Their jaws are not slack, these cave explorers and fitness club owners whose testimonials gird Oxygenplus.com, a site that sells little bottles of O2. Such characters know what they’re doing, and huff the stuff like seasoned chavs gasping solvents from Asda bags. Metered-dose inhalers, adorned with flashy designs? Lovely. But do Nottingham’s underpasses not offer a better, cheaper high?
“The active ingredient in Oxygen+ is 90% pure enriched oxygen,” says the website. Fun facts scroll by: oxygen was discovered in either 1772 or 1774, we learn. It is a solid at -361.12 degrees. Kids from polluted environments are stupider.
The benefits to sniffing the O? Energy, alertness, refreshment. Hangover recovery is among the most practical, but it’s the promise to “keep the party” going at a night spot that is most enticing. Amyl Nitrate, eat your heart out.
Forms include the revolutionary, rechargeable O+Stick and the O+mini disposable can, which comes in $15 packs of three in peppermint, grapefruit and “natural” flavors. But as the site reminds us, “you are what you breathe” whichever way you puff it.
Product Page [oxygenplus. Thanks, Eliot!]
Is that their misspelling? Ugh. It makes me [sic], I tell you.
No, it was mine! Fixxed it[sic].
I think I’ll wait for baconated oxygen, thanks.
Anyone remember Spaceballs? Anyone? Well I thought the concept of bottled air was laughable then too.
Here’s a link for those not fortunate enough to have watched it already:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SiabeNR_q0U
I live high in the mountains of Colorado at around 10,000 feet and these things are EVERYWHERE. Tourists get winded just walking up the stairs and you see them carrying around a can of O2 just to be able to function. It’s hilarious…and a little bit sad. Anyone in reasonable shape already can handle the altitude, but that’s no longer the norm, is it?
Do you mean “Amyl Nitrite, eat your heart out.” or are you really that hardcore.
It seems to me that athletes could use this as a live high, exercise low routine. If supplemental oxygen gives you the ability to continue a workout at a higher intensity then there could be a training benefit. Not sure if the peppermint would help…
So to be “healthy” I should consume more anti-oxidants AND breathe pure oxygen?
Hahahahaha. People are stupid.
this swindle has been popular in Japan in various forms for years. Canned “enhanced” oxygen, oxygen bars, oxygen suppositories, oxygen feminine hygiene products, you name it and the suckers will buy it.
Useful for firebugs though, no?
Forget nitrous oxide for your hot-rod! Pure O2 is where it’s at!
As Random John mentions, athletes sometimes train at high altitudes where there’s less oxygen so they can be more competitive in an oxygen rich environment..
I don’t see how people buying canned air is much of a surprise since they’ve been buying bottled water for years.