Just another vote for this. I'm completely recreational, no plans at all to go tech in any sense. The surface will remain a problem-solving option for me. Almost all my diving is on vacation in warm water with a rented single al80, and I don't own tanks.
I dive a 5' long hose with a bungied backup on a yoke 1st-stage and a hose-connected AI console computer, and have been since I first got my own gear. Never found an octopus holder that really works, I like the OOA scenario better than the other two mainstream reg configurations, and a few other advantages that have been mentioned above. I had a little concern about the long hose wrapping when I first tried it, but it seems completely comfortable to me now.
One little trick for rec(yoke)/long hose configuration: I put a 1" ss split ring on the yoke. Takes a couple of seconds extra to push it out of the way mounting on the tank. But then the boltsnap tied on the long hose that's there to clip to your right shoulder D-ring can clip to the yoke for carrying the regs over your shoulder, or storage, keeping the long hose 2nd stage off the deck.
I dive a 5' long hose with a bungied backup on a yoke 1st-stage and a hose-connected AI console computer, and have been since I first got my own gear. Never found an octopus holder that really works, I like the OOA scenario better than the other two mainstream reg configurations, and a few other advantages that have been mentioned above. I had a little concern about the long hose wrapping when I first tried it, but it seems completely comfortable to me now.
One little trick for rec(yoke)/long hose configuration: I put a 1" ss split ring on the yoke. Takes a couple of seconds extra to push it out of the way mounting on the tank. But then the boltsnap tied on the long hose that's there to clip to your right shoulder D-ring can clip to the yoke for carrying the regs over your shoulder, or storage, keeping the long hose 2nd stage off the deck.