gfyrasng
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Just curious if the fundies class teaches the use of nitrox, of if that's supposed to be completed before class begins. I've been thinking of taking a nitrox class later this year, but if it's taught in fundies, I'll hold off.
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Just curious if the fundies class teaches the use of nitrox, of if that's supposed to be completed before class begins. I've been thinking of taking a nitrox class later this year, but if it's taught in fundies, I'll hold off.
It does indeed. My only Nitrox cert is through Fundies. Did exactly what you are thinking about...held off because it didn't make sense to pay for it twice.
Although I will say that the Fundies nitrox instruction is geared towards standard gases, so if you expect to find yourself in a situation where you won't have 32% available and will need to do the calculations by hand (e.g. using tables instead of a computer), it may be worth doing the other classes. 32% seems to be widely available though, and the calculations really aren't that hard.
The reality is that if nitrox is available then 32% will be available. If nitrox (32%) isn't available it will be air.
I don't know of anyone diving 38% recreationally. 28 or 30% are possibilties with non-DIR buddies, although I presume that GUEF would give you the tools to address these circumstances if you chose to do these dives.