Hose retainers

[Mike.D]

That's not a D-ring on the right hip, it's a weight belt buckle holding the primary light in place.

Care to explain please?? Picture doesnt really give anything away. Cheers

 

[rongoodman]

If you look closely, you can see the light tucked back over his right hip(there's a white label near the bottom). In front of it is a weight belt buckle, which you thought was a D-ring, which is just slid onto the right side of the waist belt up against the light and clamped. When you undo the waist belt, it keeps the expensive primary light from sliding off and hitting the floor.

It's like Jim said, just duck your head and extend the primary to the OOA diver. Once you both have regs to breath from, there is no more emergency, and you can unhook the long hose from under the light, or not, your choice. You'll need the entire 7' if you're exiting single file though a restriction, OOA diver in front. If you're just going to the surface, you can leave the extra tucked in and out of the way.

 

[ams511]

Hook, check out the YouTube videos. Dive Rite has some as well as GUE and UTD.

 

[Mike.D]

If you look closely, you can see the light tucked back over his right hip(there's a white label near the bottom). In front of it is a weight belt buckle, which you thought was a D-ring, which is just slid onto the right side of the waist belt up against the light and clamped. When you undo the waist belt, it keeps the expensive primary light from sliding off and hitting the floor.

It's like Jim said, just duck your head and extend the primary to the OOA diver. Once you both have regs to breath from, there is no more emergency, and you can unhook the long hose from under the light, or not, your choice. You'll need the entire 7' if you're exiting single file though a restriction, OOA diver in front. If you're just going to the surface, you can leave the extra tucked in and out of the way.

Ok so your saying the diver in the photo has 2 belt buckles on his waist belt? But how is the torch connected to his waist belt? Wouldnt it be easier to just have a keeper to hold his light in place?
-Mike

 

[bergersau]

Go to www.frogkickdiving.com go to the equipment configuration pages and have a look at the single tank regulator configuration page. There are some great photos illustrating from three sides how to manage your hoses on a Hogarthian rig.

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[Mike.D]

Cool thanks mate.

 

[rongoodman]

Ok so your saying the diver in the photo has 2 belt buckles on his waist belt? But how is the torch connected to his waist belt? Wouldnt it be easier to just have a keeper to hold his light in place?
-Mike

Yes, two buckles. There's a piece of webbing on the canister, held by two hose clamps, that the waist belt goes through. The advantage of the buckle as opposed to a tri-glide is that it can be removed very easily to take the light off for charging, or whatever. Actually, back in the "good old days" of lead acid batteries, the canister was much larger, maybe 8-10 pounds, and considered to be ditchable weight. In case of an emergency, you could just pop the two buckles and it would be gone.

 

[bergersau]

I use a pocket on the right waistband where the cannister light would normally go.
Just as with the cannister light, I slide a weight belt buckle on to the webbing and lock it down to hold the pocket in place close to the steel backplate.

 

[captainhook426]

I saw some videos with a 40" hose, but only looked for a few minutes before work.

 

[rongoodman]

Here's an image with one of the older canister lights. You can see how the hose is tucked under the light and the two belt buckles, and why you might want to ditch that thing if you were in trouble!