Long hose without can light

[RyanT]

I just tuck the long hose in my waist band. I've got an 8' hose on one of my regs and I find that it actually works better than the 7' hose tucked under the waist band. The loop under my belt is long enough to keep the loop around my neck tight so that it doesn't ride up. Sometimes my 7' hose will come out of my waist band, but I don't have that problem with the 8' hose.

 

[LiteHedded]

7' hose ALWAYS comes out of the waste band for me. i always just stick a can light on my belt to avoid it.
plus if i surface far from the boat i'll want that light for signalling

 

[wheeledgoat]

Can't figure out why no one has yet suggested a standard hose clip... hose pops right out in an emergency - it's what the things are designed for, and they're cheap!

...but I'm always willing to learn something new. There must be a reason they haven't been mentioned...

 

[seeker242]

...but I'm always willing to learn something new. There must be a reason they haven't been mentioned...

They aren't DIR / hogarthian or whatever you want to call it.

 

[Lorenzoid]

They aren't DIR / hogarthian or whatever you want to call it.

I can think of a few reasons why they wouldn't jibe with DIR principles. DIR advocates minimalism--this is an extra item. DIR advocates robustness/serviceability--this thing is made of plastic. I got chided for using a plastic belt buckle even just to hold my can light on. Also, the carabiner gate is a big no-no because it's a line trap.

 

[wheeledgoat]

They aren't DIR / hogarthian or whatever you want to call it.

yeah, but why? I understand some of the hogarthian rules and theory behind them, but what's the matter with a clip? I don't mean this to be an inflammatory comment, but it would seem all the work-arounds cited in this thread are kinda convoluted in comparison to just using a simple clip. But please pardon my new-ness to DIR/Hogarthian theory...

 

[wheeledgoat]

I can think of a few reasons why they wouldn't jibe with DIR principles. DIR advocates minimalism--this is an extra item. DIR advocates robustness/serviceability--this thing is made of plastic. I got chided for using a plastic belt buckle even just to hold my can light on. Also, the carabiner gate is a big no-no because it's a line trap.

ahhh.. plastic + suicide clip. guess that does make sense... thanks!

 

[sea_otter]

Can't figure out why no one has yet suggested a standard hose clip... hose pops right out in an emergency - it's what the things are designed for, and they're cheap!

For those using a long hose (in backmount), the standard practice is to donate the hose that you're breathing. To take up slack in the 7 foot length, it wraps around your body, like the yellow hose shown in this photo.

There's a clip near the regulator, but it's really only clipped off if you're on land, breathing another gas, or it's compromised. Reg out of your mouth always gets donated. No need to unclip in an emergency. You can switch to the octopus bungeed around your neck.

Now, a breakaway clip like that might have some value in a sidemount rig, where your bungeed and not very easy to donate reg might be in your mouth half the time. Opinions vary as to the best way to approach this, but there's no DIR standard.

 

[kelemvor]

I can think of a few reasons why they wouldn't jibe with DIR principles. DIR advocates minimalism--this is an extra item. DIR advocates robustness/serviceability--this thing is made of plastic. I got chided for using a plastic belt buckle even just to hold my can light on. Also, the carabiner gate is a big no-no because it's a line trap.

Doesn't carrying the delrin/pvc simulator or a can light just for the sake of holding a hose present the same conflict?

 

[sea_otter]

Now, a breakaway clip like that might have some value in a sidemount rig

And fyi, here's a simpler version I've used for that purpose. Tie a bolt snap to one end and put the other around the reg hose. A bit easier to deal with than funky plastic clippy thing.

But now I'm kinda going way off topic. ;-)