Common reasons for diving nitrox

[loosebits]

I'm not a DIR guy but I do agree with them on this: Air is for tires. If you're shallow, dive nitrox. If you're deep, dive mix.

 

[Michael Schlink]

Loosbits-I agree, I have no use for air. I also think we should start new divers out on Nitrox right out of the gate, incorporate it into their OW course. Also a great use of Nitrox would be to limit the depth of a dive, just set the mix for the max depth. That'll stop divers from going too deep!!!

 

[HowardE]

Loosbits-I agree, I have no use for air. I also think we should start new divers out on Nitrox right out of the gate, incorporate it into their OW course. Also a great use of Nitrox would be to limit the depth of a dive, just set the mix for the max depth. That'll stop divers from going too deep!!!

That would NEVER happen. Cert agencies are in this to make money. Nitrox is one of the most popular post OW courses offered... It's a big money maker.

Not to mention, that OW students barely learn enough about air diving in their OW course. Adding Nitrox is too much "task loading" for a new diver.

For the record... I dive nitrox on 99% of my dives. Shallow or Deep (within MOD's on Deep obviously)

 

[Footslogger]

I dive mainly to take pictures. I typically get to go on one, maybe two, dive trips a year (liveaboards). I want the ability to hang in as long as possible and get as many shots I can. As a rule I don't swim very fast or far and I rarely dive deep (> 60'). I'm also 57 and expect to be diving for many more years. NITROX just makes sense to me, whether the available science supports it's safety effects or not. The lower the concentration of nitrogen in the mix the less I am breathing/absorbing. Is it worth the extra cost per dive ??? That's a personal decision ...and I've already made mine.

'Slogger

 

[jtivat]

Also a great use of Nitrox would be to limit the depth of a dive, just set the mix for the max depth. That'll stop divers from going too deep!!!

Or it will weed out the bad one's

 

[Tienuts]

As I say, someone might want to ask PADI what, if this is their real opinion, the hell they think they're playing at with the AOW course. Why are they demonstrating narcosis to students at depths where narcosis, according to them, does not occur?

However, I suspect what PADI are saying here is actually that narcosis becomes problematic from about 30m - not that the first symptoms start there.

PADI is very vuage (sp?) about their standards when it comes to the AOW course. Thier only standard when it comes to the AOW deep dive, is that is has to be between 60-100 feet, and that you have to do a timed task. There is actually no mention of narcosis (as far as depth goes) in the AOW standards. The stuff I quoted came from the general standards and divemaster sections.

I also teach TDI/SDI. Their instructor manual is even more vauge, in the fact it only says to discuss narcosis, but lists no depth. The only refrence to depth is a maximum of 100ft/30m.

 

[BarryNL]

I'm not a DIR guy but I do agree with them on this: Air is for tires. If you're shallow, dive nitrox. If you're deep, dive mix.

Well, it's a nice idea in utopia, where they obviously do all their diving. Unfortunately, I'd like to dive more than 4 or 5 times a year so will continue to use air.

 

[BSea]

i like the flavored air idea wish i could find out haw thay did it i could make a killing doing air fills with that

That's probably why they quit .

 

[Buoyant1]

Great taste..less nitrogen!

Seriously, as a larger built person, as well as being over 40, I would rather have lesser nitrogen load as a safety measure, since DCS is purportedly riskier in people in my age/weight "group".

Now whether that's bunk, and I get a "hit" after diving 36% for 40 minutes at a depth less than 50 fsw is another story....

 

[pir8]

Great taste..less nitrogen!

Seriously, as a larger built person, as well as being over 40, I would rather have lesser nitrogen load as a safety measure, since DCS is purportedly riskier in people in my age/weight "group".

Now whether that's bunk, and I get a "hit" after diving 36% for 40 minutes at a depth less than 50 fsw is another story....

When I am diving shallow, I will sometimes forget(wink wink) to program my percentage into my computer.
There are no guarentees on whether you get a hit anytime.