Snorkel piece

Hithere · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:30

What's that part of a snorkel which allows you to go underwater without all the water going into your mouth called?

PsiFox · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:31

umm a snorkel?

KaHn · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:33

It still goes in to your mouth, it just means that when you come up you dont have to blow all the water out the top, either that or your mean a suba diving air tank

KaHn

Hithere · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:34

Is it a purge valve or something?

Treefrog · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:34

Are you talking about a ping pong ball that seals the open end on the more expensive ones? If so probably a valve.

Zip · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:35

I think he could be talking about one that has a hole/valve on the bottem of it

Matblack · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:35

The bit that goes in your mouth is the 'mouthpiece' the bits you bite are the 'lugs'.

When I used to dive those valves to stop water ingress were only on cheap items and were rubbish, if you don't have enough breath to clear your snorkel when you surface then your probably dead.

MB

Hithere · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:38

What does this bit in red do?

Syngress · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:39

Drain valve I do believe

edit: Lets the water drain out the bottom when you surface so you dont have to blow to clear the tube....

Syngress

cleanbluesky · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:10

It lets the water out of the bottom which saves you puffing it all the way out of the end of the tube... snorkels are pretty boring but it beats nitrogen narcosis

benjo plz. · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:11

Hithere said:
Is it a purge valve or something?

spot on.

Ceareatus · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:11

PsiFox said:
umm a snorkel?

ROFL

The_blue · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:34

cleanbluesky said:
It lets the water out of the bottom which saves you puffing it all the way out of the end of the tube... snorkels are pretty boring but it beats nitrogen narcosis

nothing sucks like being bent

the red circle is over a valve that helps you clear water from the tube, after going under water, breath in very slowly to get the 1st breath then blow fast to clear the water and then breath like normal

benjo plz. · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:42

The_blue said:
after going under water, breath in very slowly to get the 1st breath then blow fast to clear the water and then breath like normal

Helps if you stop being under water first

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