Donating air when your buddy still has plenty to get out of the water is a simple way to extend a dive. Continuing a dive like this when one buddy is out or almost out is foolish.
https://dan.org/health-medicine/health-resources/diseases-conditions/oxygen-toxicity/
You can find all kinds of opinions on how long it takes to "reset the O2 clock" and how fast pulmonary O2 danger passes and whether or not the buildup affects CNS toxicity as well as what are safe levels of O2...
I am greatly amused by all this. My sensors do not always read differently. The one that reads deeper will always read deeper, if it is reading deeper. I suspect it may have to do with atmospheric pressure at turn on. Sometimes they read close enough that I have a hard time telling the...
I agree with all of this. What will decrease your gas consumption is not moving. If your arms are moving it takes oxygen. If your legs are moving it takes oxygen. If you stop moving and immediately start to float or sink, work on your weighting. Start thinking ahead about where you want to be...
A 6' DSMB might have 40 lb of lift if full. To deploy it at 10 meters and have it full at the surface you would have to fill it half full. 20 lb of lift. Not going to happen. I like to have a big DSMB because it is a backup flotation device. Since I don't want to carry two, I accept that it is...
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