Quote: (Originally Posted by
lizardland)
Yeah, it's amazing that we survived this long without a trimix analyser. Whatever have we been doing for the last ten years...
Did the people who told you that most divers have their own happen to be selling them as well?
They usually say they same to new nitrox divers as well. It's 15 years since I did my nitrox cert and I still don't own an analyser.
My local shop has a helium analyser. I must admit I don't feel any more reassured with my gas checked with it as I do with just an analyser.
On the other hand,We dived out of Weymouth and analised a 21/35 fill which we found to be air. I had a 14/65 fill which was 13.5/44 from a diferent source.
Maby you survived without an analisor but another way of looking at it is ignorance is bliss.
With Analisors now available for £250 -300 I think there is no excuse for a dive shop not to have one APART from if they are trying to make a few quid on short helium fills.
No shop ever said to me they dont have a Nitrox analisor because most of us have our own.
ATB
Mark Chase