Nitrox 1.6 or 1.4

[rick00001967]

28% on the Forest City in Tobermory only gets you hovering above the stern rail....

i dont do 150 foot dives. but i was lucky enough to dive the niagara a couple of times along with a couple other sites there. that was a fun little trip.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

As I got older and after hearing reports of divers toxing at less than 1.4, I kept my PO2 at 1.3. No matter the dive. Recreational or technical.
Each person's tolerance to O2 exposure is different based on the accounts that I've heard of those who did tox and those who came close and realized what was happening.
If I knew someone set their computer to 1.6 and did a dive where they toxed and I was present, at this point, I'd not bother to get involved in helping.
As I get older I have less tolerance for those who want to push the limits. There's no need for it. And I feel zero obligation to save them from themselves.

 

[Twiny]

Hi, if you want to be safe and keep dive insurance valid : 1,4 for bottom gas

 

[tursiops]

Please provide a reputable link that supports your claim that dive insurance is invalid if a recreational diver sets their computer for 1.6.

It depends on the insurance.

 

[Twiny]

Please provide a reputable link that supports your claim that dive insurance is invalid if a recreational diver sets their computer for 1.6.

I was just saying that dive insurances are all valid for a bottom gas PPO2 of 1,4 max. Obviously you are free to set alarms the way you want or disable them

 

[tursiops]

So in other words, there is no proof whatsoever to support the claim that dive insurance is invalid if a diver chooses to set their computer to anything higher than 1.4.

It's just something that somebody felt like saying because they liked the way the words looked on the screen.

Got it.

However, some dive insurance is invalid if you exceed your qualified/certified depth. Suppose you are trained on Nitrox to 1.4 as a MOD, with 1.6 as a contingency depth. At what point does your insurance company get testy?

 

[Twiny]

So in other words, there is no proof whatsoever to support the claim that dive insurance is invalid if a diver chooses to set their computer to anything higher than 1.4.

It's just something that somebody felt like saying because they liked the way the words looked on the screen.

Got it

Ok as long as you actually dive within 1,4 bars

 

[tursiops]

Sure, exceeding certified depth is a big no-no and I could see life insurance/dive insurance using it as a possible way out. But that has nothing to do with a computer set for 1.6 vs 1.4. And even if there was any truth to what is nothing more than a theory about dive insurance being invalidated by a 1.6 computer setting, the dive accident would have to be directly related to the setting of 1.6 vs 1.4 and again, there is not a single verified source of an oxtox hit in a single tank recreational diver with a tank full of EAN 40% or less diving - and adding as per above- within the depth limits of their certification- so it's a non issue for all practical purposes.

You keep talking about setting the computer to 1.6; that was NOT mentioned except by you. My point is that diving below your MOD (and thus not within your training qualification) could invalidate your dive insurance, regardless of what your computer is set for. Oxtox is not the only kind of dive accident....so thinking of that as the only possible negative consequence is a bit narrow.

Perhaps you have never argued with an insurance company?

 

[Twiny]

You keep talking about setting the computer to 1.6; that was NOT mentioned except by you. My point is that diving below your MOD (and thus not within your training qualification) could invalidate your dive insurance, regardless of what your computer is set for. Oxtox is not the only kind of dive accident....so thinking of that as the only possible negative consequence is a bit narrow.

Perhaps you have never argued with an insurance company?

Agree, gas density concerns come first for depth limitations

 

[tursiops]

The other poster made the statement that dive insurance may be invalidated if a computer is set to something higher than 1.4.

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Hi, if you want to be safe and keep dive insurance valid : 1,4 for bottom gas

This is what he said. Perhaps you are reading too much into his statement.

I have never argued with an insurance company. Not understanding why that's relevant either.

You were asserting how you thought an insurance company would behave:

the dive accident would have to be directly related to the setting of 1.6 vs 1.4

The insurance company mostly like would not look at it as simply as you do.