My Big Bend!!

[Drmike]

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

SO COME ON WHAT WAS IN THE BLOODY SAFE


ATB

Mark Chase

mud.......honest

[Helen F H]

Originally Posted by Drmike

mud.......honest

Yeah. Right.

[DecoWarrior]

hmm its what was in the mud that interests me!

spill the beans then!

[graham_hk]

Dr Mike

I'd recognise that floor anywhere!

I would guess the free ascending person would be the capitan who would've given Nook a bollocking had a beer and then gone back to finish the job

Am I correct?



Graham

[Drmike]

Originally Posted by graham_hk

Dr Mike

I'd recognise that floor anywhere!

I would guess the free ascending person would be the capitan who would've given Nook a bollocking had a beer and then gone back to finish the job

Am I correct?



Graham

Got it in one!

[DrJM]

Originally Posted by el_presidente

has any one got any experience of them typhoon electric vests

This is paradise !!! used Klan heating jacket and was really not convince, the Typhoon is fantastic, even wet it work, I tested it in my (cold) bath on purpose (ok it was also to rinse the inside of my DUI cause peevalve was leaking) and it really help to stay warm. We are running 10-15 hours dive so we use extra 12 V batteries because the original from typhoon only last 1h : ( but you can plug any 12 v battery pack, just find a BRINS wet plug and it will do the job.

Re the DCI and the pain through recompression had the same when they recompress me to -45m (cf http://www.snoopyloop.com/Exped%20Go...ed%202003.html) it was much more hurting and after 10 minutes at -45m it diseapeard ...

PS, agree with US Navy: Argon is bullshit, just another way for the diving industry to make money ... or maybe it's in your head ; - )

[Brian Donaghy]

Originally Posted by Drmike

I read somewhere (again I cant remember where, but Ill try) that one of the Navys did a study and decided no point using Argon and instead use air.

Ill try and find it.

Is this the one you meant?

Originally Posted by DrJM

PS, agree with US Navy: Argon is bullshit, just another way for the diving industry to make money ... or maybe it's in your head ; - )

Are you aware of any dive industry company or person who has made a non-trivial profit from selling argon?

The laws of physics would appear to be in favour of argon, but I'm sure there are many other things you have to get right before it makes a tangible difference. I personally suspect that the moisture content of the gas in the suit is very important and will swamp any difference in suit inflation gas if not controlled (eg leaky suit or sweating before the dive).

[And]

Argon makes an immediate difference to me.

When putting gas in the suit with air it feels warm as the air goes through the fibres of the undersuit, if you know what I mean, but when putting argon in it feels hot, much warmer than air. Just my opinion, and it might just be all in my imagination, but I'm warmer and thats what counts

Andy

[beanie]

Originally Posted by And

Argon makes an immediate difference to me.

When putting gas in the suit with air it feels warm as the air goes through the fibres of the undersuit, if you know what I mean, but when putting argon in it feels hot, much warmer than air. Just my opinion, and it might just be all in my imagination, but I'm warmer and thats what counts

Andy

do you flush your suit with argon prior to the dive ?

[And]

Hi

Sometimes, not always, it just depends on how I've kitted up, whether I remember or not. I don't really get cold at all, but do notice a difference when injecting the different gasses into my drysuit. Its not just me either, Mark has mentioned the same thing. I don't know if it actually makes a difference in core temperature or not, as I have very little gas in my suit, but it seems that when you inject gas into your suit and it passes through the undersuit to the skin, the undersuit must warm the gas. Argon gets significantly warmer than air when doing this.

Andy