The phrase in your experience didnt mean dive experience, it meant sample pool, ie how many people you have heard this from, although not the best word to describe it, it is relevant - however i would concur that well over three-quarters of the active members on this board dive without snorkels almost all the time. That is not the case of every diver however - i just happen to be part of that sample poolpw1981:Your statement presupposes a falsehood as well. My level of experience or inexperience is wholly irrelevant to the question asked. :06:
In saying "every one" I was implying, though apparently not as obvious as I thought, that almost everyone here at SB seems to say they are not necessary. This thread has, as I had hoped, produced some other opinions.