Long hose (How long?)

[IanRMartin]

I want to get a long hose for my primary reg

How long should i go for?
I want it to be managable (not sure about stowing??) but also long enough for donation and not have to get really friendly

For info I'm not DIR

Cheers
Ian

[Woz]

Min 1.5m max 2.1m.

[markosis]

Is it for Single or twins?

Indy or manifolded?

How do you intend to stow the hose?

How big are you?


Personally, I use a 7' hose, but then I loop it round my torch canister and the back of my neck and there's quite a lot of me for it to travel round.

[IanRMartin]

Originally Posted by markosis

Is it for Single or twins?

Indy or manifolded?

How do you intend to stow the hose?

How big are you?


Personally, I use a 7' hose, but then I loop it round my torch canister and the back of my neck and there's quite a lot of me for it to travel round.

Single at the moment

If / When i go twins will be mainifolded

Not sure on stowing can you hog loop with a smaller hose say 1.5m or is bungee to cyclinder the only option then??

6ft - 15-16 st depending on the time of year

[Woz]

Wing or BCD?

[JasonP]

I found 1.5m too short on a twinset. It pulled the reg in my mouth when I inflated my wing on the surface. I went for 1.85m as I don't loop it under a torch canister or anything else on my waistband. The 1.5m hose ended up on a stage bottle.

Jason

[IanRMartin]

Originally Posted by Woz

Wing or BCD?

Buddy Travel wing at the moment

If / when i twin would be back plate harness and wing

[IanRMartin]

Originally Posted by JasonP

I found 1.5m too short on a twinset. It pulled the reg in my mouth when I inflated my wing on the surface. I went for 1.85m as I don't loop it under a torch canister or anything else on my waistband. The 1.5m hose ended up on a stage bottle.

Jason

So you have hog loopped a 1.85m hose OK?

[wannadivenotwork]

Regardless as to whether you are DIR or not, lopping the hose around your head is IMHO the best option.

I have seen other divers (and my buddy this weekend) stowing the hose in some bungy on their Twinset or single.

We did some OOO drills during the dive, and it was clumsy and slow to donate the reg and then pull it out of the bungy - it got caught on the wing somewhere. Personally, I think it is a bad idea to stow it that way and I speak from experience as I have tried both ways in anger.

Try looping it and stowing in an inland site or pool and see what you think. It certainly makes better use of it.

[Woz]

Go for a 2m hose and bungee it. Here's how I stow mine. Works a treat. Hoglooping is, IMHO, a PITA. Bloody reg drags all over the place, it unloops itself and gets in the way and is generally horrible. Stuffing it like this down the wing loops makes it hang like a normal reg. Hog loop after deploying.