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Scuba Forum / General / October 2007Nitrox Online Update
My Nitrox card came today. Total cost was $60 course+$10 notary + $14 shipping by FedEx=$84. The convenience of doing it on my own time was nice, and all the reference materials can be stored on your drive for reference. Overall I can recommend it. I'm planning to buy my own oxygen analyzer: either the OxyCheq Expedition or the Analox. Adam > My Nitrox card came today. Total cost was $60 course+$10 notary + $14 > shipping by FedEx=$84. The convenience of doing it on my own time was [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Adam Still waiting for mine -- I think we took the same course. They asked for a physical address; I guess they don't ship USPS. I thought the course was good, too. Since I purchased some other course materials at my LDS I have a book and plastic tables. The tables on the Web site are better, however. Sheldon >Still waiting for mine -- I think we took the same course. They asked for a >physical address; I guess they don't ship USPS. I thought the course was >good, too. Since I purchased some other course materials at my LDS I have a >book and plastic tables. The tables on the Web site are better, however. Would you have an URL for that website? I want to check these tables out.. Thx. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold >>Still waiting for mine -- I think we took the same course. They asked for a >>physical address; I guess they don't ship USPS. I thought the course was [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Arnold The web site is: http://www.onlinenitroxlessons.com/ but I don't think they've made their online tables public. They're available as pdf files and you access them with the user name and password after you register for the course. You can always ask them though. They're nice because you can store them on you laptop when you travel and can always print them out at will. Adam > My Nitrox card came today. Total cost was $60 course+$10 notary + $14 shipping by > FedEx=$84. The convenience of doing it on my own time was nice, and all the reference [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Adam Don't be too quick. I've never seen a fill station that did not have a couple of analyzers laying around. Use theirs, it's already in the fill price. esg >> My Nitrox card came today. Total cost was $60 course+$10 notary + $14 shipping by >> FedEx=$84. The convenience of doing it on my own time was nice, and all the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > esg Sounds like good advice. I may get one just to have another gadget. >> My Nitrox card came today. Total cost was $60 course+$10 notary + $14 >> shipping by FedEx=$84. The convenience of doing it on my own time was [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> I'm planning to buy my own oxygen analyzer: either the OxyCheq Expedition >> or the Analox. > Don't be too quick. I've never seen a fill station that did not have a > couple of analyzers laying around. Use theirs, it's already in the fill > price. If all I ever did was "average" dives, I'd recommend the same. That's not the case for me. I often get custom fills, right at the edge or even a tad over, the mod for the planned dive. It's also not unusual for me to dive enough in a short period to make decompression issues significant. For this kind of diving, I want to know what's in my tanks. On liveaboard trips, at least on my spearfishing trips, independent verification of your fill, without a personally owned analyzer, are not always possible. The boat I use most often, has an in line Analox, but no hand held unit for customer use. They had the in line unit when they filled my tanks with air rather than 32%. It read 32% because it was in line for the membrane system, not the source that was used. Without my own analyzer, I still would not know why I was bent and could not have avoided it in the future. Three times, now, I've gone into Brownies Southport, and found that one of their analyzers had a weak battery and was giving bad readings. At least once, I went in and all of them were giving bad readings. It's not to have independent confirmation. On occasion, I've had problems at Fill Express as well, but never with more than one of their analyzers. At Fill Express, it's usually easy to know there's a problem. They're good enough that the mix is expected to come out spot on or very close every time. When it doesn't I start looking for a problem with my test before I suspect a problem with their fill. So far, it's been the test, not the fill, something I could confirm with my own analyzer. I think most divers can do quite well without a personally owned analyzer. I first bought mine because I'm a gadget freak. I love technical toys. It wasn't until years later that my diving reached a point where I actually thought a personal analyzer was important. It all depends on the diving you do and how important it is to know exactly what you're breathing. It's not always important to all divers. Lee > On liveaboard trips, at least on my spearfishing trips, independent > verification of your fill, without a personally owned analyzer, are not [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I still would not know why I was bent and could not have avoided it in the > future. I've never been on a liveaboard that didn't have an analyzer available. They require you to analyze and log your fills. I have my own, but only bring it to places where they might not have one - for instance, dive ops in places like Cozumel or Hawaii that don't pump their own nitrox, but get it from a central source. It also came in handy during DWG II when I had left tanks to be filled and picked them up right as the shop was closing. At that point, I probably could have demanded to analyze them on the spot and make the guy stay open a little longer, but he seemed to be in a hurry and I had brought my own. Good thing I wasn't lazy, since he had mislabeled the contents and Janna would have been breathing 35% at 140 feet. |
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