snorkel construction question

[Jason Gallant]

looking at snorkels on Ebay (as one does) this morning and wondering about the differences in prices, as one could guess who could tell by the pictures as to what you may or may not get but I did notice one thing and wondered if it makes any difference. the less expensive snorkels seem to have a two piece design where the inlet goes into the fender and the more expensive ones seem to be one piece. does anyone have any incite on this and whether it would make any difference at all?

 

[cody c]

I dunno, I got one of the Chinese knock offs off amazon like a decade ago and it seems to look the same as new. There’s lots of debate in supporting vendors who put in the engineering and support the community... Unfortunately in Canada we get ripped off hard with shipping from the US, specifically UPS but also our customs fees that it makes buying direct from China much easier to justify, both Ebay and Amazon are slowly killing their sales when I can get simple builder parts or hardware with free shipping from the opposite part of the planet. Sorry for the sidetrack, short answer is I haven’t heard of any significant amount of problems from either type.

 

[retrofive]

^^ x2. I doubt it really would make difference.

 

[Bambusiero]

I think the difference (in airflow/pressure drop) would be almost impossible to detect in any way, even measure - but - the one piece might have a marginally smoother airflow going around that 90 degree bend?

 

[Box Rocket]

FWIW, I have a knockoff snorkel and it was one-piece and not two-piece like the one in the photo.

 

[BILT4ME]

Make sure you order the Chinese knock off rollover protection version.

 

[bwakeling]

whatever you get will be fine...just don't trust the template.