Spectre
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MonkSeal once bubbled...
If I have to dive with someone who's not Nitrox certified then I'll switch to air.
Why? As long as you're not exceeding PpO2 limits with the dive, you can dive nitrox with air limits..
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MonkSeal once bubbled...
If I have to dive with someone who's not Nitrox certified then I'll switch to air.
Spectre once bubbled...
Why? As long as you're not exceeding PpO2 limits with the dive, you can dive nitrox with air limits..
MonkSeal once bubbled...
But I believe that same configuration for both divers improves safety.
MonkSeal once bubbled...
Spectre, I added this after your reply: "Also, if you consider O2 less narcotic then N2 then breathing same mix will bring you and your buddy to similar level of narcosis."
Spectre once bubbled...
I'm not sure if O2 is less or more narcotic than N2, but assuming O2 is less narcotic; why would you want to impair yourself more, just because your buddy would be. Once again, you would be serving your buddy better if you were able to be less impaired.
MonkSeal once bubbled...
Let's assume that buddy is less experienced (he's not Nitrox certified). If we dive different mixes I won't feel same simptoms as he wiil do. Maybe he'll be narced and he's not able to recognize that.
Big-t-2538 once bubbled...
Yes, and if you are diving EANx...you are likely to recognize he is narced and suggest taking him up a few feet to relieve that sensation.
MonkSeal once bubbled...
If we dive different mixes I won't feel same simptoms as he wiil do.