Should I wear a snorkel or not

[BoltSnap]

Are my issues with deploying a long hose safely with a snorkel tube sticking up over my head a problem caused by my lack of skills? Because that's what I read from your recent posts, but you seem to refuse to answer clearly when I try to clarify your position.

Did you try it and practice it to get over your problems with it? Learning and being able to do it without issues is a matter of practice and improving your skill doing it. It wasn't/isn't a big deal for me to be able to do it without issues. Complaining about not being able to do it without putting the time to do it properly and perfecting your technique is just like people who complain about it with regular hose who confuse the snorkel with their BC inflator hose. Perhaps have somebody make a video of you doing it for you to find out where you are doing wrong to correct your posture and technique.

 

[Edward3c]

Did you try it and practice it to get over your problems with it? Learning and being able to do it without issues is a matter of practice and improving your skill doing it. It wasn't/isn't a big issue for me to be able to do it without issues. Complaining about not being to do it without putting the time to do it properly and perfecting your technique is just like people who complain about it with regular hose who confuse the snorkel with their BC inflator hose. Perhaps have somebody make a video of you doing it for you to find out where you are doing wrong to correct your posture and technique.

Why are you so insistent that everyone has a snorkel attached. Yes I ware one all the time, but I don’t tell others how to configure kit - long hose or not. The exception is when training as, in BSAC’s core syllabus, secondary take or donate is taught.

 

[Joneill]

I hated wearing a snorkel. Pulled at my mask and was just flopping all over. I think I only wore it once or twice after OW. My diving doesn’t really require it.

Same here and for the same reasons - I stopped wearing it after my 1st year of diving and have not worn one since - nor have I seen the need for one in my diving. If I do find a situation where it would be handy, I'll just carry the foldable I bought.

 

[BoltSnap]

Why are you so insistent that everyone has a snorkel attached. Yes I ware one all the time, but I don’t tell others how to configure kit - long hose or not. The exception is when training as, in BSAC’s core syllabus, secondary take or donate is taught.

I have never insisted that everyone should have a snorkel attached at all. I am rejecting some of the very false excuses that some people put out for justifying not wearing snorkel that are misleading and convey the wrong reason for not wearing one. One can simply say that they hate it or don't like it and it will be more acceptable than to come up with false and misleading excuses for not having one on while diving. We are in the "New Divers and Those Considering Diving" forum that is directed towards the very new divers and those that are contemplating taking up diving and who lack solid knowledge and understanding of diving and will make the wrong decisions based on false and wrong information. We have to be careful withe these impressionable divers and how the information is formulated as not to spread false information.

 

[Julius SCHMIDT]

I can't breathe without my snorkel but those that lost and tossed these over the years obviously could

Big business making snorkels compulsory to sell snorkels
to those "New Divers and Those Considering Diving"

 

[Graeme Fraser]

I can't breathe without my snorkel but those that lost and tossed these over the years obviously could

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Big business making snorkels compulsory to sell snorkels
to those "New Divers and Those Considering Diving"

Ouch! That's gonna hurt losing the Atomics SV2 snorkel in your photo (front left bonnet with blue flashes). That bad boy will set you back over $70, I kid you not!

 

[Julius SCHMIDT]

I just checked, they're $100 here, I've left more snorkels than I've collected, how do you like Shaun the Sheep

 

[Graeme Fraser]

I just checked, they're $100 here, I've left more snorkels than I've collected, how do you like Shaun the Sheep

$100 !!!. That's a bargain... I'll take two.

Wondered what you were talking about, until I zoomed in to the bonnet badge. Classic. Hmm, I could really do with a nice cup of tea and piece of Wensleydale now

 

[Divin'Papaw]

I have never insisted that everyone should have a snorkel attached at all. I am rejecting some of the very false excuses that some people put out for justifying not wearing snorkel that are misleading and convey the wrong reason for not wearing one. One can simply say that they hate it or don't like it and it will be more acceptable than to come up with false and misleading excuses for not having one on while diving. We are in the "New Divers and Those Considering Diving" forum that is directed towards the very new divers and those that are contemplating taking up diving and who lack solid knowledge and understanding of diving and will make the wrong decisions based on false and wrong information. We have to be careful withe these impressionable divers and how the information is formulated as not to spread false information.

Did you try it and practice it to get over your problems with it? Learning and being able to do it without issues is a matter of practice and improving your skill doing it. It wasn't/isn't a big deal for me to be able to do it without issues. Complaining about not being able to do it without putting the time to do it properly and perfecting your technique is just like people who complain about it with regular hose who confuse the snorkel with their BC inflator hose. Perhaps have somebody make a video of you doing it for you to find out where you are doing wrong to correct your posture and technique.

I guess we should all just come to you for proper training and our Snorkel Diver card and all will be right with the world. Obviously none of the other TENS OF THOUSANDS of scuba instructors are teaching us properly.

Is it really that hard to grasp that MANY of us have chosen to ditch a piece of nonessential equipment vs. "practicing" and "learning" how to "properly" work around said nonessential equipment?

I couldn't care less if you want to dive with a snorkel. Dive with two for redundancy even. Good for you. I have no issues with that nor will I judge you for it. But to argue that most of us who ditched our snorkels did so because we never "learned" how to properly use one or we just haven't "practiced" long enough is just silly.

 

[Storker]

Did you try it and practice it to get over your problems with it?

I never said I had problems with it. I have issues with it. Specifically, the increased risk of snagging my hose on it when I'm deploying my reg to an OOG buddy. In a situation like that, I prefer to minimize the risk of any screw-up as much as practically possible.

In other news, I see that you persist in refusing to answer - or at least dodging - a direct question.