I personally wont use ratio deco. Too much mental math, too many opportunities for error.
That being said, Deep stops for the right amount of time, combined with the right amount of deco on the shallow end is very effective. Over staying any of those stops can really **** up your overall deco efficiency.
I cut RGBM tables, which do absolutely start deco earlier than either Buhlmann or VPM on the profiles I dive. I don't get bent.
The premise that deep stops are invalid based on a study that 1) Had significantly overstayed deco stops(these folks started ongassing at most of them) 2)Didn't utilize best practices of current decompression diving( ie: O2 deco) is ridiculous.
This study only proved that folks get bent more often on experimental dive profiles on AIR.
That being said, Deep stops for the right amount of time, combined with the right amount of deco on the shallow end is very effective. Over staying any of those stops can really **** up your overall deco efficiency.
I cut RGBM tables, which do absolutely start deco earlier than either Buhlmann or VPM on the profiles I dive. I don't get bent.
The premise that deep stops are invalid based on a study that 1) Had significantly overstayed deco stops(these folks started ongassing at most of them) 2)Didn't utilize best practices of current decompression diving( ie: O2 deco) is ridiculous.
This study only proved that folks get bent more often on experimental dive profiles on AIR.