I think my 37 year old Typhoon snorkel is better for spearfishing that most of the modern designs.
For a recent trip, I reached into my box of diving gear & pulled out my big ol' 37- year old(?) Typhoon snorkel and decided to try using it. I found it to be more comfortable and better suited to spearing that my 2 much newer snorkels that were specifically designed for spearfishing. How?
- more comfortable/better fit ( the mouth & bottom of the J could be moved relative to the curve/bent main tube & mine was long ago adjusted to suit me).
- nice comfortable mouthpiece
- although the pipe is fairly stiff, the J & mouth piece are soft & flexible
- slightly larger bore
- BUT most importantly of all: it is longer than the Beuchat Tubair & Seacsub/Seatil combat snorkel - probably 1" (2.5cm) or more longer - that really helped keep out the water & instill confidence at the surface.
Has anybody come up with a better spearfishing snorkel recently?
For a recent trip, I reached into my box of diving gear & pulled out my big ol' 37- year old(?) Typhoon snorkel and decided to try using it. I found it to be more comfortable and better suited to spearing that my 2 much newer snorkels that were specifically designed for spearfishing. How?
- more comfortable/better fit ( the mouth & bottom of the J could be moved relative to the curve/bent main tube & mine was long ago adjusted to suit me).
- nice comfortable mouthpiece
- although the pipe is fairly stiff, the J & mouth piece are soft & flexible
- slightly larger bore
- BUT most importantly of all: it is longer than the Beuchat Tubair & Seacsub/Seatil combat snorkel - probably 1" (2.5cm) or more longer - that really helped keep out the water & instill confidence at the surface.
Has anybody come up with a better spearfishing snorkel recently?
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