Hyperbaric Oxygen Buyers Guide

Types of Chambers

Soft Shell Chamber

Horizontal Chamber:

This is the most common chamber for personal and professional use.
Advantages: affordable, portable, can fit two people lying down.
Disadvantages: Needs to be set up on a floor or secure table, to prevent rolling off. Looks and feels like a coffin. Window turns yellow/opaque quickly. Short service life under heavy use.

Price: $2000-$6000

Dimensions: 30in x 90 in

Material: PVC, Nylon

Portability: Very Portable

Weight: 40 lbs

Pressure: 1.3 ATM

Vertical Chamber

Advantages: Ideal for people with mobility issues. Easier to work or read while sitting up in the chamber. Does not feel like a coffin.
Disadvantages: Only one manufacturer, unknown quality. Short service life under heavy use.

Best Brand: Summit to Sea Hyperbaric Chambers https://atlantahyperbariccenter.com/

Price: $8000-$15,000

Dimensions: 40in x 60 in diameter, 5 ft - 8 ft tall

Material: PVC, Nylon

Portability: Very Portable

Weight: 40 lbs

Pressure: 1.3 ATM (up to 2 ATM)

Hardshell Chamber

Steel

Advantages: Highest pressure available, Steel construction and glass windows, Unlimited service life.
Disadvantages: Small door, small windows, requires a camera unit and microphone to communicate.

Best Brand:

Gulf Coast Hyperbarics (Out of business, likely one of the best available)

Marine Dynamics Corp (Out of business, likely one of the best available)

https://www.oxyhealth.com/ (Likely the best option from companies still in business)

https://classichyperbarics.com/ (second best option - still in business)

Price: $12,000-$50,000

Dimensions: 40in x 90, 26 inch door.

Material: Steel

Portability: Not easily moved

Weight: 1300 lbs

Pressure: 1-8 ATM

Acrylic

This is what most hospitals use.
Advantages: Bed is a gurney system with rollers, much easier to get on/off the bed outside of the chamber. Clear tube, easy to check on patients, larger door than steel.
Disadvantages: May be hard to keep the glass tube looking “clean”, acrylic may discolor over time, Lower maximum pressure than steel.

Best Brand:

Price: $12,000-$50,000

Dimensions: 40” x 90”, 33” door.

Material: Acrylic glass

Portability: Not easily moved.

Weight: 2200 lbs

Pressure: 1-6 ATM