Crazy Fingers:
Okay, I can't stand it any longer. For the record, I am nitrox certified. This means I know what nitrox is , when it can be useful, and when it can be dangerous. But it seems every time I am at some popular, shallow shore dive there is some buffoon there breathing nitrox.
I am not talking about an application where it might be useful. I am talking about 15' shore dives, 25' deep spring dives, or even instructors training people in swimming pools!! What is the point of this? In these instances you are not NDL limited, (and won't be on subsequent dives either) so there is really no reason to be breathing it. It just wastes money.
I think they look like idiots and are just trying to show off to non-nitrox divers and chicks on the beach.
Am I way off base here?
Why are you so worried about someone other than a government official/employee wasting money? Its not coming out of your pocket. In fact its working FOR you.
If everyone was a penny watching penny pincher a lot of the luxuries you enjoy would not exist or at least not be as accessible as they are.
For example, if a dive shop were to ONLY sell higher % Nitrox to people only doing dives that were beneficial to the person breathing that gas, how many shops would be able to carry or afford to carry Nitrox. A lot of it does not get used for what training teaches but is used in shallower depths.
Have you ever burned up a partial tank on a shallow dive? For example, my wife doesnt have lungs or at least she doesnt use them. She normally uses higher % Nitrox on almost all her dives. She can max the tables on two 100 dives and still make a 30 or so dive for another 30 minutes. She breathes so little that unless the surface is almost mirror flat its hard to see her bubbles.
So I must be married to a Buffoon because she will finish burning up a tank at shallow depths. Ooops, Im also a Buffoon because I sometimes grab one of her tanks to do a shallow dive because its marked Nitrox.
It fluctuates, but right now I have 14 tanks at home. 4 are hers and are marked as Nitrox. The rest are 21%. I stay from higher mixes but they are very helpful for her. If I throw 6 tanks in the vehicle/vessel and I go through two and she is still on the first one, I will grab one of her Nitrox tanks for a shallow dive. If I could I would dive a higher % most of the time deep or shallow.
Its rare when Im without a full 21% tank in my immediate possession, even on the trip home. So does that make someone a Buffoon?
I get all the free air I want or could ever wish for but I do have to pay for the Nitrox just like everyone else. So am I wasting money? Who cares, if I am its out of my pocket and Im not worried.
You posted What is the point of this? In these instances you are not NDL limited, (and won't be on subsequent dives either. How do you know that a later dive wont be an issue with NDL? You dont know.
I can see you getting upset if we had a very limited rapidly being depleted 02 supply but we dont. So take a chill pill and worry about something that might directly relate to you or your safety.
I for one do not care what someone drives or what color it is.
You saw something that hit a nerve. Then you posted something about it that hit my nerve. Now that we have both has a nerve flameout lets get back to being normal forum friends.
Gary D.
You could get Almity to be your back-up :light:
