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Flagship — Clinical-Grade CO₂ Therapy

AEIR CO₂ Complete: Full-Body Flex Kit

Full-body CO₂ therapy. At home.

$2,799 Complete kit — suit + filling kit + hydrogel

Or ~$240/month at 0% APR with Affirm. Includes an empty 5 lb CO₂ tank.

30-day satisfaction guarantee · Free US shipping · Affirm financing available

30 minutes. No appointments. No pain. No downtime. CO₂ opens your blood vessels. Oxygen reaches the tissue that needs it. That's recovery.

30-day satisfaction guarantee · Free US shipping · Affirm financing available

20–30 minute session

Arms free throughout

In your living room

No clinic required

Full-body Bohr Effect

Systemic oxygen delivery

Household-shareable

Multiple sizes available

20–30 minute session

In your living room

Full-body Bohr Effect

Household-shareable

Peer-reviewed science

What You Get

Everything you need. In one box.

The Flex suit component

The Flex suit

Full-body coverage with an extra-large diagonal zipper and arm-access cuffs. Sit. Read. Text. Recovery shouldn't put your life on pause.

AEIR CO2 filling kit — regulator and accessories

CO₂ filling kit

Regulator, filling gun, USB-C vacuum, and seals. Vacuum the suit. Fill with food-grade CO₂. Seal. Takes about 2 minutes once you've done it three times.

AEIR CO2 enhancing hydrogel 250mL bottle

Enhancing hydrogel (250mL)

Apply to your skin before you zip up. It helps the CO₂ soak in and triggers the Bohr Effect — the moment your blood lets go of oxygen where your tissue needs it. One bottle covers 20–30 sessions.

Also included: an empty 5 lb CO₂ tank (CGA-320), onboarding guide, storage bag, and a supplier locator. Refills run $15–$31 at any welding-supply, homebrew, or beverage-gas shop.

Watch the 6-Minute Walkthrough

From box to recovery in under ten minutes.

Ross walks you through every step. Hydrogel. Zip. Vacuum. Fill. Sit. By session three, you'll have it down to five minutes. Built to be repeatable — not to be impressive.

Shop the Flex Kit — $2,799

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6-minute Flex Kit walkthrough with Ross.
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The Mechanism

What happens in thirty minutes.

Your blood vessels open.

CO₂ passes through your skin and opens the blood vessels below it — everywhere the suit covers. Thermal imaging proves it happens after one session.

Oxygen goes where your tissue needs it.

Higher CO₂ changes how your blood holds oxygen. Your blood lets go of O₂ into muscle, joint, and skin — all at once. This isn't more oxygen. It's oxygen reaching the places that need it.

You sit still. Your cells don't.

No electricity. No willpower. Twenty minutes on your couch is a full recovery session. Read, text, watch, breathe.

Who It's For

Built for people who take recovery seriously.

Competitive athletes

Training 5–6 days a week.

Compression boots. Massage guns. PT. Good tools. None of them deliver oxygen to tissue. The Flex Kit does. It's what serious athletes use between games.

The finisher

Finish everything with this.

Use it after your workout. Use it on the injury. Use it before you sleep. It's the one recovery tool that works with everything else — because nothing else delivers oxygen directly to the tissue.

Post-surgical / chronic

Healing needs circulation.

Circulation is what limits how fast you heal. The Flex Kit opens it up — whole body. Use it after surgery or during long-term recovery. Run it by your clinician first.

The household

One system. Everyone benefits.

Built for shared use. Multiple sizes. Everyone applies their own hydrogel. One purchase. Whole household recovers on it.

The Research

Not a theory. A research literature.

Peer-reviewed

Bone healing accelerates.

In animal studies, CO₂ therapy sped up bone healing. Dose and time mattered — which is why the Flex session is 20 to 30 minutes, not more.

Effects of the duration of transcutaneous CO₂ application on fracture repair.

Peer-reviewed

Muscle injuries repair faster.

In animal studies, muscle injuries healed faster with CO₂ through the skin. Measured in the tissue — not just how it felt.

Transcutaneous carbon dioxide application accelerates muscle injury repair.

Peer-reviewed

Mitochondria respond.

In animal studies with blood-sugar problems, CO₂ therapy brought muscle energy back. The cells started producing again.

Transcutaneous carbon dioxide attenuates impaired oxidative capacity in skeletal muscle.

Peer-reviewed

The body moves toward homeostasis.

CO₂ therapy moves your body toward balance. That's the opposite of ice baths and hard workouts — those push your body into stress.

How Therapeutic CO₂ Moves the Response toward Homeostasis.

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Ross Schilling, founder of AEIR

From Ross — Founder, DC

The suit is the clinical experience. I just took it out of the clinic.

For ten years in my practice, a 45-minute CO₂ session was the treatment I reached for first with my serious athletes. NHL, NFL, the guys whose schedules don't allow a slow recovery. It worked in a way nothing else I had access to did.

The Flex is that session, re-engineered for your living room. Same mechanism. Same physiology. Same result — on your couch, with your arms free, twenty minutes while you answer emails.

There is no shortcut I know of that gets oxygen to the tissue that needs it faster than this. — Ross

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Athlete Proof

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NHL player in Flex suit
(no team logo)

"I've tried every recovery tool a locker room has. This is the first thing that made my legs feel like mine again at 36. Thirty minutes a day. That's it."

NHL forward, 15-season veteran (clearance pending)

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Brian Kula in Flex suit

"I tell every retired player I know. The CO₂ suit isn't a gadget. It's training-camp-level recovery at home."

Brian Kula NFL advocate (clearance pending)

Quote Draft — Approval Needed
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Jason Pohl in Flex suit
at Ironman training

"Between the bike block and the run block, I'd stall out. The suit is how I stack two key sessions on the same day and not lose the week."

Jason Pohl Ironman athlete

Quote Draft — Approval Needed
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Mike Barwis / Barwis Methods

"We put the suit into our training protocol when we saw the physiology. The numbers are not subtle."

Mike Barwis Performance coach

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Compare

Pick the starting point that matches you.

Both are built around the same suit. The difference is whether you need the turnkey setup or you already own the filling system.

Flex Kit — $2,799
Recommended
Flex suit only — $2,199
Weekly Rental — from $249
Who it's for First-time buyer. Turnkey. Owner of an existing AEIR filling kit who wants a second/upgraded suit. Trial, trip, or a specific training block. Credit toward purchase within 60 days.
Includes Suit + filling kit + 250mL hydrogel + onboarding Suit only Suit + filling kit + hydrogel + return label
Ready to use Yes — tank, suit, and hydrogel included No — requires filling kit + hydrogel sold separately Yes — turnkey for the rental period
Best for New buyers, households, gifts Upgrade path Try-before-buy, road trips, event blocks
Cost per session (3×/wk, yr 1) ~$17.94 ~$14.10 (before accessories) varies — rental credits apply toward purchase

Logistics

What to know before you buy.

Shipping

3–5 business days from the U.S. warehouse. Free standard shipping on the Flex Kit.

CO₂ tank

Included — an empty 5 lb CGA-320 CO₂ tank ships with every kit. Refills are food-grade CO₂, the same gas used in restaurants and home carbonation. Available at welding supply, homebrew, and beverage-gas shops. Typical refill cost: $15–$31. We include a supplier locator.

Warranty

12-month manufacturer's warranty on the suit and filling kit. Hydrogel covered for labeled shelf life.

Returns

30-day satisfaction guarantee on unused kits in original packaging. Opened hydrogel non-returnable for hygiene reasons.

Electricity during use

None. The USB-C vacuum charges between sessions; during the session itself, the suit is passive.

Questions

Flex Kit — answered.

An empty 5 lb CGA-320 CO₂ tank ships with your Flex Kit. Refills are food-grade CO₂ — the same gas used in restaurants and carbonation systems. Available at welding supply stores, homebrew shops, and beverage-gas suppliers. Refills typically cost $15–$31 and last dozens of sessions. We include a supplier locator with your purchase.
The suit is transdermal — CO₂ is absorbed through the skin. You breathe normal room air the whole session. Clinical CO₂ therapy has been studied for decades in European, Japanese, and now U.S. practice. Follow the Ross-narrated session guide included with your kit.
3–5 sessions per week is the typical range. Many users integrate it into an evening wind-down. There's no cumulative side effect from daily use.
Not under 18 without clinician supervision. The physiology is the same; we just prefer to see a clinician's sign-off for minors.
Consult your clinician. We do not recommend Flex-suit sessions during pregnancy without explicit medical sign-off.
None during use. The USB-C vacuum unit charges between sessions.
Folds flat. Goes in a closet, under a bed, in a Pelican-style case for road trips. Storage bag included.
Yes. Multiple sizes available. Each person applies their own hydrogel before stepping in. Wipe and air-dry between uses.
Yes. The Bohr Effect is a different mechanism than heat, light, or compression. Many users stack the Flex session into an existing recovery block.
A gentle warmth. A faint flush of the skin — circulation opening. Most users describe the 20–30 minutes as calm and grounding.
Affirm financing is available — typically around $240/month at 0% APR for qualified buyers on a 12-month plan. No hard credit pull to check eligibility.
Yes — Weekly Rental starts at $249. Rental costs credit toward a purchase within 60 days. See flex-bodysuit-clutch page for details.

Lower the Risk

Not ready to own? Three ways in.

Start with the paste — $99

CO2 Renew 5-Pack. Same Bohr Effect, localized. Under $3 per treatment.

Shop the paste — $99

Book a session — $75

45-minute session at our Long Lake, Minnesota facility. Session cost credits toward purchase within 60 days.

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Rent the full kit — from $249

1 week, 1 month, or a trip. Turnkey. Rental cost credits toward purchase within 60 days.

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Person relaxing in AEIR CO2 Flex suit — clinical CO2 therapy at home.

Thirty minutes. Full-body. In your living room.

Includes an empty 5 lb CO₂ tank. 30-day satisfaction guarantee. Affirm financing available.