Solo Kit setup: the required, redundant, optional, and hell-no items

[happy-diver]

Do concur....to each their own.....

Yes everyone is entitled to air their own opinion in public unless it is wrong or stupid!

 

[Wallowa]

Yes everyone is entitled to air their own opinion in public unless it is wrong or stupid!

Not so...who is appointed the King and dictates what will work for all? Sure all decisions are gradations of possible solutions, but too often the freedom of choice is stifled but those wishing to be first among equals. Just my opinion......

 

[happy-diver]

Then king ye shall be

The hydrostatic drag at the water/air surface interface creates more resistance but that is exactly why a snorkel is needed and used....without a snorkel for a surface swim you are pushing a lot of water as you swim and also you are subject to any wind which also increases drag...speaking for "gear design" ......sidemounts [dangling bottles], extra regs and long hoses create a lot more drag.... why they are touted as 'streamline' escapes me...

Look, UW egress is best in terms of energy but if a surface swim is required swimming with upper body and head out of water takes a lot more effort than head down and horizontal when swimming with a snorkel...

and there be your doctrine

 

[Wallowa]

Then king ye shall be



and there be your doctrine

Really? Relating my opinions, observations and experiences is not dictating what anyone should do...if you adjudge my opinions and view points as wrong or stupid that is your purview ...go for it. I do not care to joust with you.

 

[happy-diver]

and adjust you dive count mate it's not possible to have done so much surface swimming that's like to the moon
and back

 

[Wallowa]

and adjust you dive count mate it's not possible to have done so much surface swimming that's like to the moon
and back

Diving for 70 years....you do the math...

 

[Waterwulf]

It's not Doctrine. It's common sense. if you have to swim on the surface while carrying all of your gear, a snorkel can be the difference between getting there and getting drowned. If you don't want to carry one, then don't but it's wrong to dog on somebody who does carry one just because you don't like it. I took my first underwater breath in about 1969 and have carried a snorkel ever since. I can honestly say that it has saved my life at least once for sure. People who appoint themselves the Grand Master of All Opinions And Everything That Matters are usually usually mostly wrong about everything.