Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT): General information and discussion of Home Units

Z... said:
Do they really make much difference? Bucket of ice seems like additional complication- just getting in and out of the chamber is time consuming on a busy day.
But I am getting used to it. We are in the midst of heatwave - I am managing 40 minutes and that is good enough for the intense heat period.
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Imo, I think your best bet is a window AC to cool the room. My conclusion with this machine is that the room has to be cold, otherwise the heat inside causes the body to sweat, exponentially increasing the moisture inside. The air dryer is doing it’s job; it’s just that our bodies are creating the moisture from heat displacement. And the only air that comes out of the chamber is the very little that escapes the regulator valves. It would be cool is the air got recycled back into to the air dryer but it’s only for the compressor.

I’ve had a couple of days where it appears that my sweat becomes atomized (maybe by the pressure of the chamber) and I can see the moisture in the air like steam in a shower. It is not a pleasant experience. Haha. So I’ve decided that I will only use the chamber in the mornings and evenings when the sun is gone during the summer. During the winter, this machine is super cozy and warm.
 
Steph_rivers said:
Imo, I think your best bet is a window AC to cool the room. My conclusion with this machine is that the room has to be cold, otherwise the heat inside causes the body to sweat, exponentially increasing the moisture inside. The air dryer is doing it’s job; it’s just that our bodies are creating the moisture from heat displacement. And the only air that comes out of the chamber is the very little that escapes the regulator valves. It would be cool is the air got recycled back into to the air dryer but it’s only for the compressor.

I’ve had a couple of days where it appears that my sweat becomes atomized (maybe by the pressure of the chamber) and I can see the moisture in the air like steam in a shower. It is not a pleasant experience. Haha. So I’ve decided that I will only use the chamber in the mornings and evenings when the sun is gone during the summer. During the winter, this machine is super cozy and warm.
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it is strange to me that the compressor has to run all the time, the place i went before on a monoplace hard chamber they'd turn it on a couple minutes sometimes just to cool the air inside but 90% of the time it was off...
it's not so little air that escapes you're recycling the whole chamber air every 8-10min, but maybe it has to do with the valves needing a minimum constant pressure?
 
I've been away from this thread for a while so apologies if this has been posted before.

I got an HBOT chamber last August and did 5 sessions per week for 8 months - I think it a little more than 200 pressure hours in total. As the time doing HBOT sessions increased I noticed that my eye sight got progressively worse and not just by a little bit. I had read about this as a side effect before starting as the pressure deforms the curvature of they eye ball. I had also read that the eye sight would correct itself once the sessions stopped.

My original thought when getting the chamber was that HBOT sessions are good so why not just continue the protocol since I have the chamber. But I became afraid that i would then run the risk of the problems with my eye sight becoming permanent. So I decided to take a break from the sessions. The first couple of weeks of no sessions were quite hard. I had no energy and felt weak. I think it has to do with the body becoming used to oxygen and energy being abundant and that that had led to decreased efficiency in oxygen processing. When the oxygen is all of sudden less abundant the body needs to change to a more efficient oxygen use and that shift takes some time. After about a month my body was back to normal again. To my relief my eye sight has also righted itself. It took about two months but now it's back to where it was.

I still believe that HBOT is very good for the body. Based on my experiences I will change my protocol a bit and do some months of sessions and some months break to prevent the body from becoming lazy. At the same time I remember reading that the benefits come after an extended period of sessions ( I believe it was about 180 pressure hours according to the Efrati protocol) so the period of sessions shouldn't be too short.
 
Steph_rivers said:
Imo, I think your best bet is a window AC to cool the room. My conclusion with this machine is that the room has to be cold, otherwise the heat inside causes the body to sweat, exponentially increasing the moisture inside. The air dryer is doing it’s job; it’s just that our bodies are creating the moisture from heat displacement. And the only air that comes out of the chamber is the very little that escapes the regulator valves. It would be cool is the air got recycled back into to the air dryer but it’s only for the compressor.

I’ve had a couple of days where it appears that my sweat becomes atomized (maybe by the pressure of the chamber) and I can see the moisture in the air like steam in a shower. It is not a pleasant experience. Haha. So I’ve decided that I will only use the chamber in the mornings and evenings when the sun is gone during the summer. During the winter, this machine is super cozy and warm.
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I too observed the moisture few times in the chamber. Most of the time when I open it where outside temperature colder ( due to window A/C) compared to inside chamber where it is very hot ( despite enabling HBOT cooler) and having small portable battery fan in the chamber. I become very sweaty, so I remove my T-shirt in the chamber when it happens.

Here, temperatures are above 90 degrees Fahrenheit and the unit being in the upstairs, it becomes very hot. Yesterday, 15 minutes into the session, power went out and all stopped. This never happened before. Interestingly, power went out only in that room, that forced me to map out which circuit breaker to which room and outlet (took couple of hours to do it) and figure out what happened. It looks My window A/C draws maximum 9 A ( 110V) and my HBOT unit ( compressor + cooler+ oxygen generator) can take maximum 9 A and that room outlets are connected to 15A circuit breaker. Unfortunately, circuit breaker tripping position was not clear and didn't even know how connections are made in this house. Next time, I plan to run a extension chord for window A/C from different circuit and HBOT on another circuit to avoid this unpleasant tripping.
 
Something that might help those who have problems equalising ear pressure. I've had difficulty and pain popping my left ear for years. A couple of months ago I was having issues with post nasal drip of a night time so decided to try a sinus flush kit each evening for about a week. Since then my left ear pops easily and painlessly when I blow my nose.

This is the kit I bought - cost around AUD12.00.

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hbotthrowaway said:
it is strange to me that the compressor has to run all the time, the place i went before on a monoplace hard chamber they'd turn it on a couple minutes sometimes just to cool the air inside but 90% of the time it was off...
it's not so little air that escapes you're recycling the whole chamber air every 8-10min, but maybe it has to do with the valves needing a minimum constant pressure?
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I have the compressor and air cooler on a power strip and plugged into a wireless remote control electrical outlet switch that I can switch on/off from the chamber. The chamber will gradually warm up without the cooled air exchange so a cool room helps. Also, my oxygen concentrator is in another room which is linked to the chamber by a 1/2 inch vinyl tubing. The vinyl tubing is anchored to the wall and completely out of harms way. Therefore, once the chamber is pressurized and the compressor + cooler is turned off the room is quite which makes for a meditative experience.
 
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NewEngland Seeker said:
I have the compressor and air cooler on a power strip and plugged into a wireless remote control electrical outlet switch that I can switch on/off from the chamber. The chamber will gradually warm up without the cooled air exchange so a cool room helps. Also, my oxygen concentrator is in another room which is linked to the chamber by a 1/2 inch vinyl tubing. The vinyl tubing is anchored to the wall and completely out of harms way. Therefore, once the chamber is pressurized and the compressor + cooler is turned off the room is quite which makes for a meditative experience.
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that's a good setup too

could you or someone(@Benjamin?) with the zla-02 air dryer check what are the program settings i changed mine trying to figure out what it does lol


only info i could find online was badly translated

Panel operation and parameter setting

The device can set the control target temperature and the working parameters of the drain valve on the panel.

Temperature setting: Press SET, P17N cut working time, P2 drain valve stop time, P3 temperature difference P4 cold chamber temperature, press up and down to adjust the parameters. The temperature setting range is -5~20℃, and the time unit is seconds. Drain setting: 0-9999 seconds. TEST button to manually drain water. Press TEST to press the Jianbei non-water valve for 1o seconds. After 10 seconds, continue to run according to the cycle setting time.


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Cold chamber temperature: 0-10°C (adjustable)

Drainage time: 0-9999S (adjustable)

Drainage interval: 0-9999S (adjustable)

last week i teared the chest muscle doing bench presses, heard you can use an ice pack on local injuries to improve tissue oxygenation similar to cryotherapy, gonna try that!
 
"zla-02 air dryer"

forgot to say that's oxyrevo's air dryer
i don't remember the default settings

tried running it and 40 minutes in the cup was full...yes i live in the swamp
 
hbotthrowaway said:
"zla-02 air dryer"

forgot to say that's oxyrevo's air dryer
i don't remember the default settings

tried running it and 40 minutes in the cup was full...yes i live in the swamp
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There are no settings to be played with on my air-cooler/dryer (do I have to take the cover off? I don't think I want to do that.). There's only an on/off switch. I'm thinking that if there is more moisture (humidity) in the air, the cup will fill up faster. Perhaps run a dehumidifier in the room before/during the hbot session? Which sounds ridiculous as I write it (and expensive) especially if you live in a swamp.
 
Benjamin said:
There are no settings to be played with on my air-cooler/dryer (do I have to take the cover off? I don't think I want to do that.). There's only an on/off switch. I'm thinking that if there is more moisture (humidity) in the air, the cup will fill up faster. Perhaps run a dehumidifier in the room before/during the hbot session? Which sounds ridiculous as I write it (and expensive) especially if you live in a swamp.
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it was not even a humid day 😞
the little i understand about drain valves tells me the tube is depressurized each time the valve opens so not sure I could run the cup open with a tray below


the Cooler has 4 buttons(test, set, up, down)
hold set button then press it to cycle through the programs
no need to change anything
 
congrats Jacques,

after 5 shipments 6 boxes and a month in between today i got the o2 machine and the unit is complete finally.

it is well built and packaging was great
chamber is sturdy and doesn't leak although it goes down to 1.4ata when compressor is not running.
have done a few sessions without oxygen and it was very comfortable overall I'm pleased with the quality.
aside from that i probably would have to fix it myself in the future and we like it simple so i got the basic version
 

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I just want to report that after today's session, I went to drain the water from the little glass tank on the cooler unit only to find that I had forgotten to close the valve from the previous session. There was a nice little puddle on the floor. If this accidentally happens, it seems ok since I didn't notice anything amiss.
 
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