reccomend a backup mask!

squee! · Aug 27, 2004

So I am looking for a backup mask to carry with me. I currently dive with a tusa visualator and would like an extra mask just in case something happens to my current one on a dive.

Requirements:
compact (i.e. easily stowed in a small BC pocket or other small pocket or clipped)

purge (for easier clearing) would be nice but required.

any suggestions?

mstudley · Aug 27, 2004

I use the mask Halcyon makes (puts their name on). Check out the Extreme Exposure website for a picture.

It's low profile, no purge, black skirt, easy to clear, small, etc.

I use it for my primary but would buy another as my backup (if I didn't have a backup mask already).

ShakaZulu · Aug 27, 2004

What about a see through plastic bag. Just put your head in it and exhale............

squee! · Aug 27, 2004

ShakaZulu:
What about a see through plastic bag. Just put your head in it and exhale............

I tried that, but I find it hard to get my head in underwater. I tried a plastic bucket for a while using that same method, but it was always hard to stow.

sharkdiver00 · Aug 27, 2004

How about the new Cressi Matrix... no pursge, but angled lenses, low profile and easy compact for packing. I use that as my primary and the Cressi Horizon as my back up.
maria

squee! · Aug 27, 2004

sharkdiver00:
How about the new Cressi Matrix... no pursge, but angled lenses, low profile and easy compact for packing. I use that as my primary and the Cressi Horizon as my back up.
maria

I may be wrong here, but in looking at the matrix on the cressi website, it seems somewhat large, am I wrong in assuming this? Maybe not as large as my tusa visulator, but still pretty broad and tall. The halcyon mask on the other hand does seems like a nice compact mask, I would like a chance to check something like that out, but none of the LDS here sell halcyon anything. regardless it just may be worth ordering

mstudley · Aug 27, 2004

I think it was something like $48 from EE. I like mine.

Mo2vation · Aug 27, 2004

Oceanic Mini-Shadow. Frameless, folds essentially flat, low profile. If the role of the B/U Mask is to get you out of a jam (as opposed to fitting you bone dry for an hour) this one does the ticket. I hardly notice it in my left pocket. It doesn't fit me real well, but well enough to get me from any depth calmly and slowly to the top.

K

Kestrell · Aug 27, 2004

Mares X-Vision.

However, it will probably end up becoming your primary since it is so good.

sharkdiver00 · Aug 27, 2004

they may be a bit wide, but they are pretty flat. They do make a super low volume - very small mask called Minima. It is mostly skirt and the lenses are somewhat like goggles lenses. It used to be my back up mask until 'it found legs on a boat trip'.

As you can tell, I am a big Cressi fan... I am not able to compare it with the Halcyon as I have not tried that product yet.

Good luck and I hope you find what will fit your needs.
Maria

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