I've seen some failures mentioned, but mainly due to not doing the method properly.
Some who used argon found it a bit suffocating at first when using a flowrate of 25 litres per minute, but felt ok when upping the gas flowrate to 25 litres per minute(15 litres per minute is recommended for Nitrogen, argon is a heavier gas):
I think I need this adapter for my SCUBA setup. If anyone know where I can buy this adapter, please send me a private message! I found it in one place but it's out of stock :( Nevermind. Apparently the site makes you add each item to your cart individually or it won't let you check out...
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Someone else sabatoged their attempt by trying to let in oxygen during the attempt:
New user here - hi everyone! I have been reading on this matter for some time and have been greatly enlightened by the thorough and detailed expositions of the methods found on SS. I am personally compelled by the inert gas method and I am weighing its pros and cons. Other than the cost and...
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Someone failed with Nitrogen and exit bag, and later suspected the cylinder didn't have a high enough purity:
So I have set up the Nitrogen cylinder with exit bag.Today I was trying to attempt but nothing happened to me .My nitrogen was running at 15 litres per minute and the gas was entering the exit bag.There is no leakage and I have set up the system perfectly.I put the exit bag and nothing...
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Want to get this one right because I am apparently incapable of partial :(
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Derek Humphry, who wrote Final Exit, said he heard of no failures from the hundreds of helium exit bag cases he came across:
From:
Addendum to Final Exit 3rd Ed.