Is there a combined Nitrox & Carbon Monoxide analyzer available

[axop]

I try to find a combined Nitrox & Carbon Monoxide analyzer.
Talked to a manuf. at the DEMA and they told me they are working on one.
Is there really no combined tester on the market ?

 

[Peter_C]

Mine is combined in the box!

One simple connection and I can test for two things at once. I found the O2 analyzer on Craigslist for $15 with another one too. Although I also have two more O2 analyzers in the garage, and already had the BC connection, and one cap. The other cap came with my CO analyzer.

 

[Dive-aholic]

No there is not. And there probably won't be for a while. Many of the divers that will be in the market for a CO analyzer probably already have an O2 analyzer. So there probably won't be a big market for a combined unit. They use different sensors anyway so not sure what the point is. It's easy enough to quickly run through all of your cylinders with a CO analyzer since the CO analyzer doesn't need much gas to register a reading (I've found a few positives and it was quick). An O2 analyzer takes more time. There's not a CO analyzer on the market for less than $200. You won't find a combined one for less than $500 when it is released.

 

[Insta-Gator]

I know nothing about this unit, but for the price conscious, it may meet your needs (note the $50.00 discount)

Cabon Monoxide Scuba Tank Analyzer

 

[Token]

No there is not. And there probably won't be for a while. Many of the divers that will be in the market for a CO analyzer probably already have an O2 analyzer. So there probably won't be a big market for a combined unit. They use different sensors anyway so not sure what the point is. It's easy enough to quickly run through all of your cylinders with a CO analyzer since the CO analyzer doesn't need much gas to register a reading (I've found a few positives and it was quick). An O2 analyzer takes more time. There's not a CO analyzer on the market for less than $200. You won't find a combined one for less than $500 when it is released.

Noted...but I'd be interested in a combined tester, although a $500 price point would be significant deterrent. People who dive in the less reliable faraway places might be tempted to make the investment too.

 

[axop]

Thank you all for your help and input.
anyone any experience with the Ensorcon insta-gator referred to ? Seems to be a great value.

 

[Pullmyfinger]

I'd like to know more about that one also.

 

[Dive-aholic]

Noted...but I'd be interested in a combined tester, although a $500 price point would be significant deterrent. People who dive in the less reliable faraway places might be tempted to make the investment too.

The issue is you won't find a combined unit for less. The sensors and electronics are the costliest items in analyzers and each has its own. So take a $300 O2 analyzer and combine it with a $300 CO analyzer and you might save $100.

 

[Peter_C]

although a $500 price point would be significant deterrent.

I have more than that invested into my CO analyzer alone! Remember you need a test gas to confirm calibration every so often. Mine can also control my compressor in the event it has a high CO reading, which is why I wanted the Nuvair unit.

Other than El Cheapo, most O2 analyzers are around $200. The one I bought for $15 sells for over $400 as it is medical grade...LOL All the sensors are pretty much the same.

 

[DiveNav]

.... The sensors [-]and electronics[/-] are the costliest items in analyzers .......

I fixed it for you.

Alberto (aka eDiver)