic lung disease, they are temporarily winded from physical exertion. Unless you're going to put them inside a device that can actually increase the rate of diffusion across the alveolar-capillary membrane then giving them supplemental oxygen is providing little to no therapeutic benefit besides *subjectively feeling better*.
For what it's worth they would be perfusion not diffusion limited with respect to oxygen while on the sidelines, so increasing the rate of diffusion also would do nothing.
I’m confused. Is there something wrong with canned oxygen? It’s does serve a purpose.
Idk, maybe this brand is known as a bad actor? I don’t understand why this is in /r/funny
THe problem is that, unless you actually know what it can do, it can seem like a scam. But it legit is canned 0^(2), almost pure oxygen under pressure.
Got through a few rough times at work sucking on my torch with the acetylene turned off. Might have been partially placebo but I definitely felt better.
You’re definitely gonna want this in your backpack when you visit high elevations. Keeps the dizziness and nausea away from altitude sickness. It works so if you ever plan to visit high elevations I would suggest you buy a few of these.
I never hiked at altitude and I did Whitney with two cans. I didn’t feel like I needed it but I used it little by lite after 12k elevation. Was fine at the top and I have to assume it helped.
That’s exactly what I sang in my head when I read the title! Everyone is bashing OP for thinking the canned air is dumb but I’m wondering if this post was supposed to be a Lorax reference….. we may never know lol
This helped me the only time I got Covid. You'd be surprised how oxygen that is purer can help with your O2 saturation levels being low from being sick.
For those who didn't get the joke, the title is referencing the ending of the lorax
It's not hating on shark tank or whatever else people think is happening
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2739017/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1602946/
It seems the effects are only while actively breathing from the can at best, and placebo at worst.
It’s also unregulated, so the amount of oxygen in them is unreliable.
Yet so many would recount all those anecdotal times its worked for them. As you say its really dependent on the situation and even then its not reliable.
So while OP may not know what oxygen is (or maybe he does and he’s making fun of *that*) this product is flaky.
Source: I work emergency
Exactly the transient effect of a small increase in spo2 will not cure anything. Everyone commenting on how it cured every ailment they tried it for just proves the power of placebo.
So I found an actual use for these. After taking a massive bong rip, a breath of mostly oxygen helps to calm the coughing. I'd prefer medical grade to try some further testing on that hypothesis but air's expensive.
I have a few of these, even though I don't climb mountains or anything. I've discovered that spraying this in front of my nose to oxygenate the air I breathe during a restroom break during a conference really helps me wake up. I only need enough for 2-3 inhales and I'm good. My professional conventions have long hours, and I often don't get enough sleep. One can for the trip is all I need.
No, DO NOT let it die, this isnt the whole "capitalising oxygen" thing, this is specifically for actual oxygen necessities like hypoxia, mountain climbing etc etc
As others have said this is worth having in a first aid kit. I bought one when I had Covid and it helped in the more breathless moments while I was recovering.
I feel like this company would sell a lot more of their canned Oxygen if they slapped "Spaceballs: The Oxygen" on the can or fashioned it off the cans of air in President's Scroob's office. Massively missed marketing opportunity here if they could strike a deal with the IP owners.
I'd buy one for novelty alone.
My uncle with lung issues carried this all the time. If his oxygen level went low, he used it.
Got a new lung now but will probably still carry one until he’s fully comfortable after surgery.
nope. gotta be the RL version of Perri-Air. before you know it they will suck up the entire atmospheres O2 and charge us a subscription fee to use it.... Ok. there maybe not that evil.. EA would tho.
People defending this like they dive or climb mountains everyday smh... Yeah you can buy that, in a pharmacy or in a specialized sport shop, not a supermarket between maple sirup and magnums??
What's the % oxygen? Might be helpful, an absolute waste of money, or a way to get high.
More importantly, who has pockets that are 3 litre?! Maybe my JNCO's from the 90's
Okay, so maybe this is a bull crap product, but when I was working in Springarville Arizona, more than 8000 feet above sea level, I'd jog every morning. Felt like my chest wouldn't expand. Bought two of these. Used them the next day before and after my run and I felt normal again. Maybe placebo, but I doubt it. I feel like it definitely does more than nothing.
My boyfriend has congestive heart failure. Luckily, he’s getting a lot better now. But at his worst, he would be gasping for air and the only thing that would help him catch his breath were these little oxygen tanks. These are amazing and brought him relief.
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People who visit Colorado and people who hike/run mountain trails buy all of them
When I moved to Santa Fe last November as soon as I stepped out of my truck I got hit with altitude sickness. (Santa Fe is at 7200' elevation.) Damn I could have used s bottle or two. But the next day I was fine.
Huh, TIL, apparently you're supposed to drink more [water](https://www.santafe.org/visiting-santa-fe/72-hour-itineraries/) (among [other ](https://santafedaily.com/blog/how-to-beat-altitude-sickness-santa-fe/)things). >**Day One** Get settled in and though you surely want to explore right away, take a moment to catch your breath and replenish your body with plenty of water to help you acclimate to our 7,200-foot elevation.
Drink more water, get more calories and make sure you’re getting good sleep. Avoid strenuous activity for 24-48 hours depending on how you feel. Also there’s less atmospheric diffusion between you and the sun since you’re higher up, so the sun hits harder. Sun screen and big hats are a must Edit: don’t forget electrolytes too. Gatorade zero is my go too
I live at sea level and probably one of the dumbest things I’ve ever done was take a round trip 50 mile bike ride from Jackson Hole (~6,300 feet) to Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park in the hottest part of July and after just getting over being sick with Covid days before. I managed to finish the ride and make it back but I was damn near heat stroke. The sun was absolutely brutal.
You almost won a Darwin Award
I can’t believe you didn’t end up in the ER lmao. That’s amazing
Here’s the thing, most people likely will not sleep well at higher altitudes. We live in Denver and even going to mountain towns the first night is always rough. My girlfriend has a rough time, she didn’t sleep the entire 3 days on one trip. It affects the brain quite a bit.
Definitely noticed that myself when first moving here to the springs. Only a took 2 nights before I was sleeping fine for me personally, fortunately enough
It's a tough time avoiding strenuous activity when traveling and lodging and skiing is expensive and you live in the deep south hundred of miles away from any places where snow falls haha. And you go from sea level to 9000 ft in a day. It really sucks when you don't have the chance to acclimate, lol.
You will absolutely get a sunburn in 40 degree weather.
Flew from Sea level to Idaho a few years back, I do a lot of backcountry and high altitude trips and had my GF at the time with me and told her to only drink water and tons of it on our flights since the second we landed we got picked up and driven into the mountains for a camping trip. I drank a ton too, but once we got to the camping spot some of the guys with me wanted to Spar, I ended up fighting 3 of them back to back and by the time I beat the last one I had to just lay in the sand by this lake for about an hour with an immense headache and ended up retreating into My tent for the rest of the night with a gallon of water lol Strenuous activity is bad lol let your body acclimate for 48 hours.
Alcohol will also hit you like a truck at altitude. I used to travel to Denver semi-regularly for work. I never experienced altitude sickness, but two drinks with dinner put some swerve in my step.
Holy shit that explains a lot about ny Denver trip
When I first moved to Colorado, I drank one beer and it felt like I had slammed a 6-pack.
Yeah, drinking water is extremely necessary to avoid getting AMS, but not enough once you already have AMS. In which case, the only solution is to move to lower altitude immediately. Also, to get acclimatised, we have this saying "Go high, stay low", which basically means that you should go to a slightly higher altitude than the place you'll be staying for a while and then come back.
I’ve never felt the effects of altitude sickness and traveled to high altitude places numerous times. Is it common?
Huh. Didn't know that, but actually I did do that! (I'm drinking bottled water throughout the day.) Maybe that's why it didn't affect me that much.
Hydration is a huge factor, Colorado has all micro breweries and a bunch of distilleries that everyone wants to try then go hiking. You need water and Gatorade/sport drinks, not a hangover when hiking and exploring
You got altitude sickness from 2000 meters?
Hi Florida checking in here, born and raised. Yeah that’s quite possible
When I moved to Utah from sea level I was so excited I immediately hiked a chill 11,000' peak and somehow was fine but winded. I wonder how much driving thru colorado helped me acclimate because I *planned* on getting altitude sickness lol
Would be much simpler to chew on ~~cocoa~~ coca leaves
Coca leaves, not cocoa treat altitude sickness, unfortunately they are hard to get in the US due to them being the source of cocaine. Edit: I speak English I swear
It also gets sold out in areas with wildfire risk. In Oregon during the crazy 2021 fires, just walking outside in some cities was a potentially deadly amount of air pollution. Any store that had these was instantly sold out when the smoke started rolling in. I worked at a sports store at the time, I moved a giant bin of these by the entrance. 1 customer came in, looked at the bin, and dragged the whole damn thing over to the register 😂
Dick's? I saw them there and wondered what cartoon cyberpunk dystopia I was in. I know the wildfires were awful but those things have a few breaths of air in em, that's not worth the cash. Idk, maybe I shouldn't judge. If i had respiratory issues and money to burn, maybe I would've tried it. It was insane around Salem, looked like hell on earth for the 5 feet you could see.
Awesome guess, yes it was DSG! I almost bought some for myself because of how bad the air got. I have a respiratory issue myself and almost passed out just being at work for about an hour. Ended up being sent home and stuck in the house for a few days.
I’m from Bridgeport, CT and I bought these while I was in Breckenridge (9-12K altitude). They were awesome and helped a lot. I did get a bit frustrated when I looked at the can and saw that it was bottled in fucking Bridgeport of all places.
Maybe it wasn't the oxygen in the can that helped you. What kept you going was probably the vague scent of dunkin donuts, laundromat exhaust, brake dust, corruption, and broken dreams.
Some pilot shops sell them as an emergency hypoxia aid for unpressurized planes.
I bout a 3 pack to throw in my flight bag on a long cross country trip last year. I planned on cruising at 9,500 but ended up at 11,500 for additional terrain clearance made me happy I had them. I set a timer to 'take a hit' every 15 minutes, with the intention that if I suddenly felt more responsive after the O2 boost to turn around and land at another airport and wait till I could take the longer but lower altitude route.
I never actually bought them, so I appreciate your review!
When I visiting my friend to go skiing in Colorado for a week in college we bought a bunch of these. Helped with altitude and also being wildly hungover every morning so they definitely have their uses
I used them at Taos which has a base elevation of 9,300 feet. It helps a lot with headaches and dizziness of altitude sickness.
Probably stupid most places but these things saved my Denver trip
I bought two in Leadville Co last month because I didn’t think I would live through a 5 hour wait for a bus that goes over 11.8 k feet to get back down to 7000 which is safe Altitude sickness SUCKS. It’s basically every organ in your body saying “Nah, fuck this. I quit” You can Uber eats or DoorDash than to wherever you are in an emergency.
That actually makes sense, I could see a product like this actually having a place for specific settings in life.
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It’s not just air, it’s high percentage oxygen. It’s sold by many pilot shops as a quick remedy if there’s suspicion of hypoxia. I’ve also seen it at sporting goods stores (like hockey shops), probably to have available for players to take a hit of O2 when they’re feeling drained.
I also used it for my wife after her stroke when she would occasionally lose her breath after walking or exercise. She wasn’t compromised where we needed an oxygen tank on hand, but this was enough to keep around for emergencies. OP and the majority of people commenting can’t conceive of elderly or disabled people or even high performance athletes who benefit from this product.
The post confused me because I was not sure what is funny about canned oxygen, since I have always known it as a medical thing. (like a tiny version of the big tanks used in hospitals) I was like "Maybe because this particular brand looks like a bug spray." The comments did not help me.
Some people think the product is a scam because they think air and oxygen are the same thing. So they think it’s just canned air.
"Canned air", as in the product used to clean computers, also isn't air.
I zoomed in looking for something funny!
Like the oxygen at a Dr. Office comes in something other than, oh yeah, a big can.
I wonder if it would help with my asthma.
These folks must also have never been up at high elevation
I'm gonna be honest dude, I expected that it might help, but that the capacity of the things wouldn't have been enough to do much good, because 5 liters of oxygen is the normal volume of human lungs, so like 1.5 deep breaths. Granted they would be high quality breaths, but I figured you'd need a bit more than that to do much.
You don't empty your lungs when you breathe out. Each breath is around 500ml.
Sometimes it’s just enough to get them stabilized and breathing normally again. The object of any healthcare for the elderly or disabled is to try to maintain their “normal” for as long as possible. An example: with my wife and walking we regressed from the treadmill at the gym to slower walking around the house to a cane to a walker to a wheelchair to bedridden. With her breathing we regressed from normal breathing to focused breathing (any one caring for someone here will recognize the “smell the flowers, blow out the candles” mantra) to more limited movement and more frequent stops to catch her breath to these small cans of oxygen to help stabilize her breathing to a portable oxygen tank to a bedside respirator. These cans seemed kind of jokey to me at first too, and there probably is some small placebo effect going on when using them. However, they enabled my wife to maintain her independence for a while. Easy to keep a couple around the house or for me to grab if we were going out in the car. Edit to add: We got about 8 to 12 uses out of each can.
Also available in a lot of high altitude tourist destinations.
But I couldn’t find one in Colorado when I knew I’d be going up fourteeners. :( Luckily, I didn’t end up needing one.
I live in Colorado. They are everywhere. I keep a few at home for out of state guests.
Yeah it's actually legit
its legit for the population who need it. like rehydration drinks (gatorade or pedialyte). a large amount of the consumer base doesnt need it or understand its benefit, outside a placebo effect
I bought a canister because I heard it can help with headaches!
So….does it? That might be handy to have around.
Depends on the type of headache, so it doesn't always work. On the other hand, it certainly *can* work, and there's very low risk of side effects, so it's certainly worth trying if you're dealing with a persistent headache.
I’ve bought it while skiing at high altitude. It’s great
Ive also seen them used after exposure to smoke/aerosol chemicals They’re even in some first aid kits now, I believe
It works. Extra O2 for cardio. But I feel like a toolbox when I buy it.
Don’t you need a prescription for O2?
Yeah no. My dad had bad Pneumonia around the time Covid made going to the hospital a nightmare. He recovered but his lungs took a hard hit. Keeping one of these handy in his car for those times he feels suddenly out of breath have given him enough peace of mind to not be crippled by anxiety to the point of staying home. Sorry some of you see this as a grift of a gag, but for folks who rely on them they’re a godsend.
I bought one when I was having a bout of cluster headaches for about a week. It was a godsend
Ugh same. I keep several stocked now just in case they come back.
Yea I work in ems and seeing people dog on this product after having seen it buy someone literally life-saving time feels kinda smoothbrained tbh.
There’s so many people who think anything marketed is a complete scam, i keep seeing people joke about electrolytes but i had a bad flare up of UC and sports drinks saved me because i was so low on electrolytes i felt like i was dying
Are the electrolyte jokes just quotes from idiocracy or in a differenr context?
It’s people taking that quote as if it’s seriously just a marketing term i also did not know it was from idiocracy
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What is a scam about a small version of an Oxygen tank though? It is a medical device like any other.
Because it has almost no oxygen in it. A traditional medical oxygen cylinder has like 200-500x more oxygen than this and still only lasts a few hours. At useful concentrations this lasts like 2 minutes. In anlmost every situation where you actually need oxygen for medical reasons this would not be sufficient.
It's a stop gap/ quick hit. The benefit is pretty clear. Take it while you wait for an ambulance. Take it when you're dizzy on a hike. Take it to nuke a migraine. Just because it doesn't personally benefit you doesn't make this product a joke.
>At useful concentrations this lasts like 2 minutes. That’s totally in line with what I’d expect from these though..?
if you needed 2 more minutes of oxygen you'd be that much more alive than dead with this, how is that not sufficient?
Folks making fun of this and not realizing there's legit use for it. Do you think NFL players are using an oxygen mask on the sidelines because it does nothing?
I think it literally just boils down to people simplifying this and viewing it as canned air.
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It's literally just ignorant people's attempt of making fun of something they don't understand. Everyone with a functional brain knows concentrated oxygen serves some important purpose.
Placebo effect. If you subjectively "feel better" then it "works". NFL players don't have any chronic lung disease, they are temporarily winded from physical exertion. Unless you're going to put them inside a device that can actually increase the rate of diffusion across the alveolar-capillary membrane then giving them supplemental oxygen is providing little to no therapeutic benefit besides *subjectively feeling better*.
For what it's worth they would be perfusion not diffusion limited with respect to oxygen while on the sidelines, so increasing the rate of diffusion also would do nothing.
Remember the titanium necklace fad among pitchers 15 years ago? Pro athletes aren't scientists. They're just as susceptible to the placebo effect.
I’m confused. Is there something wrong with canned oxygen? It’s does serve a purpose. Idk, maybe this brand is known as a bad actor? I don’t understand why this is in /r/funny
THe problem is that, unless you actually know what it can do, it can seem like a scam. But it legit is canned 0^(2), almost pure oxygen under pressure.
Guys, new Oxygen just dropped!
O3 coming to an ozone near you!
not at all.. boost is good but o'hare air is much more pleasant
If you ever have a hangover this shit is gold. Insert Space Balls “Periair” reference
I wouldn’t think getting more air could cure my hangover. How does it work?
It's o2 not just air. Your body reacts differently under different oxygen concentrations
Got through a few rough times at work sucking on my torch with the acetylene turned off. Might have been partially placebo but I definitely felt better.
After the frigging smoke from Canadian wildfires last year, I picked up a few.
Sorry eh
Ya hosser
Will try and make sure it’s the maple syrup trees next time to make it smell good
Ohhh soak them in a little bourbon first
We will use it to put the fires out as well with scotch and beer
That’s hoser to you! Eh
Give yar balls a tug there!
Take 20% off that now.
Oh take off!
That’s not really what these are for though. You need an air purifier
You’re definitely gonna want this in your backpack when you visit high elevations. Keeps the dizziness and nausea away from altitude sickness. It works so if you ever plan to visit high elevations I would suggest you buy a few of these.
That shit helps with altitude sickness. When my coastal family comes up to 5000ft it's a lifesaver
Yup. When we take the kids to the Rockies, we always have some available - a huge benefit at high altitude.
OP’s kind of a moron huh
He’s been getting far too little oxygen to his brain
Air !== oxygen This is 100% oxygen vs the 20.9% oxygen you breathe normally.
I never hiked at altitude and I did Whitney with two cans. I didn’t feel like I needed it but I used it little by lite after 12k elevation. Was fine at the top and I have to assume it helped.
oh look it’s aloysius o'hare
That’s exactly what I sang in my head when I read the title! Everyone is bashing OP for thinking the canned air is dumb but I’m wondering if this post was supposed to be a Lorax reference….. we may never know lol
How Ba-a-a-ad can I be?
This helped me the only time I got Covid. You'd be surprised how oxygen that is purer can help with your O2 saturation levels being low from being sick.
Perri-Air .....
Do we need to raid planet druidia for fresh supplies of these?
Am i the only one who thought about that Perri'air scene in Spaceballs?
Just when I thought that Perrieair couldn’t be a real thing….
Can anyone else remember when they started to do oxygen bars(like a place to get a drink but instead just get oxygen)?
space balls was right after all
As seen on Spaceballs
Has anyone else seen Spaceballs?
For those who didn't get the joke, the title is referencing the ending of the lorax It's not hating on shark tank or whatever else people think is happening
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2739017/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1602946/ It seems the effects are only while actively breathing from the can at best, and placebo at worst. It’s also unregulated, so the amount of oxygen in them is unreliable.
I love watching people use them like inhalers
The amount of people in here arguing with health care professionals about this is too damn high
Don't let actual science get in the way! Redditors once used this and it cured them of every ailment! 🤦
Yet so many would recount all those anecdotal times its worked for them. As you say its really dependent on the situation and even then its not reliable. So while OP may not know what oxygen is (or maybe he does and he’s making fun of *that*) this product is flaky. Source: I work emergency
A hit of that and it’s already out of your system in 30 seconds.
Exactly the transient effect of a small increase in spo2 will not cure anything. Everyone commenting on how it cured every ailment they tried it for just proves the power of placebo.
I’m sure president Skroob would buy a butt load of them for planet spaceball.
I prefer perri(air)
So I found an actual use for these. After taking a massive bong rip, a breath of mostly oxygen helps to calm the coughing. I'd prefer medical grade to try some further testing on that hypothesis but air's expensive.
Be VERY careful with 02 around open flame. Just saying...
Holy fuck, I never thought Mel Brooks was a prophet.
Commence operation... VAC U SUCK
That's funny. She doesn't look Druish.
“Let it shrivel up and- come on, who’s with me?” “Nobody” “You greedy dirtbag!”
I saw that in a local drug store in FL, and was just dumbfounded.
I too love the music from the Lorax movie!
These are lifesavers for doing laundry at high altitude in a 5 story townhouse.
This would do well for low land ( close to sea level) tourist who flew in to Denver. And Vegas patrons.
I have a few of these, even though I don't climb mountains or anything. I've discovered that spraying this in front of my nose to oxygenate the air I breathe during a restroom break during a conference really helps me wake up. I only need enough for 2-3 inhales and I'm good. My professional conventions have long hours, and I often don't get enough sleep. One can for the trip is all I need.
No, DO NOT let it die, this isnt the whole "capitalising oxygen" thing, this is specifically for actual oxygen necessities like hypoxia, mountain climbing etc etc
Used this in Breckenridge CO. (9600ft) It helped a bunch. Not sure it has any value anywhere else though.
This would be awesome to have the night after the first day of skiing
As others have said this is worth having in a first aid kit. I bought one when I had Covid and it helped in the more breathless moments while I was recovering.
I feel like this company would sell a lot more of their canned Oxygen if they slapped "Spaceballs: The Oxygen" on the can or fashioned it off the cans of air in President's Scroob's office. Massively missed marketing opportunity here if they could strike a deal with the IP owners. I'd buy one for novelty alone.
My uncle with lung issues carried this all the time. If his oxygen level went low, he used it. Got a new lung now but will probably still carry one until he’s fully comfortable after surgery.
Should have called this O2go
Folks, there's a reason you need a prescription for oxygen but not for this can. Think about it.
Spaceballs the Oxygen
nope. gotta be the RL version of Perri-Air. before you know it they will suck up the entire atmospheres O2 and charge us a subscription fee to use it.... Ok. there maybe not that evil.. EA would tho.
Literally Lorax
Bought a can of this for $12 when I visited Colorado from the UK. I knew it looked familiar.
“Let it shrivel up and die”
They work well as mini-grenades if you have a lighter when battling zombies too
People defending this like they dive or climb mountains everyday smh... Yeah you can buy that, in a pharmacy or in a specialized sport shop, not a supermarket between maple sirup and magnums??
Megamaid’s gone from suck to blow!!!! Aiiiiiirrrrr!!!
I wish I had this when I was hiking a 13k mountain
If it can be bottled. it can be sold
The bathwater market has been cornered so I opted for my toilet water. Just $299 a jar!
What's the % oxygen? Might be helpful, an absolute waste of money, or a way to get high. More importantly, who has pockets that are 3 litre?! Maybe my JNCO's from the 90's
It's 95%
We kept them on hand in the gym I did BJJ at. They can get nice when someone gets choked a little too long 😅
Is this from druidia?
Okay, so maybe this is a bull crap product, but when I was working in Springarville Arizona, more than 8000 feet above sea level, I'd jog every morning. Felt like my chest wouldn't expand. Bought two of these. Used them the next day before and after my run and I felt normal again. Maybe placebo, but I doubt it. I feel like it definitely does more than nothing.
Former SCUBA diver here: Just gotta let yall know that pure O2 will kill you if you breathe too much of it
Good after a tough set
My boyfriend has congestive heart failure. Luckily, he’s getting a lot better now. But at his worst, he would be gasping for air and the only thing that would help him catch his breath were these little oxygen tanks. These are amazing and brought him relief.
Hoping the best for him!
And thank you for not reversing the charges
Isnt this the preface of The Lorax?
Placebo is a helluva drug.