Now that I've started diving with trimix, I am debating whether to buy a Tx analyzer, or just depend on whatever shop I get a Tx fill from to have an analyzer.
The problem I foresee is that I regularly get my tanks filled with a specific mix and then, for dives after that, often just get them topped up with air over and over until the next time I need a specific mix, or the mix gets too lean for my liking.
I can easily see getting a Tx fill here at home, then going on a trip and getting my next fill as an air (or Nitrox) top-up at a shop that doesn't offer He and doesn't have a trimix analyzer.
So, the real question is, if I buy a Tx analyzer, is there any reason to keep my Analox O2 analyzer? Is there a reason not to just use the Tx analyzer all the time, for any gas I'm analyzing?
The He analysis in a Tx analyzer does not have a sensor that has to be replaced periodically, right? It's only the O2 analysis that has a sensor that has to be replaced periodically, right? So, by just going with the Tx analyzer, I would have 1 less O2 sensor to replace every so often. But, no downside in terms of "wear" on the He analyzer section by using it frequently for Nitrox analysis, right?
The problem I foresee is that I regularly get my tanks filled with a specific mix and then, for dives after that, often just get them topped up with air over and over until the next time I need a specific mix, or the mix gets too lean for my liking.
I can easily see getting a Tx fill here at home, then going on a trip and getting my next fill as an air (or Nitrox) top-up at a shop that doesn't offer He and doesn't have a trimix analyzer.
So, the real question is, if I buy a Tx analyzer, is there any reason to keep my Analox O2 analyzer? Is there a reason not to just use the Tx analyzer all the time, for any gas I'm analyzing?
The He analysis in a Tx analyzer does not have a sensor that has to be replaced periodically, right? It's only the O2 analysis that has a sensor that has to be replaced periodically, right? So, by just going with the Tx analyzer, I would have 1 less O2 sensor to replace every so often. But, no downside in terms of "wear" on the He analyzer section by using it frequently for Nitrox analysis, right?