Do you test your nitrox?

[vel525]

i always test and do not own a o2 analyzer. every shop i've rented nitrox tanks from actually required me to test it and sign off (which i think is great practice).

 

[soldierboy]

Where can you find an analyzer for $100?

 

[soldierboy]

i analyze when i pick up the tanks at the shop
and then before i use the tanks, and then periodically if i do not use the tanks.

for $100 you can buy an O2 analyzer

pretty cheap for the peace of mind knowing exactly what you're breathing.

dave

Where can you find an analyzer for $100?

 

[SparticleBrane]

It's cool to not analyze your tanks.

 

[Blackwood]

My LDS will hand me one of their sensors, point me to a bottle of air to calibrate and then check the nitrox mix myself. They won't let me leave until *I* check it, document the MOD and sign for it.

...steve...

I can't say I agree with shops that require people to document MOD. After all, some people may decide that 1.6 or more is acceptable for a bottom mix (personally, I shoot for 1.2-1.4, but it really depends), and I imagine arguments would ensue.

That said, it's good practice to require analysis.

 

[lifeisfullofgooddives]

Dont think I would use a shop that would just let me take my tanks without testing them....Plus I just like having the peace of mind, so I always test.

 

[CBulla]

Since I take care of my own fills, you bet I check and double check.

 

[joystershell]

I witness my LDS analyze my tanks. Would never dive a tank without personally ensuring the contents.

 

[nereas]

Do you test every nitrox tank you use, or do you just trust the supplier?

I have my own O2 analyzer, so it is easy for me to do the testing myself.

I test them when I pick them up at the store, and I test them again before the dive. So that comes to twice, per tank.

At the store, I use the store's analyzer. At home, I use my own. That way, my second test becomes a validation of the two analyzers as well.

 

[Buoyant1]

Yep..analyze and sign the log at the LDS, and if someone has an analyzer where we're diving, I just give it a quick check for the heck of it!

In fact last week when I picked up my cylinders one was still getting filled. WHen it was finished, the guy checked it..wrote in the book, then I checked it and signed it off.

Don't be stupid and trust anyone that does your fills...they don't get offended by it! (at least at my LDS)