I have a new-to-me BP/W single tank rig, with a Hogarthian harness.
I guess most people that dive these use a primary 2nd stage on a long hose and a secondary on a short hose to a bungee necklace.
But, since I'm newly certified and - for my trip this week, anyway - I'll be letting my g/f use my new reg set, and using a rental reg set for myself, I had my new regs setup with the "standard" Rec setup of primary on short-ish hose and octo on long hose to run under my right arm.
I tried it in the pool yesterday. I have one D-ring on each shoulder strap - right at shoulder level. I hung a regular silicon octo keeper off that and tried it with the octo there, but didn't like it. I thought it was too high and hard to reach with my right hand. It allowed the octo to drag back and be almost in my armpit or on my side below my armpit, where, like I said, it was kind of hard to reach with my right hand.
So, I ended up putting the octo keeper on one of my rubber keepers below the shoulder D ring, so it was carrying the octo down lower. But then, because of the Hog strap routing, the octo was more like at my side than on my front where it would be easy to reach and deploy to an OOA diver.
Is there some other good way to rig it so that, if my g/f has an OOA situation, I will have my octo in a good place to deploy to her?
Should I just put it back to hung off the shoulder level D ring and "deal with it" until I get used to it? I feel like if I had a sternum strap, I would hang the octo off that and it would probably be totally comfortable. But I don't have a sternum strap and most Hog rigs don't seem to have one.
Is it okay to hang the octo keeper off my left side D ring and run the octo hose under my right arm and across my chest? I have felt like I wanted to avoid having anything run that way. It seems like being completely wrapped like that could pose a problem if there were some emergency situation where I needed to shuck my BC quickly (not that, off the top of my head, I can think of a good reason why I'd ever need to do that).
Do I really need to just reconfig my hoses and switch to the long hose primary/short hose secondary arrangement and stop sharing my regs with my g/f?
Thanks for any wisdom you can share.
I guess most people that dive these use a primary 2nd stage on a long hose and a secondary on a short hose to a bungee necklace.
But, since I'm newly certified and - for my trip this week, anyway - I'll be letting my g/f use my new reg set, and using a rental reg set for myself, I had my new regs setup with the "standard" Rec setup of primary on short-ish hose and octo on long hose to run under my right arm.
I tried it in the pool yesterday. I have one D-ring on each shoulder strap - right at shoulder level. I hung a regular silicon octo keeper off that and tried it with the octo there, but didn't like it. I thought it was too high and hard to reach with my right hand. It allowed the octo to drag back and be almost in my armpit or on my side below my armpit, where, like I said, it was kind of hard to reach with my right hand.
So, I ended up putting the octo keeper on one of my rubber keepers below the shoulder D ring, so it was carrying the octo down lower. But then, because of the Hog strap routing, the octo was more like at my side than on my front where it would be easy to reach and deploy to an OOA diver.
Is there some other good way to rig it so that, if my g/f has an OOA situation, I will have my octo in a good place to deploy to her?
Should I just put it back to hung off the shoulder level D ring and "deal with it" until I get used to it? I feel like if I had a sternum strap, I would hang the octo off that and it would probably be totally comfortable. But I don't have a sternum strap and most Hog rigs don't seem to have one.
Is it okay to hang the octo keeper off my left side D ring and run the octo hose under my right arm and across my chest? I have felt like I wanted to avoid having anything run that way. It seems like being completely wrapped like that could pose a problem if there were some emergency situation where I needed to shuck my BC quickly (not that, off the top of my head, I can think of a good reason why I'd ever need to do that).
Do I really need to just reconfig my hoses and switch to the long hose primary/short hose secondary arrangement and stop sharing my regs with my g/f?
Thanks for any wisdom you can share.