woodcarver
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Wondered about the size. The pics make it look like the exhaust valve is very big.
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That’s always been a slap in the face to me when people say they don’t like the look of dive equipment, overall everyone kitted up and ready to SCUBA already looks like the Michelin man / Apocalyptic warrior.View attachment 455339 Here’s a pic of the dry snorkle my scuba shop sold me to dive with when I first got certified. It was expensive and fancy at the time with a drain area and purge at the bottom and a heavy bulb at the top and a flexible but not floppy joint that kept the mouthpiece where you wanted it. Guess what it worked, laugh if you will.
Nowadays these things are uncool to elite freedivers who use only a simple J snorkle. So I got that. Recently tried an ocean swim in some waves and it totally sucked, my snorkle was getting pooped by waves and I was aspirating water. I kept having to dump water out the bottom and actually became nervous about “dry drowning” later from inhaled water. I like just swimming and holding my breath underwater so the snorkle went back to the car but I was surprised by how hard it was to use. Really made me appreciate how ingenious my old dry snorkle actually is.
Did you check out any full face snorkel mask? Those can allow you to breathe through nose and mouth naturally. Seems you will like it.Thanks guys, I appreciate the input.
I’ve never enjoyed the snorkel, the whole spitting froth out after each dive and then if the spit doesn’t work then you have to get your face out of the water and clear the snorkel and frankly, that can be annoying after several dozens times. I wish there was a snorkel that kept the end above the water, so I could dive down a few feet and keep breathing and then not have to do ‘the spit’ over and over again. And a half blocked snorkel is as comfortable as a fully blocked snorkel.
In a funny way I feel a bit vulnerable taking the mouthpiece out repeatedly when I should be looking at what’s happening beneath me.
It’s like a day of snorkelling is ruined by snorkel itself.
I think I just want to have a better experience with snorkelling to recreate the fun I had with diving but I don’t want to get fully back into diving. Lazy ? Yeah probably.