Portable oxygen systems - recommendation sought

Hello,

I am planning on crossing the Rockies next week at 8,500 ft. from CYBW to
CZBB via CYKA on the VFR footprint. But, just in case, it would be nice to
have a portable oxygen system at hand.

Any recommendations?

Thanks,

Marc

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Marc CYBW wrote:
Hello,

I am planning on crossing the Rockies next week at 8,500 ft. from CYBW to
CZBB via CYKA on the VFR footprint. But, just in case, it would be nice to
have a portable oxygen system at hand.

I like my AirOx system. It has individual flow controls and meters so
each person can tune their own. I use mine extensively in my Mooney.
SkyOx has some less expensive units that are probably good for more
occasional use.

-Robert

Marc CYBW wrote:

I am planning on crossing the Rockies next week at 8,500 ft. from CYBW to
CZBB via CYKA on the VFR footprint. But, just in case, it would be nice to
have a portable oxygen system at hand.

Any recommendations?


Marc,

I was fortunate enough to borrow a Precise Flight portable O2 kit for
my recent trip around the US. It worked well up to 13,000 ft (I didn't
fly any higher). Very simple to use. One primary valve is open or
closed, then you have a flow meter that is calibrated in 1000s of ft. I
think it was a 22 cubic ft tank. I flew more then 50 hours on my trip,
probably 1/3 of the time on O2 and used about 80% of a full tank. I
have no expereince with other brands, but would recommend the Precise
flight system based on my experience.

Here is a pic of me wearing it
http://iperformax.com/flyabout/images/preciseflightrig.jpg
and a pointer to their website
http://www.preciseflight.com/viewpage.php?pID=24

-Bernie

Richard Riley wrote:


If you're buying an o2 setup, I recommend the Mountain High. It's
sensor gives you the properly sized and timed puff of 02 each time you
inhale. It makes a bottle last about 5 times longer (my subjective
guess) than a bottle with just an oximiser canula.

I was turned off by Mountain High because of their attitude at Oshkosh
last year when we were shopping for oxygen cylinders. They weren't
able to explain their black box, nor does it have any user settable
adjustment to increase the flow. They did spend most of their sales
pitch insulting the Precise Flight company and the claims in the Precise
Flight literature which I haven't found to be innaccurate at all.

In the end we got the Precise Flight with the new regulators. These
give a puff on inspiration (similar to the MH) but they are purely
mechanical (like a scuba regulator) and while you have to set them
for the altitude, you can tweak the setting as you see fit. The
claims of oxygen bottle duration using these seems to be as PF
claims in their literature (much to MH's chagrin I suppose, it
was one of the things they claimed couldn't possibly be true and
it's much longer than their units).

T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:
This is the big disadvantage - all the cannibal jokes about
the bone in your nose.


Yeah! Good thing I was flying solo (lol). It sure stayed in place, and
after 5 hours one flight, it was still realtively comfortable. What are
the alteratives to the "bone in your nose"? How comfortable are they
after long term use? How stable are they in turbulence? I'm just
curious, I have no horse in this race.

-Bernie