Anybody wear their mask INSIDE their hood?

[FireDiver443]

If I'm wearing my hood, the mask strap goes under it. Might have gotten the idea from the same anecdote.

See you down there.

John

 

[johnny_bravo]

When cold and dark...YES.

Cheers.

-J.-

 

[Randy43068]

Someone mentioned a spare mask.. We were trained to carry a spare, and I sure would on any dive with any degree of challenge or risk. Just kicking around the quarry or diving a reef with a shorty, I would not.
Diving the St. Lawrence I usually carry a spare just because I don't want to blow the dive for loosing a mask.

 

[Hillmorton Scubie]

On a recent holiday I borrowed someone elses wetsuit-It was too big but hey no problem. It had an attached hood,but it was warm enough not to need it up. (I only dive warm water) The bloody thing kept collecting my bubbles and messing up my bouyancy-I would keep squeezing the bubbles out-I even turned it inside out but it still collected them . Eventually I got sick of this and pulled up the hood pulling off my mask by accident at the same time-salt water went straight up my nose causing a coughing fit When I had got the mask on again over the hood it persisted on leaking where the hood went under the mask strap. To cap a great dive I missed seeing the huge eagle ray that everyone else saw.

 

[snepdiver]

Strap under hood for me too. I have tried it both ways and like it under better.

 

[Thalassamania]

All of my dry suits are set up with a latex yoke that goes over a plastic “dog collar” that holds a disposable neck seal and a dry latex hood, so I can’t wear my mask when diving dry, but wet is another story.

 

[sharkattack]

I do not put my strap under my hood but I do carry a spare

 

[String]

I tried it under hood and didnt like it. The hood squeezing on the clips/strap made it uncomfortable and it also held the hood a bit away from my head so a lot more flushing and noticable colder.

 

[Ice9]

I do. I just find it more easily managed that way...

 

[ClayJar]

With the strap under my hood, my mask kept flooding when I turned my head too far to either side. It annoyed me enough that I swapped it around to the outside mid-dive.

I can't help but wonder if a "mask leash" would be useful in case you end up working for the Chuck Norris Dive Institute. (Something like a bit of bungee attaching the back of the strap to a necklace, perhaps?)