- Ooh, oh God.
Oh my God.
(dramatic music)
Hey, guys, so I'm out and about in London.
Look, it's the River Thames.
I'm being a tourist.
I was gonna do this bit walking
but I don't wanna make you feel sick,
so I'm gonna sit here, on this bench,
next to a red phone box, how very London.
Anyway, today, I'm gonna be trying something new,
I'm gonna be going into a sensory deprivation tank
for three hours,
which I don't think is a sentence I ever thought I would say
but here we are.
It's called Floatworks, it's in that building behind me
which looks like it was built in frickin' Minecraft
so I've got no idea how I'm gonna find it.
All I know is I'm gonna be floating in a salty bath
for about three hours, I've gotta be naked,
so I'll film as much as I can from the waist up.
We're off, we're going to Vauxhall.
It's so windy, my quiff is becoming extra quiffy.
Pigeon Fest 2020.
Look how cool this goose looks.
Goals.
I think that's his friend, but they've had an argument.
(goose quacking) I'm about 10 minutes late but I found it.
That is gonna be me, yee.
They told me to take my shoes off.
Sadly, no one complimented my socks.
Okay, I'm in float room two.
Here we go.
(gasps) Oh my God.
Are you having an actual laugh?
It looks like some kind of giant toilet
mixed with a spacecraft.
They got me some house plants for ultimate relaxation,
I should just take one of those in there with me.
I'm in the pod room.
I was gonna film like the entrance and stuff
but there was loads of people in the lobby
and I didn't wanna be annoying
and they were all quite zen after their float,
so I didn't wanna be, "Hey guys, I'm here to take a video."
So, I thought I'd wait 'til they'd shown me in,
you know, have a bit of politeness,
listen to what's going on.
So, this is my flotation pod.
(jazz music)
You ready for this?
(upbeat music) No!
Are you kidding?
I can't believe I'm gonna be naked in that.
It's like an actual space ship slash cryogenic chamber
slash giant egg.
I can't believe it's so big!
You could fit like four people in there
and have a great time.
(laughs) So.
Ooh, there's lots of heat coming off it as well.
So, it's super salty in there,
like so salty that I don't think
you can even roll over.
It's gonna just be like full floating.
Salt makes you float, science fact.
So, my instructions were to get naked,
have a shower in this fancy shower over here,
just to obviously de-grime.
They gave me some earplugs so I can't hear anyone else
and I hope that no one else can hear me doing this,
so I'm gonna try and keep my voice down a bit.
And also, some Vaseline to put on any cuts
because the water is so salty, it will make it sting.
And then, get in, press the button
and some music will start for 10 minutes
and then you'll just descend into silent floating.
Now, some people use this for meditation,
some people use it to concentrate on something
that they're struggling with,
some people use it to hallucinate.
Like, if you've got no input at all,
your brain just starts doing weird things,
so I'm hoping I get a bit of that.
Maybe I'll see some stuff, maybe I'll go into the future,
maybe I'll meet God, I dunno.
I'm glad I peed before I came
because there's no toilet in here
and that trickling noise...
(water dropping) Kinda makes me wanna pee.
Okay, I feel very exposed.
Time for a shower.
You don't need to see that bit,
I mean, it's a shower.
Hoping there's no reflections in the water.
All right, I'm gonna hold the camera like this
so you don't see anything, but I am getting in.
Oh, it's nice and warm.
It's so floaty, I didn't expect it to be this floaty.
It's a good temperature.
So, I've got to close the lid.
Right, here we go.
Ooh, oh God.
Oh my God.
(gasps) This is so weird.
I'm floating.
This is actually really relaxing.
I think it'll be a bit scary when I turn off the light
is my only thought so far, but this blue light man...
I feel like all my troubles are melting away.
When I have a bath, I can never fit in the bath
'cause I'm so long as a person,
so this is the first time I've fully like
stretched out in a bath.
The reflections of the water
look really cool on the ceiling.
So, my only experience of sensory deprivation
is from that Simpsons episode,
where Homer goes in it and goes on that (laughs)
entire journey and doesn't realize.
(gasps)
- Sensory deprivation kicks ass!
- So, I'm slightly worried that's gonna happen to me
because that would be very Phil.
I'm gonna press the button now,
so the guy's gonna start the music.
So, let's all have a little bit of this relaxing music.
(relaxing music)
Here we go.
It begins.
I've been in here for like four seconds
but I'm already like 500% more relaxed.
I feel like a whale in a whale uterus.
♪ You see me floatin', I'm floatin' ♪
Okay, I've balanced you in the pod, it's quite dangerous.
I'm just gonna record my voice as I float.
(calm music)
I just fully dropped my phone in the pod,
good thing it's water resistant.
Do you think I should try this?
Simba.
I'm quite scared to switch off the light
but let's do it. (gasps)
I thought I'd be scared but it's actually very relaxing.
I'm gonna place you guys over here, in the corner,
and then just record any thoughts I have.
I imagine this is similar to how you feel in space,
I just feel completely weightless.
Right, I need to get into a zen mindset now.
I'm not making a video, I'm just inside a tank. (laughs)
Why am I inside a tank?
What is my life?
Right shush, Phil, be quiet for 10 seconds.
(water trickling)
Seven. (buzzer sounding)
I just said seven, I can't even be quiet for 10 seconds.
Right, shush.
(upbeat music)
Okay, I don't wanna creep you out
but I'm now very aware of my own blood
'cause I can hear my heartbeat,
it's going boom, boom-boom.
Isn't it crazy that the squishy thing in my head
made me come to this float place?
(upbeat music)
Update, I'm thinking of really abstract concepts like
what is on the inside of Jupiter?
Is it an egg?
What if there's another Earth out there
and there's another Phil, just floating in his own pod?
Back into the void.
Ooh!
I hope this isn't haunted.
It would be a good place to haunt if you were a ghost,
not that I'm trying to tempt ghosts right now.
Just float away.
Oh, now I'm thinking of Pennywise.
Get out of my head, Pennywise.
(water trickling)
(inaudible)
(spluttering)
I fully fell asleep and I didn't know where I was
so I had like (laughs) a one second scare.
I don't even know if that's still recording.
Oh, it is.
I can't believe I'm fully falling sleep in this thing.
I thought I'd be hyper alert, but it's so relaxing.
Do you know when you close your eyes too tight
and you see loads of shapes and colors
dancing in front of your eyes?
I'm having a shape disco right now.
(dramatic music)
Be gone, salt.
I just woke up from another sleep,
I think, ow!
(laughs) Klonk!
It's been about an hour, I would say,
and I'm having micro sleeps every time I shut my eyes.
I'm really enjoying this!
I'm kind of sad that I've already used an hour
'cause I just want to stay in this tank forever.
There is no part of my body that has any stress,
it's just everything is a blob.
I am a blob.
The world is a blob.
Just letting myself fully blob into the world.
I'm having thoughts about Mario Kart
and zipping around rainbow road,
but I'm in this pod and someone else is driving,
and it's very relaxing, but also kind of scary.
Oh my God, I just checked the time
and I've been in here for two hours.
How has it been two hours?
Honestly, it feels like about 20 minutes.
So, I must have had some good sleep.
I didn't sleep that much last night actually
because of the storm, so maybe I needed it.
Maybe I just need to come to a pod
if I can't sleep in the future.
I already know I'm gonna come back and do this again,
I'm having such a relaxing time.
(sighs) Back to my float.
(upbeat music)
Okay, I had a full on dream
that I was trying to dig a hole with a spade.
(laughs) I could dream of anything in the universe
and I'm dreaming of digging a hole.
I think my time is nearly up but I just don't wanna get out.
It's like, do you know when your alarm goes off
and you're like "No, five more minutes!"
With this, I'm like, "Five more hours please."
(upbeat music)
Okay, I'm not gonna think too hard about it for now,
I'm gonna get out, have a shower
and then give you my thoughts.
(Latin music)
Hair and mirrors.
Ooh, let's try and fix that.
The salt has actually been quite good for my hair.
Do you know when you get kind of a sea salt texture?
Well, I would recommend it for my look.
I don't know what's in here, but I'm going in.
Relaxation room.
(zen music) Ooh.
I am digging this.
There's loads of different kinds of tea over here.
I'm gonna go for this one,
white tea, elderflower and blueberry.
Whoa.
There are some angel oracle cards on the table.
Okay, the first one is me.
Cleanse and detoxify, that's what I just did, look at me!
I'm ascending to heaven after my float
and I'm working that hair.
Maybe I should dye my hair blonde.
With great love and respect, we ask you to detoxify
your precious and sensitive body.
I'm gonna give it a seven out of 10.
Got some tissues in case I wanna have a little cry
after my experience.
You know, tears of joy.
I'm next to the salt lamp and I feel like
my body's had enough salt that it can take in a lifetime
and this is just like, I'm beaming more salt
at you, Phillip.
I feel like I'm being annoying,
there's signs everywhere that say, "Be quiet,"
so I'm going to respect the rules,
drink my tea, absorb the salt
and then I'll catch up with you properly in a minute.
Bye!
I'm done, my time in the egg is over, I'm so sad.
I was so relaxing.
I don't know what I expected
but I'm so floppy now.
Every part of me is just like, woo!
I feel like even my skeleton is soft.
I don't know what I was expecting,
I didn't think I'd fall asleep so much.
I was literally falling asleep every time I closed my eyes
and having micro sleeps and micro dreams,
or thoughts that I thought were dreams.
The weirdest one was about the shark with porcupine spines,
I don't know what the F that was about
but I'm a convert, I wanna come back.
I just wanna take that thing home with me.
Pros, I feel so relaxed,
there was enough room for my giant legs.
The feeling of just not having my body touch any surface
is indescribable, I felt like I was in space,
I feel like I've been to space,
so that is definite pro.
Floating is fun.
I thought I'd be bored, but my mind never got bored,
I was just like, lelele,
here's some abstract thoughts about Jupiter,
so that was a definite plus.
And also, I just feel so rejuvenated now,
like I've had a massage or something
but a stranger hasn't touched me, which is a bonus.
Cons, the salt got in my eyes quite a bit
but I think that's 'cause I kept sitting up
to talk to you guys, so, salt,
if you don't like salt, maybe not this.
Maybe the price, I mean, it's quite expensive
for an hour of floating, but I do feel very relaxed
so, for a treat, I think it was worth it.
If you've enjoyed being on this floaty experience with me,
please give me a thumbs up
and I might try some other new things.
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Goodbye!