subject: Diving Equipment - Diving Snorkel 1 [print this page] Diving snorkel can let the diver do not need to head out of the water surface will be able to breathe in the water; Divers in the water swimming or resting in the water, can use the breathing tube breathing, to reduce the consumption of air cylinder.
Generally speaking, person's head weight about 7 to 9 kilograms, if the diver in the water swimming forward, when need to breathe, must be weighing about 7 to 9 kilograms of head up out of the water surface, even if have diving fins, also is not an easy thing. Divers constantly head out of the water surface breathing or try to keep your head on the water surface is also quite arduous; Use a diving snorkel can let diver need not head carried out of the water surface, can easily breathing.
The general diving snorkel design is open at one end, and the other end is for a around mouthpiece of tube bending, different material diving snorkel have different characteristics, while which kind of material of the diving snorkel is the best? Depending on the needs of divers and diving snorkel's use and decide.
At present, most of the diving snorkel is made by silica gel and plastic material mixes, diving snorkel top circular tube is usually made of a semi-rigid plastic, while the lower portion of around mouthpiece is made of silica gel material. Now rarely have the diving snorkel of synthetic rubber, because the synthetic rubber breathing tube and silica gel material mask are used together, in both contact part can cause mask discoloration, however, discoloration of the reason is because synthetic rubber will release volatile substance to the atmosphere, and silica gel itself for porous material, has the penetration, will absorb the volatile material.
Most of the more popular diving snorkel can closely with cheek joint, compared to in the 1950 s and 1960 s u-bend diving snorkel, now diving snorkel its breathing hinder lower, cavity is small, more difficult to inflow water.
Appropriate adjust the angle can make the diving snorkel use up more comfortable. Tube bending part of diving snorkel can be around to divers head rear, this design is won't cause too big breathing impedance, the air breathing tube dead space and reduce diving snorkel was dragged by the water , but also can reduce the diving snorkel impact or the other equipped with tangle of possibility.
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