bryankwatts
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I'm looking for suggestions on a quality mask that will seal well with a moderately trimmed beard. I'm 2 hours from the nearest dive shop and will have to mostly work from mail order for trying out masks. Thanks.
Question Best Dive Masks for Guys with Beards
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Robert H. Diver
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Hollis M1 works great for me. I’ve heard the posiden black line mask works well with beards as too.
Kendall Raine
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The key is to have silicone to skin contact (i.e. trim). My son has had good luck with a Dive Rite ES150.
Boarderguy
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Mares X-Vision works well for me. I don't trim cheeks or mustache below the nose. Your face shape and how the skirt contours to it makes more difference than a stray hair or two. The other piece to diving with full facial hair is accepting that you'll clear your mask more often than the smooth faced divers.
DiverDean59
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I do not have a beard but I love the mask that I bought from DiversDirect. It has a great seal. It is the TUSA VISIO TRI-EX MASK.
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Smear silicone on your face hair at contact points
Make using a 1/8 full of water mask part of your accepted burden.
Clear mask almost subconsciously.
Or, dive a Mark 1.
Make using a 1/8 full of water mask part of your accepted burden.
Clear mask almost subconsciously.
Or, dive a Mark 1.
gerhardw
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Has anyone tried the Scubapro synergy 2 trufit?
Coquiscuba
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Scubapro solo works for me.
I’ve had good luck with the Atomic Venom. Super soft silicone and the seal under the nose isn’t too wide (works great with a subtle trim). Even if I forget to trim it tends to find a good seal pretty quick.
Barryattle
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I second the Hollis M1. I think my issue was more facial structure, somehow, than mustache/beard (e.g., trimming upper margin of mustache did not stop leaks, nor silicone grease), but after going through about 5 masks, the M1 (recommended by my LDS when I discussed my leak problems) just works for me and rarely leaks, even if I forget to grease the mustache. But it might still be worth the pain to go to a 2 hr. away dive shop with a good variety and try a bunch on. The M1 was not the most comfortable, but it just sealed better than all others when I tried it - and the other masks I had bought in person and not by mail had "seemed" to fit at the time.
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