Not what looks good, not what should work and not what just probably works. Gold Hog Sluice Mats are one of the few “”mat / riffle”” systems to come along which have been developed from successful test results. I really hadn’t intended to use them as a focal point here – however – it just turned out that way due to the questions that came up. WELL – lets address those specific mats – Gold Hog Mats. I have used both and will go with the gold hog matt every time.Even the washer matt that is not designed for sluicing will catch more gold than expanded over carpet.Folks that use crappy Tire floor mats are only fooling themselves.my 2 bits and clean-up is only seconds.If you use expanded metal and carpet and then get a chance to see vortex matt in action you will be reworking your tailings to find all the gold you lost. Each and every riffle is a vortex that sucks your gold inside the riffle. Hi.It is hard too explain.but many years and testing go into these mats.You should watch the You Tube videos. Here below are all the many answers and comments I received. What is so special about those Gold Hog Sluice Mats? The story's moral is if you dive, be healthy and do not smoke, and know what you are doing.Looking for Gold Hog Matting Reviews I went on a large gold prospector forum and asked the question: The funny thing is that he enjoyed the system he purchased from me at the end of our trip. I was floating above him with my snorkel, and he was listing to him, consuming so much air that he sounded like Dark Vader in battle. This guy pulled about So much air that the system could not keep up any deeper than 10 feet deep. So I set us both up, and we went down together, and we could only get a few feet under, and we ran out of air. So I am thinking to myself, this could be interesting. So I was setting him up, and then he goes hold on, grabs a cigarette, and sucks it down. So we talked about it and said no problem, do not go any deeper than you can stand up.

He was a big guy, probably around 275 pounds plus.

We ran across a local Hawian guy at the dive site, and he asked if he could try out the system. My wife Liz is an experienced diver as well. Keep in mind, I have been diving on a Hooka system since I was around eight years old on a 2.5' dredge. We could dive at a max depth of roughly 15 to 20 feet deep with the two of us.

My wife and I were diving in about 10 to 20 feet of water, and we could both dive at the same time as long as we kept calm and controlled our breathing. Just a quick story about HydroAir when I took it on a trip to Hawaii.

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