Nitrox benefits...

[fins]

I'm curious: A fellow diver once told me that when using Nitrox they don't seem to get drymouth as severely as they do with air. Anyone else experience this difference?

 

[BigJetDriver]

Whay does every one make this so complicated?

The fact is that all else being equal a dive with less nitrogen in the breathing mix will result in less nitrogen uptake. How you use that is up to you...longer bottom times, shorter surface intervals...more dives in a day...or just less N2.

Good question, Mike!

Bottom line: Less filling! Tastes great! Gotta have NITROX! Can't wait!!!

Sorry, couldn't resist that one!

Hope you have have at least some things to be thankful for. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Cheers!

Rob

 

[lamont]

Of course we can say that a diver that takes a bottle of air on his back will load more N2 than with a bottle of Nitrox. Now it's hard to type this all out BUT in my experience and watching and listening to divers. When divers start using Nitrox they change their dive "style" -I do

I must be a mutant. On all the nitrox dives I've done so far I've done profiles that I had been doing on air previously.

 

[MikeFerrara]

Good question, Mike!

Bottom line: Less filling! Tastes great! Gotta have NITROX! Can't wait!!!

Sorry, couldn't resist that one!

Hope you have have at least some things to be thankful for. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Cheers!

Rob

Happy Thanksgiving back at you (and every one else) and I do have many things to be thankful for...and I am.

 

[Saipanman]

When you're dog assed tired after your 4th Grotto dive of the day, and you're at the bottom in your full kit looking up the 104 steps you gotta climb to get back to your car, you're gonna thank the Good Lord that you have a tank of .32 or .36.

 

[UWSojourner]

I feel less tired using Nitrox.

I haven't changed my profiles.

I like the extra safety margin for the same time UW.

It is the start of making you aware of the gas you choose for your dives.

Worth the cert.

 

[StSomewhere]

I am enrolled in the PADI AOW coarse and as one of the electives I have chosen to get Nitrox Cert.

AFAIK, you can do the EAN/Nitrox course concurrently with your AOW, but its not one of the PADI AOW electives (e.g. one of the five adventure series dives). Or did this change recently?

 

[SubMariner]

AFAIK, you can do the EAN/Nitrox course concurrently with your AOW, but its not one of the PADI AOW electives (e.g. one of the five adventure series dives). Or did this change recently?

You can take EANx any time after OW. It can be one of the electives that you choose for Adventures in Diving, or simply to get the Specialty on its own.

 

[PacNWdiver]

What an age old argument.

I got Nitrox certified for two reasons. Because I wanted to do a specific dive on a wreck in the 120 to 130 range and wanted to spend more than just a few miniutes. And, because I wanted to take technical training and it is a pre req.

Warm water, newer diver with a poor to average SAC rate might get some benefit in the 60 to 80 ft range. Cold water, you run into discomfort and low gas long before you realize any benefit (safety or bottom time wise). Cold water in the 100 to 130 range, there is a great benefit but if you are diving in that range in cold water, you probably should have deep diver training and a specific objective in mind (like a wreck).

I totally agree with the "advancing your knowlege" argument (especially NAUI's EANx). I also think the idea of best gas planning suggested is a good one.

 

[SubMariner]

I'm curious: A fellow diver once told me that when using Nitrox they don't seem to get drymouth as severely as they do with air. Anyone else experience this difference?

I've never heard this one. AFAIK more O2 in a mix tends to make mucous membranes dryer than standard air.