Which of the manufacturers have non far east made masks?

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I've been searching for a new mask, and I really have trouble of finding the one, but I've noticed something.

Looks like apart from Cressi (non farameless) masks which are made in Italy, all other companies use Taiwanese/Chinese made masks.

I know that Problue is one of the biggest OEM manufacturers and they get relabeled quite, and they manufacture a lot of good quality masks.

But still, I can't believe that no one makes masks in house.

Do you guys know any other companies/manufacturers that make masks in Europe/USA?
 
Diving masks are still designed and manufactured in France.

SOMMAP,
located in Aubagne near Marseilles in the south of France (Provence), operates a factory specialising in manufacturing fins, masks, snorkels, spearguns, swimming articles. Their range of diving masks can be found at http://sommap.com/en/masques.

BEUCHAT of Marseilles in southern France has designed and manufactured diving equipment for decades. Founder Georges Beuchat invented a sponge rubber wetsuit at the same time as Bradner was devising his neoprene version States-side. So far as I am aware, Beuchat still designs and makes its own products, including masks; see https://www.beuchat-diving.com/.

As a vintage equipment snorkeller, I'm delighted to report that both these manufacturers make classic rubber-skirted oval masks as well as the modern silicone-skirted twin-lens variety.
 
Diving masks are still designed and manufactured in France.


BEUCHAT of Marseilles in southern France has designed and manufactured diving equipment for decades. Founder Georges Beuchat invented a sponge rubber wetsuit at the same time as Bradner was devising his neoprene version States-side. So far as I am aware, Beuchat still designs and makes its own products, including masks; see https://www.beuchat-diving.com/.

As a vintage equipment snorkeller, I'm delighted to report that both these manufacturers make classic rubber-skirted oval masks as well as the modern silicone-skirted twin-lens variety.

I have a Beuchat Maxlux S and love it. Odd thing is that the single lens asks are typically much too large for my face. I tend to use smaller two lens masks and free diving masks. However this fits wonderfully.
 
I’m happy to buy Taiwanese masks.
 
There's so much more to diving equipment manufacturing in the Far East than just Chinese and Taiwanese factories making and labelling goods for western companies. Kinugawa of Japan design and manufacture a wide range of excellent quality diving equipment, including classic and modern diving masks. Kinugawa's Gull diving product catalogue can be downloaded from https://gull.kinugawa-net.com/wp-content/themes/gull/pdf/2019catalog.pdf.
 
I’m happy to buy Taiwanese masks.
So am I. Not only do Taiwanese manufacturers Aropec, IST, Problue, Saekodive and YCDiving produce a wide range of high-quality classic and modern diving masks, but Taiwan itself has two national standards for diving mask production, CNS 12497:1989 (潛水鏡. Diving mask) and CNS 12498:1989 ( 潛水鏡檢驗法. Method of test for diving mask), which are based in turn on American National Standard ANSI Z87.11:1985 (Underwater Safety. Recreational Skin and Scuba Diving. Lenses for Masks).
 
I have a Beuchat Maxlux S and love it. Odd thing is that the single lens asks are typically much too large for my face. I tend to use smaller two lens masks and free diving masks. However this fits wonderfully.

I tried it in my search, anf both the regular and S version was wired fitting. And the silicone was way to hard for me. The regular was too big, and couldn't seal, and the S put pressure on my bridge.
 
I’m happy to buy Taiwanese masks.

So am I, it's just. When rebranded thay tend to cost more than local produced. And you can see a lot of different companies rebranding the same model over and over.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/teric/

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