No hands equalisation.

[Yeti]

Originally Posted by The111

Believe it or not, I've done this at loud concerts where I didn't have earplugs, and left it like that for an hour. ..............

wow old thread!!

dug myself up for this one!!

I do something similar on the motorbike if I am too lazy to put my earplugs in!! It does work too as they don't ring when I get off the bike! I have used it all over the place for different things; sleeping on noisey trains and busses, and generally anywhere that the volume becomes offensive!

Originally Posted by The111

..........or I can simply move the "equalizing muscle" in my ear (for lack of a better word) and leave it "flexed", so that I am CONSTANTLY equalized throughout the whole dive (pressure never builds up). I like that way better now. Anyone else do this?

Constant is good but I find the periodic clearing a good guage of depth monitoring! especially if cruising the bottom looking for supper. Nothing worse than getting caught deeper than you expect with a long swim back!

long time gone!! sabatical over this year I hope!! bring on the bass

[joe123321]

I have a question about nose clips. I just bought one at the store and I like it, I used it at the pool and it helps alot not having to pinch my nose (which is really hard with my mask, is this normal or does my mask suck? ). But with the nose clip there isnt a way to equalize your mask so my question is, How deep do you normaly have to go before you equalize your mask? I dont want to get used to the nose clip If when In the summer I start going deep I have to get used to pinching my nose again

[azapa]

i mentioned this in another thread, but have you tried pushing up lightly, blocking your mask to your nostrils? use the same two fingers that your would do to squeeze, but just push up from bellow. I find this very confortable, if little air escapes it serves to equalize your mask too.

[naiad]

Something I have noticed about hands-free equalisation is that I can only do it if I have been practising a lot of it. That is one of the reasons why I have not found it reliable - I became confident about doing it dry, but by the time that I tried it out in the pool, it had become difficult again. Maybe if I keep on doing it, it will become reliable.