Clear/Blue : Cressi ALPHA ULTRA DRY, Adult Scuba Diving, Snorkeling Dry Snorkel - Cressi: 100% Made in Italy Since 1946

very good snorkel, worth the $$. I bought this snorkel because the purge valve on my other one was too small and to you had to bite down on the mouthpiece when you purged or the snorkel would blow out of your mouth. This snorkel is much better. the purge valve is easy to use, and the dry valve works well. You have to wear it on the left side, which was different for me, or I haven't figured out how to switch it. the mouthpiece in this snorkel i found rubbed my gums a lot, but it hasn't bothered me in a while so i guess i broke it in or my gums rubbed off. either way problem solved. I wish it were a bit longer, but its still longer than my last one. I've been snorkelling since i was born. this is the 2nd best snorkel I've ever had.

Works great with the mask

Best snorkel ever!

I wanted to like it so bad, but I just can't. All of my other dry snorkels the end where air comes in is just as big as the tube itself. Not on this snorkel if you look down the end of it it sort of looks like a snake's trachea. It's a very very small breathing hole in relation to the diameter of the tube. It is advertised as being a foldable snorkel. I will admit you can bend to the thing in half. I really don't have confidence that you'll be able to do it very many times without it breaking. It's very stiff and the Cressi lettering appears to be delaminating because of it. Of any snorkel or regulator that I've ever had in my life this has by far the most uncomfortable mouthpiece. It's very rough and rigid it's not very pliable at all. I do understand that that's a very easy thing to change out and it's not very expensive but for the cost of this snorkel it should come with a comfortable mouthpiece right off the bat. I use a Mares ergo dry snorkel and I honestly do not consider it a quality made snorkel, but it is far better than this one. My son uses a cheaper Cressi dry snorkel and it is much more comfortable and easy to breathe with than this. Needless to say I'm sending it back. I was really really hoping for a good quality foldable dry snorkel. I guess nobody actually makes one.

I used this snorkel extensively for a week in Bonaire. I had used a much less expensive snorkel in the past. I found that quite often this snorkel allowed water to enter, requiring that I clear the snorkel. I had not had this problem with the less expensive snorkel I had used previously. I don't know if the issue I was having had to do with the spaces on the sides of the top of the snorkel that can allow water in, or if the problem was the valve sticking problem that another reviewer wrote about. All I know is that I thought I was upgrading to one of the best snorkels on the market, and instead I'll be returning this snorkel, and shopping for another. The snorkel may work well for many people, but it did not work well for me.I hope you found this review helpful. On the other hand, if you did not find this review helpful, I’d be interested in hearing why, so that I can attempt to edit it and make it more helpful to both you and others. If you leave a comment on the review, suggesting how it would be more helpful, I promise to respond to your comment, and to attempt to incorporate your suggestion in my review, if it is at all possible for me to do so. My goal is to write reviews that help people, as I have been helped by the reviews others have written. Thanks!