About 8 year,s ago,I went to Spain,just to get away from Croyden, England,(what a dump!). Anyway,the camp site that I was on, had a really great swimming pool,& every day I would swim about 75 length,s, with a mask & snorkel ,you understand.Well, one day, I went into town, (Roses) & bought a new snorkel.It looked very, "High Tech",& "Professional",& only cost about 3 pounds, great!.So,there I am,swimming in this very long,very wide,& very deep pool, with my new snorkel, it,s working great!,I,m very happy with it. I dive to 8 feet, return to the surface,take a breath,(through my snorkel), & ....nothing, only water,straight into my lung,s.
The "High Tech", one way valve,( just a very thin disc of sillicone) had come off,allowing the water to enter the snorkel, at the bottom of it, so when I "sucked" on the snorkel,expecting,...needing,... "air",all I got was a lung full of water.Had I not been at the side of the pool,able to grasp the hand rail,(built into the ceramic tile,s) I would have been in real shit.... Something that look,s professional,but is cheep, maybe is,nt made as well as it should be.Look,s are,nt eveything!. Moral...You only get what you pay for............Keep safe,.........Geoff.
The "High Tech", one way valve,( just a very thin disc of sillicone) had come off,allowing the water to enter the snorkel, at the bottom of it, so when I "sucked" on the snorkel,expecting,...needing,... "air",all I got was a lung full of water.Had I not been at the side of the pool,able to grasp the hand rail,(built into the ceramic tile,s) I would have been in real shit.... Something that look,s professional,but is cheep, maybe is,nt made as well as it should be.Look,s are,nt eveything!. Moral...You only get what you pay for............Keep safe,.........Geoff.