Snorkel or no snorkel and why

[D_B]

Yep , I read all 26 pages, 511 posts, Twice!! of that thread ... "Do you dive with or without your snorkel attached and why?" ... http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=89179 ... pretty passionate debate at times
Use it, or not ... depends on you, and the situation ... most times I do, sometimes I do not

DB

 

[Derek S]

post-BOW dive #1.

What he said.

 

[angryguy777]

Miketsp, your post gave me a pretty good laugh.

But since I'm new and didn't contribute to the 511 posts about it (that's friggen ridiculous), I don't use a snorkel. I ditched it soon after I did my open water cert. No one told me why or why not to use it, I just decided I never used the damn thing so I left it behind. Snorkels are for snorkeling I say. Plus I swim on my back on the surface.

I do take it with me in case I actually do want to snorkel when I'm done diving.

-Zak

 

[Hooked-Again]

I don't like to use a snorkel. It just gets in the way. I have one that folds up and goes in my BC pocket just in case I have a long surface swim.

 

[markfm]

Another vote for a folding snorkle. Works fine for surface swims, when I want to be looking forward as I swim out. Also handy for end of dive, swimming around and checking things out before returning to the boat.
It's one of those one piece folding rubber jobs -- enough "give" so if I do have it on, underwater, it's not a hard obstruction for other things.
Not a great snorkle, no purge, breathes slightly wet, but it meets my definition of "good enough" for what I use it for.

 

[The Chairman]

I wear a snorkel when teaching... and that's about it!

 

[NSDiver]

I used my dad's 30 year old Dacor j-tube style snorkel for my BOW certification dives and gave it back to him right after - I don't miss it.

 

[Spoon]

Wow, almost 4 months since the last snorkel-no snorkel thread.
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=102199
That has to be a record!
Of course the definitive thread on the subject from March
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=89179
was locked after only 511 posts!!!! :icosm10:
And the dead horse was flogged over and over until no-one could take any more . :crush:

And then there's
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=83405
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=89757
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=70172
and Polls
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=20058
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=32868
and legal requirement
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=64133
snorkels & long hose
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=61755
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=53060
useless
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=61115
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=32942
and a few more on the same subject
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=28897
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=24594
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=18660
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=17022
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=15530
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=7788
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=4460
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=3625
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=1926

Is there really anything new to say on this subject?

you rock bro! youd make on hell of a statistician!

 

[PerroneFord]

If you don't use a snorkel, at what point in your diving career did you get rid of it? Your thoughts?

Day I installed a long hose.

 

[Spoon]

Day I installed a long hose.

hehe nice one