Airflow Snorkels

[Patchy]

Hey guys and maybe girls looking for some feed back on on the Airflow Snorkel kits compared mainly to Safari Snorkels...

Story is I ordered a safari snorkel for my TD5 defender only to have a call today explaining to me that Safari them selves have run out of stock and about a month wait, I was offered money back, wait or the Airflow Snorkel kit as a replacement.

I'm leaning towards money back and to sorce from another place but this is all based on the fact I had never heard of Airflow before until today from what I understand they are an aussi company and google shows a few ppl think they are ok.

So if anyone has fitted one seen one swapped one out for a different brand i would like to hear your thoughts because i dont know if i should.. plan was to have it for next weekend for a playful weekend away with some water around.

Cheers Brian

[jimr1]

Hi Brian , The Airflow snorkel's are OK . or raised air intake as some call them . The Safari snorkel's are a good product , I have one on my td5 . The Safari cost top $ if you did go for the Airflow is there a difference in price , and would there be an adjustment . At the end of the day they are all just a plastic pipe , once fitted they don't much , in the since they don't wear out . They all have black carbon in the help with UV. protection . At the end of the day they all do there job !!.. Jim :)

[Patchy]

Thanks Jim the only adjustment is $20 so not much of a saving if was something a bit more substantial I probably would just of said yeah I'll take it. Thats why I thought I would ask the question looking at what pics I can find on google images I think I proffer the looks of the safari and like you said at the end of the day they are just a plastic pipe so going on cosmetic I think I'll end up getting cashed back try and sorce elsewhere.

Cheers Brian

[Ranga]

The Airflow doesn't have the small divot - which stops the mirror arm making contact when opening the door - that the Safari has. I've actually seen an Airflow with a crack in it at that spot, which I assume is from repetitive contact with the mirror arm. The biggest issue I have is when opening the door sometimes, the snorkel pushes the mirror arm back. Takes all of 3 seconds to push it back, so I'm only worried about cracking. I've been thinking of using a heat gun to soften the plastic on mine and make my own divot.

Other than that, probably no real difference I reckon.

[Patchy]

Cheers Ranga I think I will try and find a safari that mirror thing would give me the *****s I recon being minor as it is

[Ranga]

Cheers Ranga I think I will try and find a safari that mirror thing would give me the *****s I recon being minor as it is

It's probably not as bad as I made out. In reality, if 5 minutes with a heat gun can save a couple of hundred bucks, I reckon it's well worth it.

What's far more important is actual performance, of which I'm in no position to comment on ;)

[Patchy]

Yeah fair call but if it was offered to me at a couple of hundred $ saving it wouldnt bother me either but since only being offered $20 from the price of a safari both are put into the same design quality category starting to feel this guy is trying to touch me up haha

[Ranga]

For $20 difference, I'd be going the Safari ;)