Altitude simulation is controlling oxygen levels. ACT’s system duplicates the oxygen level of sea level. So your body responds and functions just as it does at low altitude.
Why Is There Less Oxygen At Altitude?
Because atmospheric pressure decreases as you gain elevation, the air is less concentrated. Because the air is thinner, each breath brings in fewer air molecules. As a result, there is about 24% less oxygen in the Aspen area than at sea level.
“Providing oxygen during sleep is a side-effect-free way to treat altitude related insomnia.”
Peter Hackett, MD. Institute of Altitude Medicine
Everyone has a story about altitude in Pitkin County. Whether it's yourself or a guest visiting, living and visiting high altitude areas is difficult for many people due to the lower total oxygen available.
For Aspen, Snowmass and Pitkin County residents, a home oxygenation system is essential due to the high elevation, which reduces atmospheric pressure and oxygen levels. This can lead to altitude sickness, causing headaches, insomnia, and other symptoms. By maintaining near sea-level oxygen levels indoors, the system ensures better sleep and health, allowing residents to acclimate without discomfort. Thus, enhancing overall well-being and quality of life at high altitudes.
The low oxygen levels found at altitude can interrupt sleep and cause headaches. ACT’s Altiflo™ whole room oxygenation system helps you to get a good night’s sleep – right from the very first night. No matter how high your mountain home may be, you can sleep well with an ACT system. Learn more about altitude simulation.
ACT’s system does more than just add oxygen. It scientifically simulates a lower altitude. We incorporate algorithms for fire safety, air quality, and altitude simulation. Self-calibrating sensors and an award-winning control system automatically manage everything and it requires almost no maintenance. You just turn it on. It’s the best air you can breathe. Download our Buyers Guide to Better Mountain Living.
Thin mountain air can cause hypoxic stress, fatigue, and altitude sickness. At altitude, your oxygen saturation can drop to unhealthy levels disrupting sleep. Oxygenating your bedroom can restore restful sleep. Increase your energy for your mountain lifestyle with a good night’s sleep.
Lack of oxygen triggers an unstable breathing pattern during sleep as the body struggles to restore normal oxygen levels. These breathing patterns — deep breaths followed by 5 to 15 second pauses in breathing — occur even in healthy people at altitudes above 6,000 feet and disrupt sleep even for people who sleep well at sea level.
Altitude Control Technologies provides altitude simulation systems to thousands of residential homeowners and renowned institutions such as Harvard Medical School, The US Air Force Academy, and the Smithsonian.
Your ability to process oxygen declines as you age. Don’t let that get in the way of how you sleep and play at altitude. ACT’s altitude control system oxygenates your room to simulate sea level.
ACT’s technology is the product of more than 20 years of research and development. ACT is the leader in altitude simulation science with the only purpose built, UL Listed oxygen system in the world. Six to eight hours of oxygen at night is enough to restore the body’s oxygen saturation to normal levels. These few hours interrupt the cycle of hypoxia (low oxygen) that causes mountain sickness.
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