Common reasons for diving nitrox

[SparticleBrane]

"Because my bank account isn't small enough yet."

 

[pir8]

How bout because I can

 

[H2Andy]

i use nitrox because

it makes me smarter
it makes chicks dig me
it fights acne
it doesn't give me a hangover
it can be used as paint thinner
good for degreasing engines!
goes better with coke!

and... most of all

because love may come and love may go, but a Nitrox dive goes on and on

 

[jtivat]

im a nitox diver as well and your really not being safe my using air tables you have to watch you depth with more o2 because of your 02 sat.. is worse then shorter bottom time going it to deco when your 02 sats are over is not good you can decompress of nitrogen but you cant o2

What?
You can do a 60 minute dive at 110' on 32% and deco on 100% and only hit 48% of your CNS clock. You have to go a lot of diving useing air table's to come close to your CNS clock or OTU totals.

 

[TSandM]

I dive Nitrox because I have one of the big risk factors against me . . . "advanced age", which PADI defines as over 50.

My dive times at home are limited by my tolerance for the cold. That sends me up long before I would hit NDLs, even for air. Diving Nitrox just means that when I have to come in anyway, I have less nitrogen on board.

 

[Jeff Toorish]

It tastes great and it's less filling.

 

[jeckyll]

TSandM: I'm with you. Usually after about 45 or 50 minutes I am very ready to head out of the water. Combining that with "Checkmark profiles" I'm usually quite far from the NDL's.

However, I'm currently doing my Nitrox in case I go on a trip to warm water and want to do more diving with less SI's

 

[Darnold9999]

Pretty much restrict NITROX to liveaboard's. Here one maybe two dives a day in cold water means I am rarely down that long. On a liveaboard 5 dives a day 60 min plus per dive means I am nearing limits for air so nitrox is safer - I also am over the magic 50 so I will pay the premium when nearing air limits.

Good to hear you are doing the Nitrox course jeckyll, might come in handy.

 

[texdiveguy]

However, I'm currently doing my Nitrox in case I go on a trip to warm water and want to do more diving with less SI's

Be proactive and keep those 'fun' SI times healthy......

 

[TSandM]

I have to mention that I have a wonderful deal going for me . . . Northwest Sports Divers has an "Aquaholics" membership that gives you all the Nitrox you can breathe for a year (plus discounts on purchases) for $500. I told them they'd lose money on me when I bought it, and they smiled. I'm not sure they're still smiling But it allows me to dive Nitrox for all my local dives, even the Edmonds ones (max depth about 30 feet) without significant additional cost.