Hello dear scubaboarders,
Recently I've been diving alot with people who have very DIR-oriented views , and they kept pressing me to change out some stuff in my gear setup to dive completely DIR-conform.(computer was high on left arm with light right and compas was on left crown of the hand + 5 foot long hose )
There are two things that really take some getting used to and I wanted to ask some input on:
First the long hose 5 vs 7 foot:
I dove the 5 foot long hose from my first couple of dives, and thought it was very comfortable because it wraps perfectly, when diving wet. But changing to a drysuit with thick undergarments in winter, it's been getting very 'tight' .
So I've changed out to a 7 foot hose .
I've been diving it for a while now, and although I generally like the extra length it gives me, and comfort,but it annoys the hell out of me that it always slips away from under my webbing, making it very sloppy. making it necessary for me to restow it endlessly during a dive or everytime I move significantly.
Also changing the lamp from right to left was a real adjustment for me, this mainly because i feel like there is so much task loading because for almost every action you have to take the goodman handle out of your left hand, then hold it with your right hand, (dump gas, inflate, etc.) and then continue.
Does this just take getting used to, or is there a way to reduce the task loading with the light?
Before I have a dive light with cable and goodman handle I just clipped the lamp to a d-ring and dove with it attached to the upper d-ring, in case I had to donate air then, I would just drop the lamp which would stay on the d-ring so I wouldn't blind my buddy?
Has anyone else faced theseproblems? Solutions?
Recently I've been diving alot with people who have very DIR-oriented views , and they kept pressing me to change out some stuff in my gear setup to dive completely DIR-conform.(computer was high on left arm with light right and compas was on left crown of the hand + 5 foot long hose )
There are two things that really take some getting used to and I wanted to ask some input on:
First the long hose 5 vs 7 foot:
I dove the 5 foot long hose from my first couple of dives, and thought it was very comfortable because it wraps perfectly, when diving wet. But changing to a drysuit with thick undergarments in winter, it's been getting very 'tight' .
So I've changed out to a 7 foot hose .
I've been diving it for a while now, and although I generally like the extra length it gives me, and comfort,but it annoys the hell out of me that it always slips away from under my webbing, making it very sloppy. making it necessary for me to restow it endlessly during a dive or everytime I move significantly.
Also changing the lamp from right to left was a real adjustment for me, this mainly because i feel like there is so much task loading because for almost every action you have to take the goodman handle out of your left hand, then hold it with your right hand, (dump gas, inflate, etc.) and then continue.
Does this just take getting used to, or is there a way to reduce the task loading with the light?
Before I have a dive light with cable and goodman handle I just clipped the lamp to a d-ring and dove with it attached to the upper d-ring, in case I had to donate air then, I would just drop the lamp which would stay on the d-ring so I wouldn't blind my buddy?
Has anyone else faced theseproblems? Solutions?