Nitrox fills

[jasondbaker]

Joel, he focused on the potential liability of someone using a tank with a nitrox sticker filled with air and thinking that it had nitrox. The person goes out and dives the cylinder and gets bent.

I have my dive computer set permanently to NITROX mode. I adjust the o2% on each dive depending on what is in the cylinder. So even if the cylinder has a nitrox sticker on it I can't just jump in the water and start diving. I have to make note of the contents, plan my dive, and set my computer accordingly. The green nitrox sticker should have no impact on my dive plan. The only thing that matters is the contents label.

It seems like the diving community would be better served by eliminating the big green nitrox sticker. If the tank is o2 cleaned then you can get partial-pressure fills -- otherwise premix (up to 40%). The shops should just put a contents label on each tank after a fill and be done with it. The current "system" is confusing for divers and is not standardized from one shop to the next.