Diver Dennis
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The Helium is more fun Red...
oxygen bars
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Of course, you can get much higher on deep air, or how about HotNox! Hyper-nitrogenated, maybe a 10/90 mix.
No deep air at parties for me. I start making strange hand signals that no one can understand.
offroaddiver
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I hate to say this but EVERY oxygen bar I've seen was a highly geriatric area. The last one was at virginia beach and the average age I saw at the bar was 2 groups...teenagers and 70+. Would I ever breath oxygen next to a bar or store that has in the window "bikini special" and it had nothing to do with fabrics.
Oxygen is nice. It does make you feel better to breath off high levels of oxygen IMHO. but I'd rather breathe off a tank when diving.
Oxygen is nice. It does make you feel better to breath off high levels of oxygen IMHO. but I'd rather breathe off a tank when diving.
The oxygen bars I've seen use nasal cannulas - those prongs you place in your nostrils. The most we pump through those is 6 liters, which is equivalent to 45% oxygen. However, that's a lot of air coming through 2 little prongs into your nose. It's not very comfortable. 2 liters isn't too bad, but is only 29% oxygen. 3 is tolerable but is still only 33%. They should actually be called nitrox bars.
havnmonkey
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The O2 bars that I have seen, I used to work in a night club, were NOT 100% O2. It looked more like an air pump blowing air though some tubes over some sort of flavoring, remember that O2 is a "drug" not everyone can get or administer it-- let alone a bartender! I would suspect that some of the O2 bars actually do go through the steps to be able to sell it, but not many.
Dive-aholic:The oxygen bars I've seen use nasal cannulas - those prongs you place in your nostrils. The most we pump through those is 6 liters, which is equivalent to 45% oxygen. However, that's a lot of air coming through 2 little prongs into your nose. It's not very comfortable. 2 liters isn't too bad, but is only 29% oxygen. 3 is tolerable but is still only 33%. They should actually be called nitrox bars.
Yeah... but do they let you bring your own calibrated O2 meters...?
