Mask and snorkel advice

[spectrum]

Hawktunes,

My most complete answer regarding you new mash can be read here.

In the vast majority of cases having a decent snorkel is very much to your advantage and even moreso as you get started. One with a top shield is noce when waves may break over you but a supurb dry model is porbably overkill.

Pete

 

[fjpatrum]

I didn't mention "fit" because hopefully anyone with an O/W card has been told that. If not, the instructors are worse then even I feared.

Course the funny thing is many LDS tend to only carry the $80 masks from TUSA, ScubaPro et al. At this point the "fit" argument becomes more of a selling tactic. In other words, buy from me so you can try it on.

I've bought masks online and had no problems with fit. Or the $20 price.

That's a very good point. I don't think I've ever tried on a mask that fit so poorly I couldn't dive with it. I think shops (and I'm guilty of it too, even in my post above) make far too big an issue of this.

It's really not difficult to clear a mask, after all. Certainly clearing a few times per dive rather than once isn't worth the difference of $30-$100 in price for me. I have yet to pay over $15 for any mask I've bought and I have about 6 of them, I think. Every single one of them fits me and no two are from the same manufacturer.

 

[Shftrdog]

Atomic, Oceanic, TUSA, and Cressi all make great gear. Here is a link to a lot of differnt masks.

Masks Oceanic, Cressi, TUSA, Pelican, Underwater Kinetics, StahlSac, BARE, SeaLife, Sea & Sea, Sea Doo, Syderco, Aqua Lung, Scuba Pro, Atomic, UK Lights, Pelican Boxes, Pelican Lights