deepdiverbc
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Just upgraded my old Sherwood set to Scubapro. Wonder how many people remember these old hose configurations. They sucked. I still have to swap the hoses over but things have changed a bit in the last 20 years.
Old 1st stage hose configurations...not so great
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Don'sBayou
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I'm new to diving (although in my 60's) so I don't remember this hose configuration. What is the fifth hose for?
if a dry suit, the "new" one is missing it.....
However, keep in mind, even the SP MK-5 had a turret, and that was how many years ago?
However, keep in mind, even the SP MK-5 had a turret, and that was how many years ago?
deepdiverbc,
Your Scubapro reg looks to be upside down. I dive mine with the turret down. Gives more head clearance. And protects the 1st stage a bit better. (You will probably find that you'll need to switch your two reg hoses to slightly different LP ports, too, for a little better outcome.)
And keep in mind, the usual approach is to have the HP hose come off your left side.
Safe Diving,
rx7diver
so, if he flipped the stage to turret "down", and spun the turret (second stage over the right shoulder), it would then be the way you (and many of us too) would dive it...
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deepdiverbc
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Yes the new reg set in the first pic doesn't have the dry suit hose on yet and is configured the way the guy I bought it from had it. I just took a quick pic to show how crazy the hose routing was off of my old 1st stage. Thought people would get a laugh out of such an old set up. Old Sherwood piston still worked great though.
I attached a new pic with the hoses swapped over. The new MK25 first stage is flipped because I dive with a high pressure steel 100 that is 22.7" tall so 3.3" shorter than a standard aluminum 80 so if I flip the first stage the other way there isn't enough tank height to lower it and still get my twin BCD straps on. But RX7diver has a good point that the 1st stage would be more protected if it was flipped.
The SPG is on my LHS because I dive a long hose DIR configuration with the SPG clipped to my hip with computer/compass on my wrist and octo bungied around my neck.
I attached a new pic with the hoses swapped over. The new MK25 first stage is flipped because I dive with a high pressure steel 100 that is 22.7" tall so 3.3" shorter than a standard aluminum 80 so if I flip the first stage the other way there isn't enough tank height to lower it and still get my twin BCD straps on. But RX7diver has a good point that the 1st stage would be more protected if it was flipped.
The SPG is on my LHS because I dive a long hose DIR configuration with the SPG clipped to my hip with computer/compass on my wrist and octo bungied around my neck.
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deepdiverbc
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Raised the tank as high as possible and flipped the 1st stage over. If I move the BCD hose to the rear port (need shorter hose) it doesn't seem to get kinked behind my back. Might work.
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Looks much better than the first photo, imho. How does it dive? I'm wondering about your decision to "raise the tank as high as possible." I, too, own a short tank (PST 3,500 psig HP 80, a 20" tank). I find it more comfortable to wear lower down my back, rather than higher. Lower means I'm not as head heavy. And lower means I can take more weight off my weightbelt. BTW, I am (or was) ~6'2", long-legged. However, lower also means I cannot reach my tank valve easily, which is not a trivial concern.
Safe Diving,
rx7diver
Safe Diving,
rx7diver
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deepdiverbc
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I haven't dove it yet and am worried about being head heavy. guess I'll bring some ankle weights. Unfortunately if the tank is lower both my drysuit and octo whips could get pushed/bent against my BCD. Upside down the hoses ran free.
The first photo is missing the human element. If the human where to be installed into the SCUBA then the rig on the left would have hoses requiring bends to travel to their destination whereas the rig on the right would have the hoses pointed in the direction of their need.
I like my turrets up, why bother having one otherwise. And if the high flow port on the end is utilized (another discussion) as at least some do and apparently the manufacturers envisioned somebody would, the turret would be at a right angle to the valve pointing right.
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I like my turrets up, why bother having one otherwise. And if the high flow port on the end is utilized (another discussion) as at least some do and apparently the manufacturers envisioned somebody would, the turret would be at a right angle to the valve pointing right.
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