America and Gringo Snorkels - Comfort During Extended Use - Cressi: Quality Since 1946

I professionally dive. Used this for chill snorkeling too, spearfishing, etc.Personally love the simplicity of this snorkel. Never had an issue, purchased a bunch of these so far and it’s the best simple snorkel.Would recommend 10/10

Breathing with your face submerged is cool and a lot of kids want to try it out. I bought this as a birthday present for a friend of the family when we were living in Mexico. I was a little unsure about the purchase becaue it is called an America Gringo snorkel, but I am happy to report it works just fine for Mexicans too. I can't make any guarantees for other nationalities, but I say you only live once, so go for it!

This is a nice, light snorkel that has a smaller sized mouthpiece than other adult models I've looked at. It is comfortable to use. It does not, however, come with a sliding elastic clip to attach to your mask as the description states. What you see is what you get. You have to either tether it to your mask or goggles with the headband on your mask or goggles or provide your own tether to hook them together and keep the snorkel upright. After experimenting a bit I found that I could simply run the headband (which is very thin) from my prescription goggles through the elongated loop on the snorkel. Wider bands could be problematic. Otherwise this is a good product and a good value.

I am a retired NAUI Scuba Instructor. If you want a snorkel to work for you to save your air on the surface or just to go snorkeling this is a good choice No bells and whistles Clears nicely used correctly from depth Always know your equipment

When trying to rent snorkeling equipment, only mask and fins are being rented in Florida keys.Get your own snorkel so they don't sell you a crappy $9 one that is worth $1.I compared this snorkel with the Oceanic Blast Snorkel due to the lower priceI really wanted the Oceanic Blast Snorkel to come out on top but it did not.Both may be useful for kids.However, my 12 year old son used this snorkel instead.The tube is made of rigid plastic. This can make it less comfortable and more difficult to pack.The tube goes straight up more than bending around ones head. This may allow it to be longer to avoid.The diameter of the tube is about the same size. It is not great and did not pass my thumb test.However the bite on the mouthpiece on the Cressi is larger and may better accommodate an adult.The Cressi comes with the old style of rubber mount.This is an advantage in my opinion if you have your own mask - The snorkel stays in the fixed position you set.It will make it more difficult to change from mask to mask however.Thus, if renting the mask, you should probably look to a different snorkel or at least a different keeper/mount.A more flexible snorkel tube would also be an advantage in packing bags somewhat.Photo 1 (leftmost) comment: From L to R are this Cressi, Oceanic Blast, 20 year old broken Oceanic (my favorite), and purchased FL $9 snorkel. This shows the different bite geometries well and their lengths.Photo 2 : magnified view of Cressi and Oceanic Blast.Photo 3: photo comparing tube diameters. My broken 20 year Oceanic was the largest.Photo 4: Thumb test that my 20 year old Oceanic would pass.None of the other three snorkels will accept my knuckle - they are all smaller.The FL snorkel (the right most) was the most uncomfortable because it used a clear hard plastic mouth piece and not a silicon mouth piece.This Cressi or the Oceanic Blast is a much better choice in my opinion. I don't expect the FL snorkel to last very long at all.

My wife and I like to freedive as well as snorkel and we've read in a few places that snorkel flexibility is a nice feature. Neither of us could really figure out why, but at under $15 this seemed to be a good way to test it. It's hard to describe. Perhaps it creates less drag as the dive happens or perhaps it's because this model doesn't have extra purge valves and splash guards that create turbulence. Either way, the Cressi Gringo was a nice change from what we had been using.As the other reviews state, the lack of those extra features also means that there's less to break or fail. This snorkel just works.If I had to comment on the negatives it would be that it could have been 1 inch longer and the loop that attaches it to a mask could have been easier to set. It wasn't so much a problem for my wife because she just took it off and replaced it with one made of neoprene that she got for her long hair, but it was quite a pain for me to get back on one I had threaded the band to my mask through.Despite those two things, you just can't go wrong for something like this that works and is available at a great price.

Great snorkel but nothing to attach it with, so I used a hair tie.

Very basic, but we were going snorkeling, so I wanted to make sure I could use a snorkel🤷‍♀️. This showed me I could… allayed my concerns.

Perfekt

Its strong not smoth

Bien

I am pleased with the solidness of this snorkle. It's perfect for swimming laps in the community pool. It was a good price and the delivery was very fast.

Too bad