5' hose routing

[PfcAJ]

5' hoses work well for open water, for people who are relatively slight in stature. If you are broad or deep chested, the hose may not be quite long enough to sit comfortably in your mouth without any tension.

GUE used to allow various hose lengths, from 40" in open water, to 5' or 7', depending on diver size and application. They did away with that a number of years ago, and all GUE classes require the 7' hose now. I don't know what UTD does.

A 40" hose is pretty slick for shallow reef type stuff. Seems to route better than a 5 ft.

 

[TSandM]

If I route a 40" under my arm, I need a right-angle adapter on it for the reg to sit well in my mouth (which is not a huge big deal, but it's one more piece). For me, a 5' routes delightfully, but I'm pretty small-framed.

 

[decompression]

UTD is either 5' or 7'. I like how streamlined the 40" under the arm is but I found the 90 degree adapter irritating for S drills/donation.


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[PfcAJ]

The scubapro 120deg adapter is reasonable.

 

[The Laconic]

As others have said, miflex sucks for the long hose. I use miflex on my bungied reg and like it. I'm assuming you are diving a single tank. If so, here are some photos and descriptions that may be of help to you. Frogkick also has doubles photos and instructions.

Ooh, that's helpful. Thanks for the link.

 

[charlier]

5' hoses work well for open water, for people who are relatively slight in stature. If you are broad or deep chested, the hose may not be quite long enough to sit comfortably in your mouth without any tension.

GUE used to allow various hose lengths, from 40" in open water, to 5' or 7', depending on diver size and application. They did away with that a number of years ago, and all GUE classes require the 7' hose now. I don't know what UTD does.

First post for me on the DIR forum. As a followup question - Is it correct to assume that while using a 7' std hose on a single tank in tropical waters w/o a can light, I can tuck the extra hose under my belt on the right side. Thanks.

 

[Pullmyfinger]

Yes, you are correct in assuming that. You tuck the extra hose under the belt.

 

[nimoh]

First post for me on the DIR forum. As a followup question - Is it correct to assume that while using a 7' std hose on a single tank in tropical waters w/o a can light, I can tuck the extra hose under my belt on the right side. Thanks.

another option is to wear a knife in a sheath on your belt and hook the hose under that. The problem I find with tucking the hose into the belt is that it comes out when you don't want it to.

 

[rongoodman]

another option is to wear a knife in a sheath on your belt and hook the hose under that. The problem I find with tucking the hose into the belt is that it comes out when you don't want it to.

A rubber hose is less likely to do so than one of the braided ones, although they pack more neatly for travel.

 

[Nasser]

A knife sheath works well. Also if you use weight integrated pockets on your harness (yes I know they are not strictly DIR for some purists buth both Halcyon and UDT sell them) they work very well in place of a light canister.

The good thing about getting used to diving a 7ft hose is that if you eventually decide to get into tech you will already be familiar with it's use and deployment during gas sharing scenarios. It allows you to dive a scalable system - whether single tank or doubles.