Darcey
Contributor
I know that the topic of mask removal problems has been discussed time and time again and is like beating a dead horse...but I would like to throw this question out there as I have never seen it in any other mask removal related topics.
Long story short...I had a heck of a time with the mask flood and clear and removal skills. I don't know why...especially because I'm a lifeguard of 10 years and water in my eyes and nose doesn't bother me. For some reason the mask flood and removal skills tried to drown me multiple times because I'd get my mask either filled or off and would snort water through my nose while breathing thorugh my regulator. No, I don't have a problem with breathing in or out through my nose because my mask doesn't have bad leaking issues and I can sit in my hot tub or friends pool without a mask and only my snorkel and be just fine...but the minute I got that reg in my mouth all hell would break loose and I was snorting water like a cocaine addict snorts lines.:doh2:
My recent "no s**t Sherlock" observation: Rental regulators are like a box of chocolate. You never know what you're going to get.
My LDS takes poor care of their regs and I've had many problems with them from them breathing too hard to blown O rings. I'm more than done with rental regs and since the thought of going to Belize and fighting with a rental for a week (and ever having to use a rental reg again for that matter) gives me nightmares I bought my own regulator yesterday. I got a Scubapro MK25/S600 and when the dive shop owner had me try it out I was in shock. Breathing through my new reg was like breathing on land without one...unlike all of the rental regs I've ever used. Breathing through a rental reg on land is like sucking air through a French horn. Trust me, I play the French horn. It's hard and there's a lot of resistance.
My point and question: Could the poor air flow/hard resistance from the rentals have caused me to suck just enough air through my nose at the same time that I was snorting water?
I'm heading to the pool next Wednesday to take my new regulator for a spin before I leave for Belize that following Sunday and I'm anxious to do the mask removal drill and see if I try to drown myself as usual. I sure hope not because I'm starting rescue diver after I get back from Belize and need to have this mastered without snorting water!
Long story short...I had a heck of a time with the mask flood and clear and removal skills. I don't know why...especially because I'm a lifeguard of 10 years and water in my eyes and nose doesn't bother me. For some reason the mask flood and removal skills tried to drown me multiple times because I'd get my mask either filled or off and would snort water through my nose while breathing thorugh my regulator. No, I don't have a problem with breathing in or out through my nose because my mask doesn't have bad leaking issues and I can sit in my hot tub or friends pool without a mask and only my snorkel and be just fine...but the minute I got that reg in my mouth all hell would break loose and I was snorting water like a cocaine addict snorts lines.:doh2:
My recent "no s**t Sherlock" observation: Rental regulators are like a box of chocolate. You never know what you're going to get.
My LDS takes poor care of their regs and I've had many problems with them from them breathing too hard to blown O rings. I'm more than done with rental regs and since the thought of going to Belize and fighting with a rental for a week (and ever having to use a rental reg again for that matter) gives me nightmares I bought my own regulator yesterday. I got a Scubapro MK25/S600 and when the dive shop owner had me try it out I was in shock. Breathing through my new reg was like breathing on land without one...unlike all of the rental regs I've ever used. Breathing through a rental reg on land is like sucking air through a French horn. Trust me, I play the French horn. It's hard and there's a lot of resistance.
My point and question: Could the poor air flow/hard resistance from the rentals have caused me to suck just enough air through my nose at the same time that I was snorting water?
I'm heading to the pool next Wednesday to take my new regulator for a spin before I leave for Belize that following Sunday and I'm anxious to do the mask removal drill and see if I try to drown myself as usual. I sure hope not because I'm starting rescue diver after I get back from Belize and need to have this mastered without snorting water!
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