Concerns with routing longhose

[MKrauter]

Hello everyone,

Just looking for some opinions and comments about a question of mine. After recently switching to a long/short hose setup, I am trying to find how best to route my long hose.

For clarification, my setup is:
DSS Single tank rig (SS Plate, 30# wing, single piece Hog rig)
Blunt cutting device to the left of the crotchstrap on waist band.
4'' Knife on right side of my waist strap.

Originally I simply tucked the excess under my waist band (didn't carry the 2nd knife). However, after not being able to find a suitable place to strap my 2nd knife (can't fit it around my calf, uncomfortable on my forearm) I decided on trying to mount it to the right of my waist strap (where a can light would normally go) and decided to try and route the house underneath the knife case. I find that in doing so, the fuss with my hose, such as making sure its not getting pinched between the buckle and weightbelt hardweights, is greatly lessened. It just feels comfortable.

However, on my last dive, my buddy and I were looking for a lost anchor. We were tying a buoy to the anchor to mark it, my buddy got his 1st stage tangled by some line from the buoy. Because of the bad viz, I struggled a little to untangle the line. I was close to the point of cutting the line with my knife but finally managed to untangle my buddy. When I went to stow my knife, I could not do so with one hand and had to use both hands to find the case and make sure the point didn't come in contact with the hose. This got me thinking on the way back to the harbour, is having house routed under a knife sheath a good idea or does it invite a dangerous situation where my hose can potentially get cut by my knife? I've read on these forums of some people, when not using a can light, routing their hose under a pocket or knife on the waist band.

What is the opinion of stowing it underneath a knife case?

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I route mine under a pair of EMT shears on the right side. No worries about cutting the hose. I don't carry a second cutting device, but if I did I would stow it in a pocket or on the right side of the shoulder harness.

 

[neonstingray]

Sounds like it may be too big of a knife to begin with, but opinions always differ on knife sizes. I have a cheap slide-onto-the-belt pocket that I tuck the hose under when I'm not using a can light.

 

[Gren]

I have a trilobite on the left side of my waist and emt sheers on my right pocket. I tuck the hose into the belt, I find it is much easier than trying to move it around something.

As for knives, I don't use a knife for this purpose, to me there is added risk of unintentionally cutting something you don't want to and I've never had a time where a knife would have been beneficial over the cutter or the sheers.

 

[TSandM]

Could you swap out your blunt cutting device and the knife? That might solve the problem.

 

[DevonDiver]

I keep a small Ti knife central on my waist-band (just to the left of the waist buckle). This keeps it accessible by both hands. The location also means that the long hose can route underneath for security, before routing up and around my neck (useful when not carrying a canister etc).

My primary cutting tool is an Eezycut Trilobite that lives on the bungee straps of my computer (left forearm). It's instantly accessible there - easy to deploy and stow in seconds.

 

[beanojones]

I find that in doing so, the fuss with my hose, such as making sure its not getting pinched between the buckle and weightbelt hardweights, is greatly lessened. It just feels comfortable.

I have been told by many people in strident voices that it is never a problem to tuck a long hose under the belt.

You must be doing it wrong.

Or maybe those strident voices were not really so right, just strident.

 

[WhiteSands]

In my training with UTD, I'm taught to tuck the excess into the waist band if not diving with primary cannister light. Makes it easy to pull out and also re-tuck if I needed to do that.

Besides, with the knife you're limited by how much hose you can tuck under it. Variables like knife size, rigidity of sheath, body length etc. will impact how much excess hose is around your neck. When you pull the knife out it might also cause the sheath to flap around and lose its rigidity wrt to the waist belt, as nothing is now pressing against your body to keep the knife sheath rigid.

I find it better to just tuck the hose into the waist band because you can configure it to suit your own needs, and it doesn't affect anything else.

 

[divad]

the fuss with my hose, such as making sure its not getting pinched between the buckle and weightbelt hardweights.

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[rhwestfall]

under the EMT shears sheath on my right side if the can light is not being used...