Long Bite Mouthpieces?

[buddhasummer]

Not trying to be a smart arse here, but most of the time when this complaint is raised, it was caused by forming the mouthpiece upside down.

All good, that's the first thing I checked. It only does it on one side so I suspect the set up I'm using is pulling on one side.

 

[smorneau]

I keep a Sea Cure on my long hose primary, recently I took a cavern class and switched out the mouth pieces so my instructor did not have to use my sea cure during our many...many..many air shares. I really missed my sea cure at the end of the week of diving. For me it makes a huge difference in the comfort of the mouth after many hours in the water and it stays in without any effort. I trimmed a little off the length on mine!

 

[g1138]

The true benefit of a longbite is you don't have to bite down. The shape and length of the mouthpiece makes it easier to hold the reg in your mouth using a bit of pursed lips and very little teeth clenching. I can hold a Scuba Pro 109 in my mouth without clenching. That's a heavy all-metal first stage btw. Even with the added weight of an angle adapter, I needed very little teeth clenching.

I would purchase a generic $4 longbite mouthpiece made by Trident and see how you like it. If you still need to bite down then perhaps a Sea Cure would benefit you.

 

[buddhasummer]

The true benefit of a longbite is you don't have to bite down. The shape and length of the mouthpiece makes it easier to hold the reg in your mouth using a bit of pursed lips and very little teeth clenching. I can hold a Scuba Pro 109 in my mouth without clenching. That's a heavy all-metal first stage btw. Even with the added weight of an angle adapter, I needed very little teeth clenching.

I would purchase a generic $4 longbite mouthpiece made by Trident and see how you like it. If you still need to bite down then perhaps a Sea Cure would benefit you.

Or if you have teeth missing. I have two back teeth missing and non long bites mouthpieces such as comfobites tend to rotate thorough the gap forcing me to bite down.