2airishuman
Contributor
In the "Air Hog Etiquette" thread, there was some discussion of various alternatives for bringing more air on a dive. It is my experience that commercial dive operators are generally unable or reluctant to accommodate divers who use air at a faster rate, and I would like to understand if this is broadly the case or just a problem with the operators I'm using.
Please post your own experiences, particularly:
Things you may wish to include in the "outcome" of these things:
Please post your own experiences, particularly:
- Outcome of asking an operator to provide a larger cylinder.
- Outcome of asking an operator to provide a stage cylinder for the purpose of extending your dive time.
- Similarly, the outcome of asking an operator to permit you to utilize a stage cylinder you have furnished yourself to extend the dive.
- Outcome of asking an operator to provide two cylinders for each dive (or three cylinders for two dives) so that you may dive them as independent doubles (regardless of whether carried in sidemount or backmount).
Things you may wish to include in the "outcome" of these things:
- Whether the operator was ultimately able to fulfill the request.
- Whether there was an additional charge.
- Whether there were delays or inconveniences as a result of the request.
- The amount of additional air that was actually provided after adjusting for any short fills
- Whether there were any limitations on gas blend, e.g. air only, nitrox only
- Whether there were any limitations on regulator type specific to the larger cylinders e.g. DIN only or yoke only
- The extent to which the boat was able to accommodate the larger/extra cylinders in the cylinder racks.