johndiver999
Contributor
We are probably getting into details here, but I feel like the D-ring location is pretty well defined and has a pretty narrow range of locations based on the idea that you stick your arm out straight horizontal, bend the elbow and your thumb should hit the ring. I think that is how it was described to me anyway. So moving it much away from that location to address a corrugated hose routing issue would not be my first choice.
Another thing, if you are using an SS1, you want to have decent neck movement when using it. Trapping the hoses that feed it unnecessarily could be a problem.
Perhaps the simplest solution just came to me... Sometimes you might be able to route only the LP inflator hose through the ring, and the slack between the corrugated hose and the LP hose is not so great that the device is flopping around, but it will also yield a good bit of play to raise the inflator when you want to dump air. That experiment takes no $ or time. If you have a rubber LP hose instead of a woven one, this may work better, since the hose is stiffer.
Another thing, if you are using an SS1, you want to have decent neck movement when using it. Trapping the hoses that feed it unnecessarily could be a problem.
Perhaps the simplest solution just came to me... Sometimes you might be able to route only the LP inflator hose through the ring, and the slack between the corrugated hose and the LP hose is not so great that the device is flopping around, but it will also yield a good bit of play to raise the inflator when you want to dump air. That experiment takes no $ or time. If you have a rubber LP hose instead of a woven one, this may work better, since the hose is stiffer.