OMER Zero 3 Mask

[landshark sa]

Took out my Omer Zero for the first time yesterday.

In one word: AMAZING!!!

The mask fits my mug so well I reckon I'll have to go to Omer and find the guy on who's face they based the design as he must be my twin.

As everyone was raving about it's field of view it was no surprise that it's better than my other masks, in saying that, it IS amazing!

The thing that really surprised me is how small and light it feels on may face, I could actually feel a drag difference while swimming around. Also, no mask lines on my face after the dive shows that it was literally just resting on my face.

Due to very crappy conditions (quite a bit of swell and maybe 1,5 m vis) I didn't dive any deeper than around 10m. At that depth there was no need to equalise the mask, but will only be able to report on whether the claimed 17m mask equalisation is in fact a reality once I've had a gap to try it on deeper dives.

 

[tuboludo]

Due to very crappy conditions (quite a bit of swell and maybe 1,5 m vis) I didn't dive any deeper than around 10m. At that depth there was no need to equalise the mask, but will only be able to report on whether the claimed 17m mask equalisation is in fact a reality once I've had a gap to try it on deeper dives.

I am sorry. But how do you know you didn't equalize the mask??? I have had it at dives up to 12 - 14 meters and I can not say that I did not equalize the mask???!!!! In fact I am sure I did equalize it like I automatically do with all my masks. It just doesn’t need so much air and at 10 meters (or 12 - 14) I don't think you can feel equalizing issues with the mask. Just saying, and just asking :martial

 

[landshark sa]

I am sorry. But how do you know you didn't equalize the mask??? I have had it at dives up to 12 - 14 meters and I can not say that I did not equalize the mask???!!!! In fact I am sure I did equalize it like I automatically do with all my masks. It just doesn’t need so much air and at 10 meters (or 12 - 14) I don't think you can feel equalizing issues with the mask. Just saying, and just asking

Hi tuboludo,

I get what you are saying with regards to actions happening automatically due to conditioning. I do it too, and normally equalizing my mask would be automatic.

But seeing as I was focusing on the the mask and how it performs, on quite a few dives I was consciously checking for mask squeeze, and as I said did not experience any.

There is a way of checking this, even if you think that you may automatically be equalizing your mask:

When ascending ask a buddy to look at your mask or look up towards the surface, you will notice some small bubbles if you did equalize your mask. These bubbles is the air you pushed in to equalize your mask escaping out as it expands.***

***This is unless you are automatically sniffing the air back in, but very few spearos do this even consciously. Then again, if you have trained yourself to such a level where this is happening automatically then you will also be experienced enough to know if you are equalizing your mask or not.

 

[tuboludo]

you will notice some small bubbles if you did equalize your mask. These bubbles is the air you pushed in to equalize your mask escaping out as it expands

Was diving again today with the Omer 3. Depth 12 - 14 meters. Some ascending with bubbles and some without…. I think.

I will keep a close eye on that bubble thing next time. Experienced some leaking when down on 12 – 14 meters (not on all dives though and not a lot, but what would it be like on 30 - 40 meters????). Very unusual. My other masks never leak under pressure! Still that Omer has great visibility, uhmm….

 

[tuboludo]

I made a small review of the mask on youtube and gave it 1/2 * STAR out of 6 * STARS :blackeye

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-MqO2DgwSI"]Review OMER Zero 3 diving mask - YouTube[/ame]

 

[marginatus]

I made a small review of the mask on youtube and gave it 1/2 * STAR out of 6 * STARS :blackeye

I see all your points but I doesn't seem like a fair review score...
If it was advertised that it would fit all/your face then f@ck yeah (I like your tone in the video ), low score for that...But it's not the case.
What's your criteria for issuing starts (why 6? one for each feature? If so what features)
If it has great visibility then 1 star for that.. why the half star?

(just messing with you, don't take it too serious)

 

[aimesh]

Did u try it before u buy it?

 

[marginatus]

Did u try it before u buy it?

I did... he didn't:

DON’T BUY IT ONLINE (unless you don’t give a shit just like me) ….. go test it in the shop first ….. it might push hard against your forehead !!!!!

But it's different to try it in the store and in the water. The much pointed issue of pressing in the brow area doesn't happen in the store

 

[landshark sa]

I made a small review of the mask on youtube and gave it 1/2 * STAR out of 6 * STARS

Hehehe...classic video!

Too bad the mask doesn't work for you, but I supppose thats just the individual nature of faces / masks and thats a good thing else it would mean that we all look the same.

Btw, if your are getting f¥#%ed in the forehead you're doing it wrong! rofl

 

[tuboludo]

I see all your points but I doesn't seem like a fair review score...
If it was advertised that it would fit all/your face then f@ck yeah (I like your tone in the video ), low score for that...But it's not the case.
What's your criteria for issuing starts (why 6? one for each feature? If so what features)
If it has great visibility then 1 star for that.. why the half star?

(just messing with you, don't take it too serious)

HA HA HA, come on Man, cool down. I am trying to show some humor, but it seems like my humor is not pushing through >>>>> .... If a mask doesn't fit your ugly SKULL then GREAT visibility is utter USELESS >>>> Like I say in the video, "I hope it fits your face, because then you got the best mask with the greatest visibility on the market today!" (I hope my quote is correct LOL)... and then you should give it 6 * STARS !!!! Will you be more happy if I give it 4 * STARS???? Okay, just to please you I give it 4 3/4 * STARS, but I still can't really use it myelf for any kind of serious diving :rcard Sorry Dude (I just love the movie "The Big Lebowski", go watch it, so damn funny Man)

 

[tuboludo]

Hehehe...classic video!

Too bad the mask doesn't work for you, but I supppose thats just the individual nature of faces / masks and thats a good thing else it would mean that we all look the same.

Btw, if your are getting f¥#%ed in the forehead you're doing it wrong! rofl

I try diving with it with my beard shaved off and the mask sitting lose, not tight, and the it dose not pressure my forehead. However when I am wearing the mask like that, I can only use it for free diving, because once I start moving in the surface of the water, it starts leaking, even when I am using Vaseline around my nose area!

 

[aimesh]

Well still no one gave me a straight answer. Is the interior volume in zero 3 is lower than micro mask

 

[tuboludo]

Did u try it before u buy it?

No, I bought it online HOPING that it would be the next best thing since slide bread. Like I mention in the video, I in general have problems with masks, so I am kind of used to being stupid enough to buy a mask without knowing if it is going to fit me or not – I am that kind of Moron :girlie

No, let’s be serious for a second or two. Sometimes (because this happens very often) the mask fits you superbly when you try it on in the shop out of water and all dry. In my experience you will never really know how the mask interacts with your face before you try it out in the real world, out into the sea. As a free diver and a spear fisher I spend a lot of time at the surface of the ocean. Most masks fits perfectly when under pressure, but very few fits and doesn’t leak while you are moving around on the surface as the surface pressure of the water is interacting with the mask on your head. I only have one, well two or three, masks that doesn’t leak when I am moving about on the surface of the ocean.

My IST Presto is fantastic (for me) and doesn’t leak even when my beard is big (then I do use some Vaseline) and I am moving about on the surface. I have also a MARES STAR LIQUIDSKIN mask that doesn’t sit very well on my skull, but when I strap it really tight on my face with some Vaseline under my nose, it doesn’t leak, either on the surface or when diving. Poor visibility though compared with the OMER 3. Then there is the Aqualung Sphera, but it is useless for serious spear fishing IMHO, but GREAT for free diving!

Here is a video where I am wearing the MARES STAR LIQUIDSKIN mask with vaseline:

 

[tuboludo]

But it's different to try it in the store and in the water. The much pointed issue of pressing in the brow area doesn't happen in the store

So true, so true...

 

[tuboludo]

Well still no one gave me a straight answer. Is the interior volume in zero 3 is lower than micro mask

I have never tried the MICRO MASK >>>maybe that mask should be next on my “buy another useless mask” list :crutch LOL <<< so I can not give you a straight answer to that question, but the interior volume is super low IMO.

But do you need it to be super low??? When spear fishing 10 to 20 meters I don’t think so, but if you are going for the world record in free diving, then maybe. When I am serious free diving I just use a nose clip and NO MASK, so much more comfortable and what are you expecting to see down there in the big BLACK blue???

PS

Can someone recommend me a good nose clip and where I can buy it online???

 

[tuboludo]

Btw, if your are getting f¥#%ed in the forehead you're doing it wrong! rofl

Been testing the Omer 3 four times now out in the real world and I must admit that the last two times I have bee wearing the mask “loser” (not to tight) the pressure on my forehead has not been a big issue (maybe the mask itself slowly has been adjusting it self more to my head), but the leaking problem is still there. I even experience it leaking at 12 meters not leaking on my descent, but starting leaking on the bottom when I stopped moving. Never experienced this with other masks! :rcard:martial:waterwork

PS

You like Horror films? Here is one that I made when I was only 16 years of age:

 

[marginatus]

But do you need it to be super low??? When spear fishing 10 to 20 meters I don’t think so, but if you are going for the world record in free diving, then maybe. When I am serious free diving I just use a nose clip and NO MASK, so much more comfortable and what are you expecting to see down there in the big BLACK blue???

Can someone recommend me a good nose clip and where I can buy it online???

I bet you miss your Vaseline when you're not using a mask
for the clip (Trygons): com_virtuemart

 

[tuboludo]

I bet you miss your Vaseline when you're not using a mask
for the clip (Trygons): com_virtuemart

ha ha ha LOL - but you see, I am not much of a backdoor man (can't make babies in that way) and I am not circumcised, so I just use it for my masks :girlie

BTW, thanks a lot for the nose clip link, great! Hope the clip will fit my nose rofl

 

[trux]

Another popular noseclip is here: noseclip Apnea Academy - APNEAMAN s.r.o.

 

[Apneaddict]

HILARIOUS review!

I mean, WHO ELSE does a comprehensive mask review while floating solo in the ocean!?!?!? LOL

Great sense of humor.

I've found that even the skinniest of faces (like mine) get wider in the cheeks when wearing a hood... Masks just fit differently in the water. No 2 ways about it.

The Micromask fits quite small faces and I find the Mystic to fit many face types... But I can't smile while wearing it...

Tuboludo - your accent sounded like a mix of Italian and Scottish... Then I looked up your profile... I guess that's what a Dane sounds like after repeated O2 deprivation...