Are hose protectors a good or bad thing?
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Bob3
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Grease may allow the stiff protectors to "squirt" themselves off of the fittings. (happened to me numerous times)
After trying out many different types of hose protectors (stubbies), I opted for the OCEANIC protectors. They're smaller, more flexible, and easily installed by hand. More importantly, they're easily slide back for proper rinsing & inspection of the crimped fittings.
art.chick
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So what is wrong with pretty colors? If you have one green protector & one yellow, you are more visible under water & your reg is more identifiable. One of those stubbies protected the hose when some clod knocked over my tank (it was me, I'm afraid); the unprotected "macho" hose busted at the crimp & stopped my dive before it started. I am all for using colored accesories for practical reasons. If you can get much of it to match, your stuff stays together nicely on dive boats where everybody's black gear gets mixed up.
stokes
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"stubbies" seem to be a very logical thing to have... i just bought a couple of generic protectors, though i would have preferred to get the scubapro ones. problem was, scubapro protectors were only available in bright colors at that time. i guess i favoured my personal aesthetic choice over function. then again, i think my generic ones will also serve its purpose.
nothing against those who like to keep their gear colorful, my personal preference is just to keep things bland.
nothing against those who like to keep their gear colorful, my personal preference is just to keep things bland.
I probably should have read all the posts in this thread rather that just repeating what someone has already posted....
but....
I put the stubby little fellas in a cup of hot (very hot) water while I slick up the hose end with a little liquid dish soap (keep it out of the hose) and then pop the protectors on... then I make a tea out of the hot water.
but....
I put the stubby little fellas in a cup of hot (very hot) water while I slick up the hose end with a little liquid dish soap (keep it out of the hose) and then pop the protectors on... then I make a tea out of the hot water.
You posted (almost verbatim) the same thing in this very thread two months ago!
Shoot... really?
Yes really... good thing I checked for you!
Hmmm... shoot...
You are getting so old you forget things!
Yeah, I know.... and now I'm talking to myself about it...
art.chick
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Please, Pug,
Stay sane. We are getting great wisdom out of you. Perhaps the rubber-infused tea is making you talk to yourself.
Stay sane. We are getting great wisdom out of you. Perhaps the rubber-infused tea is making you talk to yourself.
Ever have that feeling that you're about to step in it???
Gotta be talking doubles set-ups, right? I actually tried jamming the hoses from a couple of regulators, a bc and an spg loaded up with those badboy SP swage protectors and couldn't even come close to getting them all to fit. I tried it on an MK20, a DST and a TX100, all with no joy. I had to resort to the cheezy Brand X models gathering dust in the corner of an LDS, but they sure slid on easier. I'll listen to any suggestions (except the obvious, "Shouldn't be diving with a single first stage...") that anyone may have.
Steven
Gotta be talking doubles set-ups, right? I actually tried jamming the hoses from a couple of regulators, a bc and an spg loaded up with those badboy SP swage protectors and couldn't even come close to getting them all to fit. I tried it on an MK20, a DST and a TX100, all with no joy. I had to resort to the cheezy Brand X models gathering dust in the corner of an LDS, but they sure slid on easier. I'll listen to any suggestions (except the obvious, "Shouldn't be diving with a single first stage...") that anyone may have.
Steven
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