Hello All,
Presently I am taking a the TDI Cavern/Adv Nitrox/ Deco Procedure classes. I have not yet decided on Full Cave Cert yet.
My instructor is mildly pushing me to have a bottle dedicated to Oxygen. Yes I can rent one, but his point is you do not want to rent it if you do not need to use it at the end of the dive. In each of my dives, we have been require to have the O2 bottle which we stage at 20 feet.
I only have 1 friend that is Certified at Adv Nitrox/ Deco Procedure equivalent (IANTD) and OW instructor and he insists I do not need Oxygen bottle. His teaching was you only save a few minutes versus a travel bottle at 32% and another at 40 or 50 so you have off gas soon, plus you have gases that can be used deeper in case of emergency.
Are both right, are both wrong or is this a Cave practice versus open water?
Again, I am still eLearning, and need to know the right questions to ask my instructor.
Thanks
Presently I am taking a the TDI Cavern/Adv Nitrox/ Deco Procedure classes. I have not yet decided on Full Cave Cert yet.
My instructor is mildly pushing me to have a bottle dedicated to Oxygen. Yes I can rent one, but his point is you do not want to rent it if you do not need to use it at the end of the dive. In each of my dives, we have been require to have the O2 bottle which we stage at 20 feet.
I only have 1 friend that is Certified at Adv Nitrox/ Deco Procedure equivalent (IANTD) and OW instructor and he insists I do not need Oxygen bottle. His teaching was you only save a few minutes versus a travel bottle at 32% and another at 40 or 50 so you have off gas soon, plus you have gases that can be used deeper in case of emergency.
Are both right, are both wrong or is this a Cave practice versus open water?
Again, I am still eLearning, and need to know the right questions to ask my instructor.
Thanks