Regulator configuration for rec diving

[happy-diver]

I dive one hose leading to the reg in my mouth unless I'm diving double hose, or a rebreather, unless I'm not.

Learn the long hose to feel better about yourselves, and for that time that will never ever occur then dump it.

And go diving!

 

[Edward3c]

Pretty conventional, primarily from the right, secondary from the left, pony on right.

 

[Centrals]

But the cat never enjoys it.

More than one way to skin a cat – Grammarist

 

[Angelo Farina]

As all tanks here have two posts, I tendentially prefer to use two independent first stages, each with its own second stage.
One, primary, with normal-sized black hose, plus SPG and inflator hose, the other with just one long yellow hose (designed to be donated).
Both regs are identical (MK5+109 modified to BA). I have 4 complete sets, for me, my wife and our two sons.
Whenever, for any reason, a tank with two posts is not available, I always have tools with me, and I reconfigure the yellow-hose second as an octopus on the other "main" reg.
Till now, in my life, I had to do this reconfiguration just twice. One at Maldives, and another on the Great Barrier in Australia. And I did not feel fully comfortable relying on just one valve and one first stage, also considering that those tanks were too small for me: they were something as 10 or 11 liters at 200 bar, I usually choose a 15 liters at 232 bars.
So I carefully avoided to go into deco range which such a reduced setup. I think it can be acceptable just for very shallow dives, where in case of failure you simply resurface.

 

[KenGordon]

@scubadada you have left out short (0.36m ish) primary and long (1.5 or 2.1m) octopus.

I am surprised to see that school of tbone short (0.4m) hose primary donate is outstripping nutter integrated inflators 20 to 1. Fashion and campaigning I suppose.

It is a bit frustrating, you teach people a thing out of the book, the way literally millions of people successfully do a thing and then they come here and next thing you know they are telling some random person they have never met before to take the one out of their mouth.

 

[tbone1004]

double hose normally, but if I'm diving a single hose regulator, it's a 7ft hose

 

[Dan]

Same configuration for either double or single.
7" Primary and short bungeed 2nd.

I have no problem if others doing differently especially on recreational diving.
There are many ways to skin a cat.

You meant 7' (foot) primary, as 7" (inch) is way too short.

 

[Dan]

I'm surprise that the conventional way (short hose primary and 40" Octo) only gets 13.7% vote (as of now). So I'm in the minority?

My 40" yellow hose is coming out of the left port of my first stage, loop under my left arm and (pull-release) clip the Octo on to my BCD left chest D-ring for a couple reasons:
1. When I donate it to my buddy who look at me face to face, the yellow hose would make a half-circle loop from my first stage to his / her mouth, not an S-shape pattern with the conventional way (which is the yellow hose is coming from the right port of the first stage, loop under the right arm and clip the Octo on to the BCD right chest D-ring. The S-shape pattern would shorten the path and distance between the two of us to almost hugging each other.
2. My BCD right chest D-ring is already used for clipping my camera leash.

 

[Deepsea5]

48" braided hose primary routed under arm with an elbow at the second stage, with a necklaced second stage on a 22" braided hose.
Bought the 48" hose on sale (much cheaper than a 40" hose). Being a "skinflint SCUBA" diver, I went with the less expensive hose.

 

[KenGordon]

I'm surprise that the conventional way (short hose primary and 40" Octo) only gets 13.7% vote (as of now). So I'm in the minority?

My 40" yellow hose is coming out of the left port of my first stage, loop under my left arm and (pull-release) clip the Octo on to my BCD left chest D-ring for a couple reasons:
1. When I donate it to my buddy who look at me face to face, the yellow hose would make a half-circle loop from my first stage to his / her mouth, not an S-shape pattern with the conventional way (which is the yellow hose is coming from the right port of the first stage, loop under the right arm and clip the Octo on to the BCD right chest D-ring. The S-shape pattern would shorten the path and distance between the two of us to almost hugging each other.
2. My BCD right chest D-ring is already used for clipping my camera leash.

I am afraid you are too sensible to be allowed a vote.