FINIS Original Center-Mount Swimmer’s Snorkel, Yellow

These have been a joy to use. I can practice my swim stroke without having to rotate to breath. Since the tube is long, one can still roll the body to do a proper catch and pull stroke. I only do normal laps, so I don’t know how this snorkel fares for the flip-turns type of swimmers.

Maintenance: After pool swim I rinse in tap water. I gently pour water down tube and with thumb I close off the mouth inlet. This clears the purge valve of any debri. Then I hang to dry with long tube hanging down.

Pros:
1. Length of tube. Rarely get water in it doing freestyle.
2. Air volume. Haven’t noticed any issue with getting enough air.
3. No leakage. Been using a month of daily swims.
4. Sturdy position. Hasn’t moved at all from set position (vertical)

Cons:
a. The forehead pad is very hard.

Buen producto calidad excelente sin duda recomendable

Excellent produit de très bonne qualité!

I bought a Finis swimmers snorkel 10 years ago. LOVED IT. It was great, comfortable, sturdy, and held up really well. Finally, this year the headband strap broke and the soft rubber mouth part was starting to show wear. So I bought a new one. Because of weather and work, it took me a few weeks to finally get back to the pool and use it.

What a huge disappointment. Finis has clearly changed a number of things on the previous design. The snorkel looks nearly identical, but it is SO SO uncomfortable. I can’t wear it for more than one lap as the hard head band is painful. No adjustments I make help. He mouth piece is smaller but more awkward in my mouth. And, to make all of these worse, the headband comes off while I’m swimming, which results in sudden influx of pool water through the snorkel into my mouth. This is supposed to help me swim laps, but result in me coughing and spluttering in the middle of the pool.

I gave it three tries for laps, and when no amount of ‘breaking in’ was making it better, I decided to return it. Of course, I missed the return window by a day. So now I’m stuck with this piece of junk.

Save your money and the actual physical pain of getting this to work, and buy a different brand.

Great aid to my swimming.
I’m just getting into swimming for fitness. This snorkel helps a lot and give me confidence in the pool. I now swim nearly every day. It helps me a lot not having to worry about breathing

Got this product for my kid as required for swim team training. It does work as design and it works pretty well for all style and the one way valve is a great plus.

There are few areas you should consider
1. It is not heavy but it is not the lightest either. Swimming 20, 30 laps with it is not an issue. But when you get into more serious training 100 -200 laps it would make it difficult. The headband does help keeping it in place. There are other band other swimmer using that’s lighter. So depends on your training requirements.
2. Flip turns, well just say you will need some used to and change your breathing technique if you plan on using it along with flip turns and the water WILL get into the tube and you will be sucking water and chock. You would need to hold before the turn and brow out as hard as you can after the turn to drain the water in the tube. There is another item that has close valve prevent water from entering during flip turn. Not an issue if you are not training for that.

Otherwise this is a very solid build and you won’t be disappointed.

We do wish they would design with exchangeable mouth piece and storage bag.

Using this snorkel helps me concentrate on my arm and body movements rather than breathing. It’s lightweight and more comfortable than a side snorkel and a mask. A side benefit is that by keeping your head down and not having to turn your head to breathe, it is easier to ignore people swimming or walking in nearby lanes.
It took a few minutes to remember not to breathe through your nose underwater! Also, I found I get thirsty breathing through the snorkel for long periods (20 minutes or so), so I keep a water bottle on the side of the pool.