One thing that I have always considered an oversight of the tech community is not putting a strain relief on the long hose. This might be fine in a cave with no currents and skilled divers, but is a great way to get a hose fitting snapped off from your first stage in open sea.
Think about it. You have somebody on your long hose that may be of unknown or questionable ability and unstable due to panic. That diver is out of reach and air hanging on the end of your hose, the seas have kicked up, and you are trying not to get swept offshore.
It is very simple to install a strain relief on the first stage end of the hose with a snap that secures to your rig. The hose itself has pretty decent tensile strength, unlike the swaged brass fitting when yanked at an angle. Sure you can close that post valve when the hose fitting snaps… but then they might come for that regulator in your mouth… or drift off and die.
This is pretty common in the commercial diving industry. The cleanest way I have found for LP hoses is to take some hollow braided Polypropylene rope with a snap at one end. This is the line that acts like a Chinese Finger Trap and tightens equally under strain.
Shove the first stage end of the hose in the hollow end of the line about 4" and pop it out between the weaving like in the attached image. Then do a Long Bury Splice around the hook. I like to whip the ends with sail twine and cover with electrical tape. Only whip at the end that will allow tightening under strain.
Think about it. You have somebody on your long hose that may be of unknown or questionable ability and unstable due to panic. That diver is out of reach and air hanging on the end of your hose, the seas have kicked up, and you are trying not to get swept offshore.
It is very simple to install a strain relief on the first stage end of the hose with a snap that secures to your rig. The hose itself has pretty decent tensile strength, unlike the swaged brass fitting when yanked at an angle. Sure you can close that post valve when the hose fitting snaps… but then they might come for that regulator in your mouth… or drift off and die.
This is pretty common in the commercial diving industry. The cleanest way I have found for LP hoses is to take some hollow braided Polypropylene rope with a snap at one end. This is the line that acts like a Chinese Finger Trap and tightens equally under strain.
Shove the first stage end of the hose in the hollow end of the line about 4" and pop it out between the weaving like in the attached image. Then do a Long Bury Splice around the hook. I like to whip the ends with sail twine and cover with electrical tape. Only whip at the end that will allow tightening under strain.
Checked out the site, no webbing suitable for a bp/w. I already have a set but was hoping to find a place to buy the webbing locally. I did find a shop in Berkeley that says they sell a selection of webbing, Narain's. Probably will head out there soon to pick up some.
