I ordered this snorkel and mask with having absolutely no clue what I was doing as the last time I had ever used a snorkel/mask was when I was 10 (aka: 15 years ago). So I had to base it all on reviews. I didn't think the set looked very pretty (honestly I wanted a light blue colored set or a bright pink set), but I decided, after all, to go with quality over beauty *sigh* First of all, I got the clear set. And I'm very happy I did. I got a bunch of underwater pics with the set on and the clear set shows your whole face, and I really like that. Yeah, it's still not the sexiest thing to wear, but what mask is?! I'm honestly glad I didn't settle for a showy, colorful set because of that reason. I also have a full range of sight. Nothing gets hidden from my retinas, NOTHING! haha When I got it in the mail, I was super excited and without even putting the head strap around my head, I just smooshed the mask up to my face just to see what it looked like, and boy was I surprised when the mask actually suctioned to my face without the strap on! In fact it suctioned so well, it nearly pulled the boogers out of my nose! And a couple of times using it since then, it actually makes my ears pop if I get it on good enough. Basically what I'm saying is I was told AFTER I bought it that if the mask suctions to your face without the strap or you holding it, it's a good mask, so this is a darn good mask. Oh, and it's comfortable, too! I have no issues with comfort at all while wearing it. And the snorkel! It really does work! I was snorkeling with my boyfriend and my dad, and they had the "old" snorkels, aka: no water stop on them. The ocean was pretty wavey at the time, and those two were constantly getting water in their snorkels, coughing, spitting out water, having to pull the mouth piece out to drain the water. I, on the other hand, didn't have a single issue with mine! In fact I didn't even realize the waves were that bad until I heard those two complaining about all the water getting down in their snorkels and cursing out the waves. So that's really when it was pointed out to me that this snorkel works really really well at keeping water out. I also had to do a little test at one point and dunk all the way into the water and sure enough, not even a little bit of water came down my snorkel. I'm very, very happy with this product. Absolutely worth every penny, I'd buy it again in a heart beat, and I'm recommending it to anyone who asks! Btw, sometimes this stuff matters: I'm a female at 5'7" so anyone in that spectrum this should fit most dandy :P And my boyfriend used it as well and fit him great and he's 6'0" and 250lbs so it fits bigger males as well. Hope this helps!
