Jay
Need to dive more!
...Just your general subjective feeling. Please assume same similar dive profiles and times - nothing too scientific.
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Superstition.
You get to do more dives/day without increased tissue saturation. That's really all it is.
Do people, including myself, think it makes us feel better? At first yes, eventually, no difference other than tissue saturation and surface time. When ya do the math that's what the NITROX is all about, right.
Superstition.
You get to do more dives/day without increased tissue saturation. That's really all it is.
Do people, including myself, think it makes us feel better? At first yes, eventually, no difference other than tissue saturation and surface time. When ya do the math that's what the NITROX is all about, right.
I'm probably older, I DO dive Nitrox, and I DO feel less tired after a series of dives...not a one or two dive day, but a series like in Bonaire or on a liveaboard. My SAC rate is low enough that Nitrox clearly extends my bottom time, but if I dive to the NDL then the "less tired" effect is less pronounced...so if I did a really short air dive it might be the same not-as-tired effect as a normal length Nitrox dive. I dive with a number of older divers....and many DO feel the less-tired effect. I see no reason to denigrate someone's personal experience as a "sea story" just because you haven't felt the same thing.I'm old, I don't dive nitrox, it doesn't make me feel any different than air. My sac rate is high enough especially below 30FSW nitrox does not extend my BT. I don't see any evidence it makes a difference for older divers. Just another sea story, IMO