again, the best answer is still go back to where you got the regulators, apologize and tell them you screwed up, and ask them to put a dir style OW hose setup on them. They should have no problem swapping the hoses. For this dive, she can use the same hose rigging as she is used to, 22" going to her mouth, the 40" or 44" going down and up to the right shoulder. With a BP/W you need a short inflator hose otherwise it looks ridiculous.
40" or 44" hose on the primary
22" on the secondary
22" inflator
26" SPG
If they say no, just order the right ones from here
https://www.divegearexpress.com/regulators/hoses_braided.shtml
I'm leaving in the morning.
I already dove in the local pool with this setup, so I don't think it's an option to return the hoses.
She is still not sure she wants to dive at all or not. She is going to dive on this trip to complete her "ole' college try". I think she'll like it, but I could be wrong. But, for this trip, I am taking every measure possible to ensure she likes it. She has her own snorkeling gear and wetsuit. I bought her the same BC she has been using. And now I've got a new reg set and computer that are nicer than what she trained with but setup identically. I don't want her to have a single moment of discomfort because something doesn't seem familiar. That goes all the way down to "these hoses are the same color. I'm used to one being yellow. Which one do I use?" There are enough things already at play that would potentially make her uncomfortable. I don't want to add even the most minute bit more. She sometimes feels claustrophobic under water. Looking down and seeing the bottom be really far away freaks her out. Anxiety factors add up. I don't want to do anything to contribute to those.
If she likes diving after this trip, I'll give her the reg set just like it is and she will be all set and I will buy another set with "streamlined" hoses.
If she doesn't like diving, then I'll keep the regs, replace the hoses, and sell her BC for whatever I can get. She can still use the wetsuit and other gear for snorkeling (which we already know she likes and has done many times over the years).
---------- Post added December 16th, 2014 at 01:52 PM ----------
Maybe you and the GF could go to the pool and practice air sharing and hand signals and maybe some other stuff?
It hasn't been that long since we were doing that in OW cert training (a few weeks). We will do it again when we start diving on Thursday, down in Mexico.