by Cathy on August 12, 2009
At SnorkelingOnline.com, we strive to bring you the most innovative products to make your snorkeling adventure more enjoyable. Our new snorkeling line is Body Glove and their newest product is… well continue to read.
The newest dry snorkel on the market comes with a new twist, with a built in whistle. Body Glove was thinking with this one, the Alert Whistle Snorkel has a silicone mouthpiece, totally dry so no water will enter from the breathing passage and a built in whistle is on the base of the snorkel. (See the picture to the right, to see where the whistle is located.)
What a great feature to the Alert Whistle Snorkel and it offers a safety element if needed. Just take the snorkel mouthpiece out of your mouth and blow on the whistle as hard as you can, which can be heard 200 feet away. Watch for updates on our snorkel blog and our snorkeling newsletter.
by Cathy on August 3, 2009
With having a brick & mortar snorkeling & scuba diving location, we have been asked a thousand times, how can we stop our snorkel mask to stop leaking when we have a mustache. I LOVE telling the guys, SHAVE IT OFF. Off course I am laughing when I suggest that because the look on the guys face when I say that, is priceless! You would think I asked them to cut off a limb.
So not having a mustache, I asked fellow snorkeler, Roy, to give us some times on how to get around this “hairy” dilemma.
• Get a good snorkel mask with a soft silicone skirt. Avoid any mask that is not silicone because the silicone will conform to the face better than the inexpensive masks.
• If it leaks tighten it. While this may work with faucets and such, tightening the snorkeling mask strap will only serve to reduce the silicone skirt’s ability to conform to the face. The simple act of smiling or taking out the snorkel will cause leakage from other areas. You may have to play with how tight or loose the mask strap needs to be, but the position of the mask strap on the back of the head may solve a lot more problems than you might think. Positioning the mask strap higher on the back of the head, will pull the bottom of the skirt tighter to the lip but will still allow the rest of the mask skirt to conform the other facial features.
• You may have heard people suggest putting petroleum gels on the mustache to create a better seal. While this does actually work, using petroleum gels such as Vaseline will deteriorate the silicone over time and is therefore not advised. Using a food grade silicone gel will work and will not affect the silicone skirt. While this is a very viable means of taking care of leakage due to mustaches, it is really a bite getting the silicone gel out of the mustache when you are done snorkeling.
• If you have a very thick mustache, thinning it out will help. I have known guys to go so far as to trim their mustaches to create a wider space between the nose and the upper lip. This allows the inner seal of the mask skirt to seal directly to skin of the upper lip.
These are a few suggestions and they may or may not work for those with mustaches. If you have tried these and have not succeeded then it is time to kiss that mustache goodbye.
