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Snorkel: Kapitol Reef Dry Snorkel
The Kapitol Reef snorkel is pressure-regulated, much like a Scuba regulator. The biggest issues that cause people distress when snorkeling are the increased exhalation effort compared to normal breathing, and the build up of CO2 that occurs as each breath pulls in air that has previously been exhaled.
The Kapitol Reef snorkel is designed to get around both of these issues and make snorkeling much easier. It is pressure calibrated to help you control your breathing rate. This introduces a small, therapeutic pressure to improve oxygen delivery and carbon dioxide removal from the bloodstream. It also counters the compressive weight of water on the chest wall, sparing inhalation muscles from fatigue, while maintaining more natural lung volumes.
The pressure regulation of this innovative technology significantly improves performance and safety, while simultaneously reducing what is become known as “snorkel panic.”
Kadence Technology ® also ingeniously separates inhaled air from exhaled carbon dioxide, thereby minimizing the re-breathing of oxygen-depleted air. This helps all users, but is especially beneficial for individuals with small lungs. Not only can children now swim with the safety of an adult-sized snorkel, but they can do so with better comfort and safety.
Due to its unique design, the Kapitol Reef snorkel empowers you to breathe naturally without forceful purging, even after diving or swimming in rough waters. In its normal upright swim position, the very process of gently exhaling through the Kapitol Reef snorkel effectively removes any water that may have entered during the previous inhalation. The inhalation passages are naturally protected from splash and floodwater while exhaling. While submerged, water is not able to get into the inhalation passages, regardless of orientation – unless the snorkeler intentionally draws water in. Even then, the water enters slowly and is purged while gently exhaling, which is natural while returning to the surface.
Why is it vital to regulate breathing?
The weight of the water around your body presses air out of your lungs and forces the muscles around your chest to work harder to inhale. The result: fatigued inhalation muscles, smaller lung volumes, erratic breathing patterns, and increased anxiety.
Swimming with an ordinary snorkel does nothing to address these problems. In fact, conventional dry snorkels RELY upon that negative pressure to keep the valve closed which keeps the water out!
In contrast, Kadence Technology ® solves these problems by supporting inhalation muscles, preserving lung volumes, and restoring a normal cadence to breathing and maximizing comfort and confidence.
Additionally, the small airway pressure produced by Kadence Technology ® improves oxygen delivery into the bloodstream and carbon dioxide elimination from the body.
Kadence Technolgy ® utilizes precision-engineered valves to match exhalation airway pressures to the water pressure around your body. This helps to counteract the water pressures against your lungs, mouth, ears, and sinuses.
The result is a comfortable, relaxed breathing experience while snorkeling.
Available in Aquamarine, Deep Blue, Coral Pink, Orca Black, Reef Red or Submarine Yellow