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I'm looking to get a moldable mouthpiece. I've seen them advertised at a broad range of prices. Any recommendations?
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SeaCure, had several over the years. There may be others, but they have been must have for me.
I have a couple extra in two sizes, I have them when I'm renting gear, plus some cable ties. Makes rental gear feel familiar.
I got burned this summer buying a cheap moldable mouth piece. The key portion is the amount of material near where your back set of molars are. If this area is too thin, your front teeth will not have a large enough gap to freely allow air to pass thru and will actually restrict the volume of air. It's very similar to just sitting at your desk right now and clamping down your jaw & teeth and trying to forcefully blow air out then in. That flow restriction you feel is magnified with a cheap moldable thin mouth piece and really bad underwater. It doesn't take that much more thicker material in the molar teeth area to dramatically increase the flow, but if it's thin, you'll have spent the money and find out immediately you made a mistake LIKE I DID !.. I've seen them advertised at a broad range of prices....
Jax mouthpiece sold by Mares in the US is another option. There are two removable inserts back by the molars to enforce correct spacing when biting down during the mold. Same as Seacure, it is far stiffer than a typical mouthpiece, and takes an extra effort to add/remove on a regulator.I got burned this summer buying a cheap moldable mouth piece. The key portion is the amount of material near where your back set of molars are. If this area is too thin, your front teeth will not have a large enough gap to freely allow air to pass thru and will actually restrict the volume of air. It's very similar to just sitting at your desk right now and clamping down your jaw & teeth and trying to forcefully blow air out then in. That flow restriction you feel is magnified with a cheap moldable thin mouth piece and really bad underwater. It doesn't take that much more thicker material in the molar teeth area to dramatically increase the flow, but if it's thin, you'll have spent the money and find out immediately you made a mistake LIKE I DID !
I got burned this summer buying a cheap moldable mouth piece. The key portion is the amount of material near where your back set of molars are. If this area is too thin, your front teeth will not have a large enough gap to freely allow air to pass thru and will actually restrict the volume of air. It's very similar to just sitting at your desk right now and clamping down your jaw & teeth and trying to forcefully blow air out then in. That flow restriction you feel is magnified with a cheap moldable thin mouth piece and really bad underwater. It doesn't take that much more thicker material in the molar teeth area to dramatically increase the flow, but if it's thin, you'll have spent the money and find out immediately you made a mistake LIKE I DID !
Your mileage may vary, but that's the one that burned me.Jax mouthpiece sold by Mares....
They have a removable insert, but that's not the problem area. The problem for me was not thick enough material in the molar teeth to increase the gap at the front teeth for enough air flow. Even with those thin insert rods they used to try and overcome the thin material problem, it just didn't work. I went back to the product you mentioned at double the price, but getting enough air was worth it to me. YMMV.Do the cheap ones not have the yellow plastic plug that maintains the size and shape of the airway during the heating and molding process?....