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I'd like to find out about the effects of Argon use for dry suit 
inflation.   Also, I'd like to hear from people about their use of and or 
feelings about Argon.

I was doing some technical deep air training with my local technical dive
instructors this weekend, and for these dives, we were using Argon for
suit inflation.  The divers I dive with are certified Tri-Mix divers, and
routinely do their mix dives in the colder waters of the Puget Sound (40
degrees).  Recently, they introduced Argon to their store, and we pretty
much were testing it out this weekend on our deep air dives.  All I can
say is that I am very much impressed at the thermal properties of Argon. 
I can't even describe to you people, who have never used Argon, on how much
warmer one is while using it.  It is really that much warmer.  It is very
noticeable (even on the surface) and I was very impressed at it's warmth. 

I also asked several people yesterday on what the likelyhood of getting 
the skin bends were from Argon.  Nobody knew anything for sure.  Matter 
of fact, the general concensus was that DAN was looking for this kind of 
information because they do not know either.  Would anyone like to share 
some insite on to what may or may not be happening when divers use Argon 
for their suite inflation?  Anyone have any facts/statistics/ and/or stories?

Thanks!

Michael Parker

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