Hose Protectors Don't?

[Peter_C]

If you're determined to use a hose protector as a strain relief, I'd recommend periodically pulling them back and checking them for wear, deterioration, corrosion, or other hidden problems.

I "felt" like the hose protectors were causing more of an issue. In order to inspect or change a hose around they had to be pulled back, requiring a lot of force to be used (Scubapro hose protectors FWIW). This put 10 times the amount of strain on the hose and fitting than anything I could do just using the kit. Therefore they were all removed and now I feel I am doing less damage to the hoses. The hoses are routed so there is never a sharp bend in them. It is easy to inspect the hoses when assembling my kit, it looks cleaner, and is easier to wash clean.

 

[fnfalman]

Went to Miflex hoses. End of story.

 

[Downing]

Please bare with me...

Uh, thanks for the offer but no. ;>)

Ditto fnfalman.

But before I switched to MiFlex, I had hose protectors and never gave them much thought. Then my LDS shopped swapped them during a routine maintenance check, and the new ones had their shop name all over them. I don't like being someone else's free billboard, so I had took them off myself.

 

[Steve SDI/TDI HQ]

Have Miflex hoses on CCR and SM kit these days, but have shunned the use of protectors for the past 15 years or so on ALL OC gear because they make inspecting hose crimps much more difficult and quite simply visually inspecting that area of my hoses is important to me.