Securing your regulator, spg and other hoses.

[BoltSnap]

OW where you can swim side by side while sharing air.

Why would a dive buddy team "swim side by side" when they are sharing air in an OOA situation??? They are still going to continue the dive looking at fish? If they are going to go up to end the dive and get to the surface, and this is the only thing they should be doing in this scenario, they are going to be going up facing each other and holding on to each other's BC with one hand each while controlling their buoyancy with the other hand. Having a hose that is longer than 39 - 42 inches is a waste of rubber and isn't necessary (for recreational single BM tank setup).

 

[decompression]

um....BurhanMuntasser.........
Lots of situations when you cant go directly to the surface when air sharing......I'm sure you can think of them. Not just wrecks and caves.

 

[BoltSnap]

um....BurhanMuntasser.........
Lots of situations when you cant go directly to the surface when air sharing......I'm sure you can think of them. Not just wrecks and caves.

First, we teach Octo. breathing swimming side by side with the standard length octo hose and it isn't a a problem at all. Second, why would a pair of recreational divers who aren't in an overhead environment have to swim horizontally and not upwards towards when they are sharing air in an OOA situation? You say "Lots of situations," give me some examples please (it is very late here and I am too tired to think of these many situations ).

 

[Rred]

Burhan, I would generally agree with you (if one buddy is OOA, you're both surfacing, period) but one day I felt a tug and saw my buddy swimming alongside me, merrily attached to my octopus and just waving me on. We were probably in 20-35 feet of water looking for anything edible on a sand bottom (usually flounder) and he was nearly out of air. Because I had a bigger tank (96cf) and generally sucked less air, he just figured why surface when there's still plenty of air in *my* tank?

The exception that proves the rule I guess. My octo has always live in an Octopocket in my BC, one good pull and the Velcro flap opens and it comes out.

 

[Goingforsound]

can you take a picture of your regulator setup on the tank and wing and post it on here? With a 5 port turret regulator, no hoses should be stressed by the tank or the wing, though it sounds like your tank is far too low

I do run my tank very low because when i am horizontal the first stage hits the back of my head.

Here is a few pics. I will switch to the bottom port tomorrow and change my lpi hose to the next port, further away from the wing.

 

[Curtis C]

I do run my tank very low because when i am horizontal the first stage hits the back of my head.

Here is a few pics. I will switch to the bottom port tomorrow and change my lpi hose to the next port, further away from the wing.
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Turn it so the swivel is on top. Swap hoses from one side to the other as necessary. It might make the routing a little easier.

 

[Joneill]

Turn it so the swivel is on top. Swap hoses from one side to the other as necessary.

He said the first stage was already hitting his head so he moved the tank lower - inverting the first stage would only make that worse? I know it would on my Atomic. Is the Deep 6 the same height above the valve when inverted?

 

[Goingforsound]

I just flipped it over there is more room for the hoses indeed, it seems pretty symmetrical top or bottom. Simple fix, did not think of it.

Ill tell you after the night dive!

 

[Curtis C]

He said the first stage was already hitting his head so he moved the tank lower - inverting the first stage would only make that worse? I know it would on my Atomic. Is the Deep 6 the same height above the valve when inverted?

Oddly maybe not. If the reg is shaped like a hog its tapered a bit. Plus he said his hoses compress against the wing when it is inflated. Raising them might help.

 

[Joneill]

Oddly maybe not. If the reg is shaped like a hog its tapered a bit. Plus he said his hoses compress against the wing when it is inflated. Raising them might help.

Looks like it worked on the Deep 6 - so good suggestion!