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On an upcoming trip I plan on bringing a plain jane and a Nitrox tank.
Assuming worst case scenario, fill stations will ALL be doing partial
pressure fills. So, without renting a tank, that leaves me with one tank
of eanx, and one tank of air.

Question: Is it more desirable to make the Nitrox (assuming adherence to
applicable MOD/EAD/OxTox limits) dive first, minimizing N2 loading up
front, followed by a shallower dive on air, (correctly crossing to air
tables for the repetitive dive) OR should I do the air dive first, on
air tables, crossing to the Nitrox tables for the second dive?

I seem to remember a thread wherein the various Jasons argued back and
forth about the advantages/disadvantages of up-front loading, etc. And I
thought this would make for some interesting discussion. When I get home
to my tables, I'm gonna work up some profiles from both angles, just to
see what happens.....

Cheers,

Drew
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