David Wilson
Contributor
The C110 Seadiver "combined mask & snorkel" also featured a sliding float valve. This model was a combination of the Clipper Sealion mask
and the Clipper Seacrest tube.
C110 Seadiver Combined Mask & Snorkel
The product description read: "C110 Seadiver Combined Mask & Snorkel. Designed for the beginner, with plastic lens and toughened plastic band for added safety. Fitted with fully adjustable head straps and free moving uncrushable polystyrene float valve." The supply end of the integrated snorkel was capped with a sliding valve closing when the user swam beneath the surface of the water. The demand end passed inside the mask through the top of the skirt. The intersection between the mask and the tube was reinforced to prevent separation and the basic headstrap came with extra strapping to form a harness for added security.
Like the Seacrest snorkel, the Seadiver Combined Mask & Snorkel was the short-lived successor to a Clipper product from the 1960s, in this case the "Clipper Combined":
An even earlier version of this integrated snorkel mask came without the head harness:
Next up for review will be the 1970s Britmarine range of snorkels, all of which were valveless. Production of the Britmarine Combined Mask and Tube from the 1960s (below) was discontinued before the 1970s came round.
and the Clipper Seacrest tube.
C110 Seadiver Combined Mask & Snorkel
The product description read: "C110 Seadiver Combined Mask & Snorkel. Designed for the beginner, with plastic lens and toughened plastic band for added safety. Fitted with fully adjustable head straps and free moving uncrushable polystyrene float valve." The supply end of the integrated snorkel was capped with a sliding valve closing when the user swam beneath the surface of the water. The demand end passed inside the mask through the top of the skirt. The intersection between the mask and the tube was reinforced to prevent separation and the basic headstrap came with extra strapping to form a harness for added security.
Like the Seacrest snorkel, the Seadiver Combined Mask & Snorkel was the short-lived successor to a Clipper product from the 1960s, in this case the "Clipper Combined":
An even earlier version of this integrated snorkel mask came without the head harness:
Next up for review will be the 1970s Britmarine range of snorkels, all of which were valveless. Production of the Britmarine Combined Mask and Tube from the 1960s (below) was discontinued before the 1970s came round.