“The great snorkel debate”
I’m sure this has been brought up before, but is there a consensus on when you should have your snorkel facing forward versus backward? I’ve heard that you should run it facing to the back if snowing but in the rain forward: I don’t understand why but there you have it. It would seem if traveling in a group off road in a dusty/sandy environment you should face it to the rear to avoid clogging up your filter prematurely. Does facing it forward give you a better flow of air into the engine like a ram intake? Does facing it backward, make the engine work harder getting air in?
Ok thanks, I think that is about it.
Anyone changes their snorkels position based on weather, trail etc?
Josh

I think the main reason people face it to the rear is to avoid grabbing every limb on the trail.

Well the whole point of the snorkel is to keep water out of the airbox right? I run with mine forward facing for the most part but if I know I'm going out to trails where I'll be bajaing through puddles I'll turn it backwards, no point is splashing water in there. I do notice a very slight loss in power with it flipped around. But the slits in the Safari head keep the majority of rain out. A lil water wont hurt it. I completely saturated the old paper filter before the snorkel and it was still running fine, now I have a K&N. It can get wet and just dry back out.

The only thing that I have heard is to turn it around in the snow to keep it from getting packed tight.

I know that the Safari Snorkel head sheds water.
Safari - Snorkels (scroll down)

Thanks everyone and thanks chris for pointing out the link.