nitrox downsides

[Still Kicking]

Whenever I see this statement I shake my head because upon deeper analysis it makes no sense when viewed in isolation.

If you're diving a rental tank from an op that also supplies Nitrox, you are incurring a similar risk in that you could very well be diving a tank full of nitrox and are exposed to potentially more danger than getting a nitrox blend that is a bit different from what you expected.

Yet air divers are not trained nor expected to analyze their air tanks.

You make a point but it is an argument for always analyzing your gas, not trusting that the gas is what the provider says it is.

 

[gamon]

You make a point but it is an argument for always analyzing your gas, not trusting that the gas is what the provider says it is.

Yes that is the argument. Anyone who claims you must analyze your nitrox tank is being hypocritical if they don't analyze the contents of their rented air cylinders (if provided by an op or a shop that rents nitrox tanks).

 

[BoltSnap]

I scuba dive more than any of you do, around 2 and a half hours per day150 days a year and my opinion is its just for dumb suckers, wanna be scuba nerds and the like. Just something to sell to the dumb tourists. They will pay for nitrox but won't tip the DM, so it's a way to milk them for more cash.

This is an overwhelmingly gross, unintelligent, incorrect generalization statement to say.

 

[gamon]

This is an overwhelmingly gross, unintelligent, incorrect generalization statement to say.

Your forgot to add "stated by someone who is upset because they don't make enough in tip money to pay their bar tab".

 

[BoltSnap]

Your forgot to add "stated by someone who is upset because they don't make enough in tip money to pay their bar tab".

You are much more diplomatic than I am.

 

[Scuba-guy]

Your forgot to add "stated by someone who is upset because they don't make enough in tip money to pay their bar tab".

I don't scuba dive for a living, I scuba dive because I want to, and I never drink or smoke, that's for the nitrox user. I see the dumbest people use nitrox just to look cool. I scuba dived today, did you?

 

[gamon]

You are much more diplomatic than I am.

LOL I am NOT!

Just more subtle.

 

[Blackcrusader]

I recently had to dive Air for a number of days in remote parts of the Philippines. I would normally always opt for Nitrox when available. The days of diving air left me much more fatigued than when I could get nitrox on other parts of the trip.

I've never noticed the difference even when doing 35 dives in 12 days just on air. Did so last month in Maldives. But then not going out to bars and partying all night and getting a good food intake and sleep seems to work for me.

I like nitrox for the extended NDL on dives though.

 

[gamon]

I don't scuba dive for a living, I scuba dive because I want to, and I never drink or smoke, that's for the nitrox user. I see the dumbest people use nitrox just to look cool. I scuba dived today, did you?

I scuba dived yesterday is that close enough?

And I don't smoke or drink (much) but I dive nitrox even though I already look cool.

 

[gamon]

The days of diving air left me much more fatigued than when I could get nitrox on other parts of the trip.

The placebo effect is strong with this one.