Swimmers Snorkel product evaluation

The main other benefit I have found is that the Swimmers Snorkel enables one to achieve the “dead man’s float” without breathing (or being dead) for extremely long periods. After walking around with a boot with two inches of additional heel in it for nine weeks, one side of my body was completely out of whack with the other – similarly, my shoulders had tried to compensate and I was getting all manner of back and shoulder sore spots and pain. Once I was able to take the boot off 19 days ago, I quickly developed a floating and stretching routine which was both calming and relaxing to the whole body. With the snorkel in place I could stretch and relax into a completely supported floating position and bring on an almost meditative state while the body aligned itself, then do it again and again.

The Swimmers Snorkel weighs almost nothing. Along with a set of goggles and earplus, it has traveled extensively with me over the last twelve months and I suspect will do so for a long time yet. That was one of the most significant things I noticed in rereading my article of 18 months ago. In that article I quoted David Denniston as saying, “As long as you don’t lose it, you’ll have your snorkel for a long time.”

That seemed an important thing to say at the time, but now I know it to be absolutely true.

I could not recommend a product more highly than the Swimmers Snorkel!

Mike Hanlon