Bowtie22
Contributor
My team has just gone to the Interspiro full face mask (AGA). None of us have had any formal training on the AGA in fact only 2 of us have used it for a few dives. I personally enjoyed using the mask and I think that I will defiantly get some use out of it. However, after I found that I now have more questions then answers about them. So here they are.
1- Flooding the mask- what is the proper procedure if the mask was to have a problem and flood or lets just say the whole mask comes off. How are you supposed to clear the mask? How to breathe while dealing with this issue?
2- equalizing- I have moved the nose block from the top of the adjustment to the bottom and I still have issues equalizing my ears. Maybe it is just me having a big nose or something but I really have issues getting it blocked off to equalize. Is there another type of nose block that is easier to use?
3- Setting up the equipment- I am probably one of the most experienced divers on my team so these are my thoughts; please tell me if I am wrong. I have told my boss that with these AGA's we need to mandate that anytime it is used that we dive with a pony bottle in case of an AGA failure.
4- We currently have wired coms. The areas that we dive are usually entanglement nightmares. There is always debris, fishing line, lures, rocks, old pylons, you name it. So I am trying to get wireless coms to eliminate the entanglement problems.
So these are my issues.... Can anyone help???
1- Flooding the mask- what is the proper procedure if the mask was to have a problem and flood or lets just say the whole mask comes off. How are you supposed to clear the mask? How to breathe while dealing with this issue?
2- equalizing- I have moved the nose block from the top of the adjustment to the bottom and I still have issues equalizing my ears. Maybe it is just me having a big nose or something but I really have issues getting it blocked off to equalize. Is there another type of nose block that is easier to use?
3- Setting up the equipment- I am probably one of the most experienced divers on my team so these are my thoughts; please tell me if I am wrong. I have told my boss that with these AGA's we need to mandate that anytime it is used that we dive with a pony bottle in case of an AGA failure.
4- We currently have wired coms. The areas that we dive are usually entanglement nightmares. There is always debris, fishing line, lures, rocks, old pylons, you name it. So I am trying to get wireless coms to eliminate the entanglement problems.
So these are my issues.... Can anyone help???