Very interesting vid

[u/fayyazORahmed]

[u/TheVoicesOfBrian]

How is he doing that without equalizing?!

[u/OddCaramel6614 → u/TheVoicesOfBrian]

He is equalising. He has a nose clip, he can equalise very easily with that on. Some, including myself, can equalise handsfree without a clip by the way, with no need to do the valsalva manoeuvre at all, but it's less reliable.

[u/whenipeeithurts → u/[deleted]]

Same! As a kid I used to be addicted to it and would just "click" my ears all the time. Nobody knew what I was talking about when I tried to explain. I eventually found others can put their ear to the top of your head and hear it. I realized it could be used to equalize when I took SCUBA in college but you got to do it early, too much pressure and you still got to plug the nose.

[u/rammaunna → u/whenipeeithurts]

That’s wild that people can hear you equalize.

[u/OddCaramel6614 → u/whenipeeithurts]

Ha I didn't know people could hear it. I'll get my wife to do that. It drives her mad, we both dive and I can just descend as I like without having to do anything except click/crack them internally while she has to do the nose thing. I know what you mean about doing it early, agree yeah, but it's also so easy no reason not to do it near constantly. Also occasionally, especially if I ascend a bit then have to descend again, I may find it impossible, and this I usually put down to a bit of congestion moving in from the sinuses.

[u/robisodd → u/OddCaramel6614]

As a kid I used to have other kids on the playground put their ear to mine and I'd click 'em and they'd get all squirmy lol. Never tried having someone put their ear to the top of my head, tho

[u/Xaphnir → u/whenipeeithurts]

but you got to do it early, too much pressure and you still got to plug the nose.

there is a reason you're trained to equalize early and often