Beachlife, yes Ive seen a few guys using the full face ones around the beaches here in Sydney.
I Goolged for the full face design and it came back with 2 deaths in Hawaii from using them and it’s kinda scary to think that this can happen to anyone at anytime. Life is very precious but also very dangerous, and especially if you’re sticking your head underwater or fun !
It does make me very careful of building anything to sell.
I put a special valve in either end of a T-piece with the mouthpiece in the middle.
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I always have a friend snorkelling with me and I’ve learned that one of the best ways to judge the intake of fresh air is the temperature. Fresh air coming in is cold, while exhaled air is warm. It hasn’t let me down yet but I’m not the type to trust my life to a couple of $20 valves.
Jacques Cousteau must’ve similarly been wary of what he built.