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> I have use both the Teledyne and the Miniox 1.  I bought a Miniox 1.
> If you are going to buy a Oxygen analyzer make sure it will analyze down
> to one tenth of a percent or greater.  eg.,  20.9, 32.5, or 79.7 ...etc.
> Some on the analyzers on the market will only show whole numbers,
> eg., 21, 32, or 79 ...etc.  I know one of the models of teledyne will only
> show whole numbers.

Methinks that this is one of those accuracy vs. precision things.  What 
good is it to have a reading that shows you precision to one tenth of a 
percent, when the accuracy is at *best* +/- 1 percent, and is probably 
(depending on sensor type and calibration protocol) much lower accuracy.  
Even if the analyzer was accurate enough to warrant that level of 
precision, how useful is it to have that level of information when the 
human body is such a chaotic system (i.e., our physiology is not that 
precise)?

Sorry Gary, this is not a flame directed at you.  It's a gripe I have 
with the way a lot of people place too much faith in precise numbers.

Aloha,
Rich

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