I tried one once at Pier 39 next to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. It felt a little colder and did nothing for me. I cannot imagine investing in such a thing.
When I was sick last year I was on oxygen at the hospital. Whee, it comes out of the wall. It dries out your sinuses and they put a clip on your finger to measure how much of the oxygen gets to your finger. It was because of the anemia related to my endocarditis. I may have had it when recovering from heart surgery too, but I’m not sure. Watching the oxygen number all day was less stressful than watching TV.
The only one I seriously considered using was the one at the top of Pike’s Peak. Us midwestern flatlanders were wheezing like old geezers. We did buy the fudge, though. Needed the sugar rush.
Unless its that free range, totally organic, all natural oyxgen I aint gonna touch that highly oxidizing poisonous shit with a 10 meter breathing tube…
I went to one with a bunch of friends during a Colorado ski trip. Some of us thought that it would help address/prevent altitude sickness for us flatlanders, and some of us just tagged along for the novelty of it. It was pleasant. We lounged around and inhaled nicely scented air for a bit. Seemed a bit silly, though.
I have never been to an oxygen bar, but a mother of a friend had an O2 tank in her apartment. When my friend and I stopped by for a drink we would sometimes use the tank. Obviously, this was not scented (flavored?) oxygen.
As I recall, it gave me a relaxing buzz not unlike the aftereffects of smoking my first cigarette. I may have had the buzz before inhaling the oxygen, however.
There used to be one at the upscale-ish mall near where I live. It was just a kiosky-type thing, though, nothing fancy, and not too expensive. The spouse and I tried it once, just because we wanted to see what it was like. Neither of us really got anything out of it, and weren’t impressed. The place closed not long after that, so I guess we weren’t the only ones.
While it seems incredibly wankerish to sit around and huff oxygen, I would like to try it. Of all the do -dads and gadgets in H-S Catalog, that is the one thing that continues to tempt me.
A friend of my husband’s gets sever migraines. He got an oxygen tank to keep in his car and the mask thing so when it hit him, he would go out and take a half hour or so of this treatment . It helped him immensely with his migraine issue. It was recommended by a specialist for him.
(One late brother had continuous migraines for over 10 years, which got worse towards the end. Nothing helped and always brought back rebound migraines. He mystified the doctors and sunk into a worse depression than his horrible situation already had. In the last year of his life he was receiving 90-100% oxygen because he could not breath. It was some time after he died when it clicked in my brain the above coworker’s story and my brother’s situation. The lack of Oxygen to his brain was causing the migraines. Smothering to death and having a permament migraine is no way to go. )
My desire for an oxygen bar thingie is purely medicinal for my migraines.
Haven’t been to an oxygen bar, but back in the day, when I was still riding in fighter aircraft, I did sometimes set the thingy…(regulator? I forget what it was called) to 100% oxygen. It seemed to help reduce fatigue during missions with a lot of high-g maneuvers. Can’t say I’d be wiling to pay for it, though.
Oxygen is required in non-pressurized aircraft that fly above 14,000 ft. Sailplanes can routinely do this on a good day in, say, Utah - so its unusualy not to have supplemental oxygen on board.
I’ve thus breathed high concentrations of oxygen many times, but I can’t say there’s much of a buzz to it. The only time you really notice much effect is when you start out somewhat hypoxic.
I can sort of see some minor value to an oxygen bar in a place like a mountain ski area, where people are at an altitude well above what they are used to. Other than that, it has to be seen as a silly concept.