New Snorkeling Mask Developed

[DeeperBlue.com]

French watersports company Tribord has developed a full-face, all-in-one snorkeling mask.

Dubbed the Easybreath, the mask allows the snorkeler to breathe through the nose as well as the mouth:

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[Apneaddict]

Wow!

Looks like they've solved a problem that didn't really exist!

It is fairly inexpensive (if it is of high quality), so that's a plus... But it's so bulky for travel!!!

I want to get one and have a depth challenge to see who can Freedive the deepest with this thing on!!

I bet 20m is a real accomplishment!

The real value to us would be for static, with all of that extra / available airspace.... But the integrated snorkel may just disqualify it's use! LOL

 

[Apneaddict]

Oh... And that's assuming you can equalize hands free!

 

[Mr. X]

All those people on the video who "can't breath through their mouths" ...and people mock "mouth breathers" ! (No offense intended to either.)

Can't help thinking that the market for this will be tiny - folk motivated enough to want to snorkel would, I think, usually be motivated enough to figure out how to breath through their mouth. On the other hand, perhaps holiday resorts with great reefs/fish might be able to offer them as an easy intro to surface snorkeling. Actually I could imagine other family members using something like this -- they know how to snorkel but do it so infrequently that this might be more appealing to them. I guess price might also be an important factor - the 39 euro/ £33 price is about what I would expect - if they could get it down to, say, £24, it might become a beach craze. A child size version might be popular too. Assuming it works well & doesn't leak much.

 

[hteas]

My grandfather had something like this in the 50's Fogged up regularly from the breath. IMHO-Useless for anything but floating on the surface and paddling slowly along.

 

[vali]

really useless...
the temptation to go deeper will be cutt-of by the imposibility of equalising with valsalva
and I really doubt that the "snorkelist" know HndsFree eq techniques

 

[Apneaddict]

When ppl ask me what I'd do if I won the lottery... I tell them that I'd travel to the worlds best Freedive destinations constantly... and they look at me weird, not knowing what that means.

I then simplify it for them and tell them that I'd be a full-time / professional snorkeler.

This is something that I envision a "professional snorkeler" might wear.

Now... How to qualify for the pro-snorkeling circuit?? I'm petitioning for it to be at least a demonstration event in the 2024 Olympics.

 

[vali]

When ppl ask me what I'd do if I won the lottery... I tell them that I'd travel to the worlds best Freedive destinations constantly... and they look at me weird, not knowing what that means.

I then simplify it for them and tell them that I'd be a full-time / professional snorkeler.

This is something that I envision a "professional snorkeler" might wear.

Now... How to qualify for the pro-snorkeling circuit?? I'm petitioning for it to be at least a demonstration event in the 2024 Olympics.

ok you made my day )))))