Learning about decompression diving during covid-19

[BlueTrin]

They require dives witch is not possible right now,
not sure I want to pay for a course I’m not sure I can complete for a while.

What would the PADI equivalent be of these ?

Can you just buy the manuals for now ?

 

[Marie13]

Can you just buy the manuals for now ?

You can get the TDI manuals from DGX. The PADI tec manual is a PDF. I don't believe you can get that by itself like you can with the TDI manuals.

 

[Protondecay123]

Maybe a bit of heresy on my part, but "Deep into Deco" by Asser Salama is also a very good, concise read https://www.amazon.ca/Deep-Into-Dec...keywords=Deep+into+Deco&qid=1586651999&sr=8-1 . I'm not sure why these Deco books are so much more expensive in Canada than the USA.

 

[FinnMom]

I've read mine 4-5 times and all pages are still firmly attached to the spine. So you got a bum copy.

I've had bum copies of a couple books. Contact the seller: you will usually get a new copy for free, or store credit towards a different book if yours is readable but seriously flawed.

 

[Dark Wolf]

You can get the TDI manuals from DGX. The PADI tec manual is a PDF. I don't believe you can get that by itself like you can with the TDI manuals.

I am sure that it depends on the instructor. With that being said, I was told that if you had the PADI Tec Deep book that it could be used for the courses.

DW

 

[Mike1967]

If you were interested in doing Helitrox along with AN/DP, you would also get the Extended Range/Trimix manual.

There's no additional online theory for Helitrox when doing it with AN/DP yeah?

 

[Marie13]

There's no additional online theory for Helitrox when doing it with AN/DP yeah?

Extended Range/Trimix are one printed manual and that's what you use for Helitrox. While there is eLearning for Extended Range and Trimix separately, there's nothing specific for Helitrox. An instructor would have to advise if you would use the Trimix eLearning for Helitrox.

My instructor prefers the books and in-person/online lecture time.

 

[Mike1967]

Thanks @Marie13 my instructor just msged me and he's sending the manual out tomorrow

My instructor prefers the books and in-person/online lecture time.

Personally I'd prefer eLearning, and wouldn't mined paying extra for it, but book it is.
Cheers

 

[Mike1967]

Copyright page on mine (2019 copy) says
First Published 2008
Reprinted 2009, 2013
Second Edition 2014
Reprinted 2016, 2019

Does anything change with a "Reprint"? As in are all the Second Editions the same?

 

[Marie13]

Does anything change with a "Reprint"? As in are all the Second Editions the same?

A reprint is just that - a reprint.