Question Is there a best practice for which hoses should be rubber be flex?

[Ares1590]

Setting up my long hose primary donate routing and I was planning on all rubber hoses except the inflator hose being flex since it won’t really have a chance to get loose and float around anyway and figured it would save weight.

In general though is there a guideline for which hoses should be rubber vs flex?

 

[PEDiver]

All rubber. I used to have a few braided hoses kicking around but have since replaced them all for a lot of the reasons mentioned already (floaty, rough on the skin, exterior seems to break down over time and become prickly, etc.). Just do yourself a favor and go ahead and buy rubber vs. having to upgrade later

 

[eightytwenty]

Your attention to detail merits praise but I think your weight savings is negligible. I’d prioritize uniformity of hose material (rubber, of course) for inspection and replacement purposes.

Hard agree on all fronts. Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[johndiver999]

The flex hoses work really well for the Air 2 inflator. You DIR guys think you know everything, but apparently NOT!

 

[rongoodman]

I had two braided hoses on my secondary reg fail on a trip out to Cocos last fall, at least to the extent of bubbling enough for other divers to notice. I'll stick with rubber from now on.