portable oxygen rental (bay area)

[czeslawsender]

Hi,

I would like to rent a portable oxygen system, no breath masks, just the cannulas.
I'm planning 5 days trip in a non-pressurised light twin with my wife and 4-year old daughter, with 2 days with some 1-1.5 hrs each on altitudes slighly above 10.000ft.
Technically speaking, it is legal to fly without it, but it is supposed to be fun, so I would rather avoid any altitude sickness.

Do you know any decent place in the Bay Area that can rent such system for a week?
What fair price should I assume?
Any particular recommendations, on what is best (or what is bad)?
Do you have any comments/tips regarding the concept as it is?

Thanks in advance!

[glendalegoon]

yes you should take a portable oxygen system. seems to me you end up buying the canulas...would you rather rent something stickin gin some one elses nose.?

any large FBO should have a system for rent. don't think things are cheap, just a refil may be in the 25 dollar area.

I can't tell you which FBO to try, call around. Which airport are you taking off from? check there first.

you might also do this. go to airnav.com

enter a bay area GA airport like KSQL or KPAO.

you get all the runway info, but at the bottom is a list of FBOs and services, so call em aske em arrange it but get it the day before you takeoff to take a look at it and learn how to use it.

[czeslawsender]

Yes, for sure I will be buying the "last mile" pipe. ;)

But the bottle and the regulator is something that I would definitely like to rent.
Well, at least the bottle - I will not be able to check it in in the airline anyways.

Apparently, it is not that easy - I've contacted some of the FBOs I found in the area that have "Oxygen" listed as services, but the responses so far are that yes, they can fill the bottle, but no, they cannot rent the equipment.

So if anyone has a proven source, I'll be happy to hear from you.

[Mark 1]

I have a 9 cu ft portable system (Skyox) with a regulator and 2 cannulas and am based in Redwood City. That gives 8 man hours at 15,000' (0.5 l/min).

Drop me a PM if you want to borrow this. It should be enough for your trip.