Last time I revalidated about a month into the second year and indeed got almost 3 years. This time I left it till the last minute and did the 1 hr with instructor 2 days before it was due to expire (today I did it, between showers)......I wouldn't recommend it what with the weather we're having and all that, I was just being lazy. I wasn't looking forward to having to do a "skills test"....
