Nitrox Vs Air: Choosing The Best Gas For Your Scuba Diving

Nitrox Vs Air: Choosing The Best Gas For Your Scuba Diving. You've booked your dive. You show up at the dive center to check in. The check in person asks: 'Do you want to dive air or nitrox today?' Well, which should you choose?!

In this video, I'm going over the selection criteria as to whether you should dive Nitrox or Air and which scuba dives are best suited for each breathing medium. I'm also going to talk about extended range and why I don't teach deep air diving.

As always, thanks for watching!

D.S.D.O

James
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Nitrox Vs Air: Choosing The Best Gas For Your Scuba Diving

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[tbowen]

That ending has made me really want a video on trimix

[davidanderson]

I was offered a big price break on my nitrox course, so I took it basically for the heck of it. By the end of the course, I was sold on nitrox and I will _always_ prefer it. As a 'mature' diver [in my 60's] I know I'm at increased risk of DS, and I'm very mindful of the need to limit my Ni exposure...particularly at the end of my dive holiday when I'm flying home.

[lukem]

Thanks for the video James, hope everything is well with the ear problem! We're cheering for ya buddy!

[Bassi]

Thanks for everything you have taught me James, you have no idea how much you have helped me improve and understand <3

[adampilot]

Looking forward to the Trimix clip. Thank you Jamesy.

[AdventuresandLifestyle]

Clear and concise explanation that should help everyone new or old decide which way to go here. Cheers. Hope that lug hole works out good in the end James.

[aralverson]

Love the great points. Hope you're going to be back in the water sooner rather than later.

[DaveMovold]

I did my enriched air course a few months, can't wait to get in the water again. :)

[badafusco]

another great video explaining what most find to be a simple choice, but may not always know WHY it should be a simple choice.

[JonasPeltomaeki]

Long term viewer first time comment!
First of, great content, James! So much of my diving has improved from small and large tips from you, and all the recommendations on listening to myself and choosing the stuff that is right for me has helped greatly.
Regarding Trimix, i'm somewhat aware that Helium is a gas with a finite supply, and it is also used by hospitals for treatment. so i am conscious of us using it recreationally. I am keen on doing tech dives in the future but i am also aware of the prices going up.

[jamesaurich]

Hi James. Great segment. I agree with you 100 %. The only time I dive air is in pool sessions. As an older diver I need less narcotics entering my body. Keep up the great info.

[davewollenschlager]

James, I new to the channel and diving. First let me say thank you for all of your videos! I am getting my certification next month and will get the Nitrox training as well.

[chriskate]

I like your videos James, really informative and correct to.
I mix my own nitrox at home which is super handy and brings the cost way down

[calkelpdiver]

Good explanation of the differences in pro's and con's of EAN vs. regular compressed air. EAN started in use in recreational diving back in the mid/late 90's and at that time there was a lot of confusion around it. Also, finding a qualified shop that could do EAN mixes correctly were hard to find. You also had to have your regulator rig "oxygen cleaned" which typically meant another setup to carry around. And your dive computer had to be capable of handing the EAN mixes and calculate things accordingly.

Today EAN is pretty dominant and common for divers to use. And I'll probably get EAN trained when I can find time/money to get back into diving. I was a PADI instructor during the 90's and enjoyed it a lot. Lived in SoCal and dived every weekend, beach or boat, with proper weather. Now being landlocked for so long I know I've got a lot of retraining to do.

But again James, I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good job.

[christiansvendsenengholm]

We are going on a Liveaboard this summer in Egypt - Red Sea, and im SO thrilled that we invested the time and money in EAN40+ certification and training ahead of that. Thanks for another great, easy to understand and share video James. Great channel - great communication and training. Keep it up. PS - diving the ocean in Denmark this weekend, water 2 degrees, icy and air 6 degrees C.

[GallivantingSA.Camping]

Love Nitrox! I use it on every dive if it’s available - I know there is no specific scientific proof, but I feel so much better on Nitrox. More bottom time, less surface interval and feeling better after the dive makes Nitrox the winner every time!

[johnrand]

Welcome Back ! Hope the ear is better. Cheers.

[jesspeoples]

I got Nitrox certified two years ago and I love it.

[MikeR_DiveR]

Are you able to get back in the water yet James? Hope things are going well with your ear. I just completed the TDI advanced nitrox and had the opportunity to carry a 55% mix, a 50%, and a 47% over the weekend (and again yesterday). Amazing to see the NDL get back to >99 on the shallower depths after closing in on deco at 100 feet. Deco procedures class is next, do a couple more practice dives, and then hit the Spiegel. Safe diving!

[seanwoodburn]

There you go saving lives AND making diving more fun again...