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Mike, I disagree. I dive argon year `round in the ice-water up here. It never gets warmer than about 42F below 80 feet. If the water were to hit the 50F mark, I wouldn't use argon and would agree with your post. But from experience, I've found that argon does the trick no matter if I'm breathing Nitrox or Trimix anytime your talking below 50. I'm sure age, weight, undersuit has an effect, so this would vary with individuals depending on how warm their engines run... Scott Gudmundsen Vernal, Utah ----- Original Message ----- From: <MMikeodin@ao*.co*> To: <rsilvers@ph*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 1:46 PM Subject: Re: Argon in drysuit -- how much warmer? Argon in an extra bottle makes only sense if you dive mix. As you need an extra gas for suit inflation.IMHO if you dive N2O2 only you won´t need argon. Even when diving mix I ´ld rather take air and eat some more pasta the night before than using argon. The suit should leave enough space to wear an G400 undersuit. Check the undersuit, avoid a too loose fit of the undergarment as this is a major reason for migrating air in you drysuit.If the underwear is too wide bring it to the taylor and alter it to your needs. TLS+G400 should fit in a way that you can move without anyrestricions. If your dives last longer&it´s still cold although eating pasta+G400 it´s still time to think about argon inflation. Mike -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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