Marty Bess
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Can I ask those who dive nitrox if they set their computers to 1.6 or 1.4 and if it's just a normal dive the air mixture to 32 or go higher?
Nitrox 1.6 or 1.4
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Scubagermany
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If I dive EAN I set it to 1.4 max...
Ditto. I reserve 1.6 for non-moving deco, if on a deco dive.
Ancient Veo's, 200's and 250's.
I am curious about the responses.
When i dived nitrox i never came anywhere near the limits.
Most advanced divers i have encountered only come close to these limits during their shallowest deco stops.
If we are only talking about the alarm setting then i would assume 1.4 would make sense. Why set an alarm to your max limit? An alarm should alert you to the fact you are approaching a limit.
For me, just for example, if my depth limit was 100 feet on a dive, i wouldnt set my alarm for 100 feet. I would set it to 90 or 95 feet. But thats just me.
When i dived nitrox i never came anywhere near the limits.
Most advanced divers i have encountered only come close to these limits during their shallowest deco stops.
If we are only talking about the alarm setting then i would assume 1.4 would make sense. Why set an alarm to your max limit? An alarm should alert you to the fact you are approaching a limit.
For me, just for example, if my depth limit was 100 feet on a dive, i wouldnt set my alarm for 100 feet. I would set it to 90 or 95 feet. But thats just me.
So everybody could have the pleasure of knowing when you were approaching your limit.
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