If that hose is actually 7' and is still too short to tuck you can either go shorter and not bother trying to tuck it at all or go longer. I'm quite a bit smaller than you and use a 5' hose, wrapped but not tucked, for recreational dives.
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This contraption is really a bad idea. A solution to a non-existent problem. Not only will it potentially delay or prevent smooth, quick long hose deployment but it would also be impossible to re-stow the long hose.
If you don’t use a canister light, not sure you need a 7’ hose to be honest. But if you want one, tucking it is a far better option. As has been said, if it keeps coming lose, tighten your waist strap.
If you’re not doing any penetration and thus don’t use a canister light, a 5’ hose is a better option IMO.
If you don’t use a canister light, not sure you need a 7’ hose to be honest. But if you want one, tucking it is a far better option. As has been said, if it keeps coming lose, tighten your waist strap.
If you’re not doing any penetration and thus don’t use a canister light, a 5’ hose is a better option IMO.
+1. Sliding the hose back toward your hip also helps, as there's less "give" than the belly area.
I cannot find it now but it seems I have seen a commercial version of this hose holder? Rather than a PVC tube it could be a piece of 2 inches Velcro to make a loop by adhering to self and then sewn to another piece of slotted webbing. Just stick the excess hose loop into the Velcro tube. If deployed it is going to release either by the Velcro opening or the hose just sliding out as in the OPs device.
How does tucking under a can light deploy any smoother or those rods I have seen used in place of a can light?
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If aI were to make something like the OPs device, I would flare the opening and polish it to allow smooth deployment. I am only a normal 5-10ish and a 60 inches hose works fine for me without tucking. But I am not diving DIR/GUE and I am not penetration diving where the 72 inches hose would certainly be beneficial.
How does tucking under a can light deploy any smoother or those rods I have seen used in place of a can light?
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To retain the long hose when diving in a long hose configuration.
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If aI were to make something like the OPs device, I would flare the opening and polish it to allow smooth deployment. I am only a normal 5-10ish and a 60 inches hose works fine for me without tucking. But I am not diving DIR/GUE and I am not penetration diving where the 72 inches hose would certainly be beneficial.
I just started with the long hose, use a 7 footer and tuck the excess behind a stick as suggested above but use the Halcyon version. I have found that the long hose is a lot more comfortable as there is less pull on the mouthpiece when looking around, just takes getting used to tucking in the excess. I also found that placing the stick further back kept the hose in place better and out of the way.
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So basically, buy something to solve a problem that basically doesn’t exist if you size the hose length correctly for the type of diving you’re doing.
For the other posters on this thread, unless you’re diving in restrictions like a cave or technical wreck penetration and consequently need to be able to share air single file through tight passages, there is no reason to use a 7ft hose. None…you can easily use a 5ft hose and rout it the same way except it doesn’t make the big loop down to your waist belt. Basically, it comes from the 1st stage over your right shoulder, across the chest, behind your head from left to right (it’s not really ‘wrapped around the neck’) and into your mouth. If the 5ft hose is a little short for that, which it can be on large people, you can try a 90 degree elbow, that gives you a couple of extra inches, or you can buy a hose coupler, and experiment by connecting two shorter hoses together until you get the perfect length, then get a custom hose.
I use a 7ft hose all the time in cave diving, but never in OW. Instead I use the 5 ft hose which works perfectly for me, provides all the benefits of the 7ft hose but is much less trouble to manage with a single tank in OW.
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I have a different experience than you, I have tried a 5’ hose before and does not work as nicely as a 7’ hose, and I’m short.
What I disliked about the 5 footer which doesn’t get tucked anywhere, is that it ever so slightly starts to “move” and pulling on the mouth piece which makes me lose what @thomschoon mentions below. In the case of the 7’ which I use on all rigs, cave/tech/CCR/single tank, the stretch of hose from waist band to mouth is secured and so will not move, I think what makes the stretch of hose from waist band to 1st stage move is that it passes over the wing and always wants to “pull it backwards”.
And again as mentioned below, yet another nice feature of the routing of a long hose is the comfort bite it provides, completely eliminating any need of elbows/swivels.
Yep, the hose comes in at a natural angle towards the mouth.
At 6'-7", I use an 8' hose, or for 7', I rely on 1st and 2nd stage swivels....
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This is a right side view of my rig. The right side waist strap is hanging down toward the bottom. Just above the D-ring I've mounted a ScubaPro pocket. It has a velcro closure at the top which is shown to the right in the photo above. I keep a slate in it and sometimes a mirror if I'm doing open water diving. The pocket lays next to my right side. I loop my 7 ft hose down between the pocket and the BP pushing it under the pocket so it lays between my waist and the pocket. It stays there during the dive but can be removed easily for gas sharing.
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