I’m looking at getting enriched air for a upcoming trip. It looks like Ssi can all be done online while padi cannot, is this correct? Any reason to not do Ssi? If it matters I am padi advanced open water certified.
Ssi vs padi enriched air course
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I think a lot of people learn a lot in these classes. I can learn quite a bit in a half day of learning. Why are you assuming that people do it for a plastic card? I am sure some do, but it is a dangerous generalization. BTW, out of all the cards, in my experience, Nitrox is the one that gets asked for more consistently.
Which do you prefer?
Nitrox, at the basic recreational level, isn't particularly difficult nor taxing hence the lukewarm response here. Not even sure there's any in-water time.
There's some bookwork to learn the principles -- e-learning, PDF or printed paper -- and some practical such as measuring your gas oxygen levels.
If you're PADI then do the PADI course as it may count to your 5 star "I've done 5 speciality courses" badge if you care for that kind of thing. If SSI's cheaper, do that.
Interesting. Where is your jpg from? What I posted is from the SSI "MySSI" website, as the curent standards. I pulled out the relevant standards from the full publication. my.DiveSSI.com
Some instructors are still old school and don’t like eLearning. I’ve seen multiple instructors here post that they like eLearning as it makes sure students have done their bookwork before class review session. Can’t be so sure of that with an in person class. Plus the instructors can see what students may have had issues with and can focus on those bits.
Regardless of eLearning or fully in person, there still has to be a hands on session for learning to analyze your tanks. That has to be done in person. I’ve seen people who can’t figure out the right end of an analyzer. That in person analyzing how to session is absolutely necessary.
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That's pretty much it. Unlike most other specialties, there aren't really any dive related skills with the EAN course. The differences in the dive are primarily in the planning phase. Either consulting a table, or changing a setting in a computer. Calculating MOD can be done on-line or in person, and I don't really see an advantage either way. Other than some people learn better one way or the other.
I took EAN in person, but that was back in 2003 or so. IIRC, e-learning for Scuba specialties wasn't really a thing then.
If I were to take it today, I think I would prefer to do it online. Not from a learning perspective, but some of the other students were downright frightening. A good portion of the class was taken up by the instructor answering questions of a few of the students that had nothing to do with EAN. They were basic elements of OW, and I couldn't understand how someone could have an OW cert without understanding these concepts.
My goodness. I just looked at the website of two local SSI shops. They both say:
Have you ever dreamed of having longer no-decompression limits to take pictures or explore a wreck? Did you ever want to be safer while diving concerning the potential risk of decompression sickness?
Nitrox is the key. Due to the reduced fraction of nitrogen in your breathing gas, your body will have less work and the desaturation times will be reduced.
Whoa! I marked part of that in red.....not sure I want these guys teaching Nitrox at any percentage! Since they posted identical info, I assume that is boiler plate from SSI. Thumbs down.
What is SSI thinking? Have they discovered some new physiology?
SSI Instructor here.... SSI requires one class session in addition to the online learning module. Of course the class session reviews the online material and ensures an understanding of the online work and there is a practical portion where we teach how to use at least two types of analyzers.
For what it's worth, my shop's wording for the class is, "Learn about the advantages of Nitrox, how to use the Nitrox dive tables to allow you to have shorter surface intervals because of the reduced fraction of nitrogen in your breathing gas."
For what it's worth, my shop's wording for the class is, "Learn about the advantages of Nitrox, how to use the Nitrox dive tables to allow you to have shorter surface intervals because of the reduced fraction of nitrogen in your breathing gas."
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