Longer hose routing.....

[wreckchick]

I'm considering getting a longer hose for my octo, maybe 4 or 5' but not switching to a "long hose" set-up with a bungied octo.

Does anyone have this configuration and if so, how do you recommend that I route the hose? Right now I have my octo hose routed under my right arm in a keeper on my right BC strap.

TIA!

Rachel

 

[salty]

Whats the point?

If your not going to switch to a bungied back up why do you need the long hose and a octo?

The two kind of work as a team.

Any way most people who dive with a 5 foot hose usaly rout the hose under the arm, across the chest, and around the neck so the reg comes from the right shoulder.

 

[jonnythan]

biscuit7 once bubbled...
I'm considering getting a longer hose for my octo, maybe 4 or 5' but not switching to a "long hose" set-up with a bungied octo.

Does anyone have this configuration and if so, how do you recommend that I route the hose? Right now I have my octo hose routed under my right arm in a keeper on my right BC strap.

TIA!

Rachel

Why not a long primary? It really kicks a$$. You should at least give it a shot, you won't go back.

 

[salty]

I mis-read the post the first time but like Jonny said you should consider switching your regs around to a long hose primary and short hose secondary.

 

[GearHead]

biscuit7 once bubbled...
I'm considering getting a longer hose for my octo, maybe 4 or 5' but not switching to a "long hose" set-up with a bungied octo.

Does anyone have this configuration and if so, how do you recommend that I route the hose? Right now I have my octo hose routed under my right arm in a keeper on my right BC strap.

TIA!

Rachel

I'm curious where you got the idea to use a long-hose for your backup. Did you read it somewhere or do you have a picture?

 

[wreckchick]

I got the idea because a recent incident had me on a short octo and I couldn't see my buddy while breathing off his octo and thought that a longer hose with a standard configuration would give me and a buddy the ability to see each other face to face while sharing air.

R

 

[GearHead]

biscuit7 once bubbled...
I got the idea because a recent incident had me on a short octo and I couldn't see my buddy while breathing off his octo and thought that a longer hose with a standard configuration would give me and a buddy the ability to see each other face to face while sharing air.

R

A longer hose would have helped alleviate the problem, but not in the way you want to use it, in my opinion.

To me, having a long hose as an "Octo" sounds like a snag hazard waiting to happen. I'll be surprised to read if anyone can suggest a good "routing method" for stowing 5 feet of hose as an octo, and still be able to deploy it quickly and easily.

If you use the standardized methodology of the long hose, using it as a primary, routing it under your arm and around your neck, with a bungied backup, you'll be safer and happier in the end.

JMHO

Rick

 

[bwerb]

exactly why the long hose set-up is so good. If you are just putting your octopus on a long hose with a standard hose routing you are going to have a huge loop of octopus to get all tangled up.

You would LOVE the long hose bungied back-up configuration. My wife and I have switched and can't understand why we weren't taught this from the very begining, it just makes so much sense and is so much easier to use in a OOA situation.

 

[GearHead]

You don't have to have a BP/Wings with a can light or pocket for routing a 7' hose to see the benifits of the concept. My wife uses a 5' hose routed under her arm with no problems. There are LOTS of safety advantages to using a long hose in the traditional way.

 

[wreckchick]

Why yes, I'd LOVE some kool-aid!!!










No need to get testy, it's just a joke!

*sigh*

Alright, who's gonna let me dive their rig so I can try this?

Rachel