5ft primary hose and a dry suit

[AquaGuy]

I've just ordered a dry suit and have changed my primary hose to a 5ft hose. This is only for a single tank setup and also no overhead. Rec diving only. I've been doing some reading here and people say that a 5ft hose is too short and does not have optium routing when wearing a dry suit. 7ft is too long for me.

Anyone using a 5ft hose with a drysuit? If so, any problems?

I guess I will just have to wait and see when my ds arrives.

Aqua Guy

 

[TSandM]

One of my classmates in Fundies was using a five foot hose. It routed okay, but after doing a bunch of air-share drills in class with people using the 7 foot hose, he decided it was much nicer to have the longer reach and switched. I use a 7 foot, and it's a little long -- no matter how I route it, there's some slop somewhere -- but after seeing my classmates five footer, I stuck with what I had. Six feet would probably be perfect, but that's a custom length.

 

[Ben_ca]

5 is ok but 7 is much better... There's a bunch of DIR guys there... ask them if they have a spare 7 so you can dive them both and then decide....

Remember Ebay is the divers friend

 

[Diver0001]

I've just ordered a dry suit and have changed my primary hose to a 5ft hose. This is only for a single tank setup and also no overhead. Rec diving only. I've been doing some reading here and people say that a 5ft hose is too short and does not have optium routing when wearing a dry suit. 7ft is too long for me.

Anyone using a 5ft hose with a drysuit? If so, any problems?

I guess I will just have to wait and see when my ds arrives.

Aqua Guy

Try it and see for yourself. The 5ft hose is too short with a drysuit and nothing will prove it better than 1st hand experience.

If you think the 7ft hose is too long then you're most likely not routing it properly.

R..

 

[Diver0001]

One of my classmates in Fundies was using a five foot hose. It routed okay, but after doing a bunch of air-share drills in class with people using the 7 foot hose, he decided it was much nicer to have the longer reach and switched. I use a 7 foot, and it's a little long -- no matter how I route it, there's some slop somewhere -- but after seeing my classmates five footer, I stuck with what I had. Six feet would probably be perfect, but that's a custom length.

Actually, that's not such a weird thought. I know a few divers who use 8ft hoses because they're very tall......if you're shorter than average then a 6ft hose might be just what you need.

R..

 

[AquaGuy]

I'm tall - 6'4'' so I guess I am going probably end up with a 7' hose. I' more concerned about not being able to turn my head to the left without resistance. With my wetsuit, the 5ft works fine, but I have a feeling the drysuit will be a different story.

 

[Diver0001]

With my wetsuit, the 5ft works fine, but I have a feeling the drysuit will be a different story.

Bingo. You nailed it. It's all about context.

R..