Or every flight if your mask is just shitty like mine is...You get used to it and don't really notice it, except when the accumulation of snot particles makes the outflow valve stick intermittently, which for most students typically occurs on a random flight about halfway through primary.
The "new" masks (MBU-20A/P... with the hose coming out of the side) are a major improvement to the old style (where the hose came out the center of the mask).
Just to offer a different viewpoint, I have found the opposite to be true. The "old" (MBU-12) mask was much more comfortable, less prone to getting restricted while turning your head, and seemed to made of much higher quality material. One man's opinion so take it for what it's worth.
I could never get the new masks to fit my (once broken and hence crooked) nose without wrenching down uncomfortably on the straps. Even then, it was a crapshoot as to whether it would leak or not.I concur. The new masks are garbage.
I'm agnostic on the MBU-12 vs -20 argument . . . but I reiterate my point about good PRs vs lazy ones.I had an old one for a while, but the PRs at 106 took it from me and said I couldn't use it as it wasn't authorized- but then a couple weeks later saw a reserve O-5 using it. Thanks guys...
Thats the answer i was looking for. Its the breathing part that I found tiring. Felt as if the hose was clogged, like breathing through a water filter if that makes any sense. Maybe I just had a crappy mask?As everyone else said, it's not the breathing that will be the problem. When you get in instruments and have three days of out and ins in a row, you might think your nose is going to fall off. It took two weeks for my nose to stop hurting to the touch.
I could never get the new masks to fit my (once broken and hence crooked) nose without wrenching down uncomfortably on the straps. Even then, it was a crapshoot as to whether it would leak or not.
I had an old one for a while, but the PRs at 106 took it from me and said I couldn't use it as it wasn't authorized- but then a couple weeks later saw a reserve O-5 using it. Thanks guys...
Was it issued to you or pool gear? 5 bucks says if it's the latter, you got a POS where they never did periodic maintenance on it correctly. Fit issues I've had. I've never had trouble literally breathing, but then again, I went through T-45s before the OBOGS units shit the bed.Thats the answer i was looking for. Its the breathing part that I found tiring. Felt as if the hose was clogged, like breathing through a water filter if that makes any sense. Maybe I just had a crappy mask?
Pool gearWas it issued to you or pool gear? 5 bucks says if it's the latter, you got a POS where they never did periodic maintenance on it correctly.