Question 40cu ft tank side mount regulator hose length?

[FF / EMT]

The primary difference between stage-bottles and a slung redundant air-supply is the intended use. You could optimize your setup a little for either use, but otherwise, they're both almost identical most of the time.

Agreed, and depending on the dive, may or may not be diving with a stage the entire time.

 

[broncobowsher]

Is this strictly for solo use? Or will it be used in a team situation?

I (this is what I would do, you can do as you like) do enough diving with others that I would have it rigged for team use and just dive the same solo. But if this is solo only that won't apply

 

[SlugLife]

Is this strictly for solo use? Or will it be used in a team situation?

I (this is what I would do, you can do as you like) do enough diving with others that I would have it rigged for team use and just dive the same solo. But if this is solo only that won't apply

Agreed.

As a personal/subjective thing, I dive 95%+ solo, although I like having my gear already configured for any type of diving I'm likely to do, assuming minimal inconvenience.

For example the few times I do have a dive-buddy, it's always a last-second thing when I'm about ready to jump in the water or already in the water and someone asks. In the unlikely event that I even remember I have a short-hose, there's almost no chance I'm going to say "hold up while a swap a hose." The tucked-long-hose I find to be no inconvenience. Although if I routed a long-hose normally, I do find that inconvenient.

 

[p_kos]

My own setup when diving sidemount with a pony is AL 80 left, AL 19 right. The right-side is redundant-only; and I don't breathe it except as practice or to verify it's working.

On my pony-side, my regulators have a 7ft hose, mostly tucked under bungies. Because the hose is tucked under bungies, there's almost no down-side to the long-hose. It's effectively a flexible hose-length, or about 32 inches when tucked., but pulling on the hose easily converts it from something like 40-inches to 7ft of usable length. The hose has never come unexpectedly untucked from bungies.

Do you need 7ft? No, not really. The original idea though was if I ever was in an air-share scenario (which I mostly dive solo), the standard "rule" is that they grab the reg on the brightly-colored hose, and that's theirs. If necessary, I can even remove the cylinder entirely and hand it off. My left-side would still be attached to my inflator-hose, and have my larger air-supply.

I use the same regulators when diving normal sidemount (2x AL80, or 2x HP 100s)

The reason I suggest you consider 7ft, is because it sounds like you want to play around with hose-routing. By doing this, you effectively have a flexible hose length, and can try everything from 5-inches to 7ft. The 70 or 90-degree adapter is irrelevant to hose-length, as it's basically adjustable. I have a 90-degree adapter on mine.

Way too much going on in this pic. Is the second stage clipped to the upper stage kit clip? I can see this presenting issues if trying to deploy in an emergency.

 

[SlugLife]

Way too much going on in this pic. Is the second stage clipped to the upper stage kit clip? I can see this presenting issues if trying to deploy in an emergency.

I was only talking about the long-hose, and it's a somewhat old photo which served that purpose.

But since you commented:

(1) During the dive, the regulator is clipped to my chest-d-ring, not where it's shown in the photo. I only clip it onto the tank-rigging during transport.
(2) The clip is "breakaway." Those colorful things are magnets.

My current setup uses a slightly different breakaway clip than shown, and I can take a picture of that later. I was using one of those hose-magnet retainers, but found it came apart too easy. So now it's both that magnet, and some thin zip-ties. That way I can easily break the zip-ties, but then re-stow it after. (We might be drifting off topic though)

 

[p_kos]

I was only talking about the long-hose, and it's a somewhat old photo which served that purpose.

But since you commented:

(1) During the dive, the regulator is clipped to my chest-d-ring, not where it's shown in the photo. I only clip it onto the tank-rigging during transport.
(2) The clip is "breakaway." Those colorful things are magnets.

My current setup uses a slightly different breakaway clip than shown, and I can take a picture of that later. I was using one of those hose-magnet retainers, but found it came apart too easy. So now it's both that magnet, and some thin zip-ties. That way I can easily break the zip-ties, but then re-stow it after. (We might be drifting off topic though)

Okay, with breakaways it makes more sense.

 

[runsongas]

anything longer than 26 inch will involve half tucking the hose if you intend to wrap it behind your neck. i would instead run it as a short hose on a necklace and run a longer hose on your primary or run a 36 to 40 inch hose that is stowed and deployed as necessary. angle adapter allows for a tighter loop with a slightly shorter hose.