How to identify the hoses on your stage?

[BlueTrin]

When you put a quick disconnect and a regulator on a stage, is there a way to make it easy to identify which one is which one when you need to remove one from the rubber bands?

 

[rhwestfall]

not exactly sure what you are asking, but thinking hose color?

 

[BlueTrin]

I guess I’ll go for hose colour.

I was wondering if it’s because maybe I should give a bit of slack and let the stage hang a bit more or something like this.

I had the hoses on the right side of the bolt snaps, so it wasn’t easy to see unless I unclipped.

I think I’ll move the hoses on the left side of the bolt snap by rotating the first stage.

Was trying to get random opinions/tips from different people

 

[grantctobin]

Pictures of what you’re talking about might help.

I guess I’ll go for hose colour.

I was wondering if it’s because maybe I should give a bit of slack and let the stage hang a bit more or something like this.

I had the hoses on the right side of the bolt snaps, so it wasn’t easy to see unless I unclipped.

I think I’ll move the hoses on the left side of the bolt snap by rotating the first stage.

Was trying to get random opinions/tips from different people

DIR rigged stage, reg stays on the left side as normal, inflator hose or QC6 runs down and through the handle to the other side.

 

[BlueTrin]

Pictures of what you’re talking about might help.

DIR rigged stage, reg stays on the left side as normal, inflator hose or QC6 runs down and through the handle to the other side.

I didn’t understand the second part when you say that it runs down through the handle.

Do you mean that compared to the pictures below I should put it on the right side of the nylon line with the bolt snaps? (I guess that what you call the handle)

 

[grantctobin]

Attached.

How often are you needing to deploy that inflator hose? I assume this for a rebreather bailout. If it’s not, why do you have an inflator hose (or QD or QC6 etc) on a stage?

 

[BlueTrin]

Attached.

How often are you needing to deploy that inflator hose? I assume this for a rebreather bailout. If it’s not, why do you have an inflator hose (or QD or QC6 etc) on a stage?

Thanks, I use it only for DSMBs when I want my large DSMB to be really fully inflated and I happen to have the stage for this dive.

I do not dive a rebreather.


Why would someone rig the QD hose that way? Is it so that the quick disconnect hose come at the top?

I just noticed you out both the rubber band and the QD hose under the handle. I guess that prevents it from moving too much?

 

[Subcooled]

a quick disconnect and a regulator ... is there a way to make it easy to identify which one is which

The regulator hose does have a second stage.

 

[rhwestfall]

If I was going to do that, I would keep the lpi hose well away from the reg hose.

 

[GF99/99]

When you put a quick disconnect and a regulator on a stage, is there a way to make it easy to identify which one is which one when you need to remove one from the rubber bands?

I am assuming you are talking about QD hoses for pluging in offboard gases.

For this I always label my QD hoses same as how everyone labels there tanks I put a small flag of tape on every single offboard whip right at the QD fitting this way when I grab it I can confirm the mix I'm about to plug in and also generally you confirm with your dive buddy as well. Same procedure as a gas switch on OC

colored tape and hoses is also a nice additional verification, more of a luxury item

See all the tape flags on the offboard whips with mix label