addohm
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I'm not really sure what the most efficient way to connect and route the LPI hoses for both my wing and my dry suit. My wing has a redundant bladders, so obviously two power inflators. My 1st stages are turret style (dive rite xt1/xt4). There are LP ports at 11, 1, 5, and 7 o'clock positions. For the short hose cylinder, it's pretty straight forward since the turret is almost always "turned up" (regulator hose pointing upwards). For the long hose cylinder though, it gets a bit awkward. The turret is "turned down" unless fully deployed for an emergency or no-mounting. So if I put the LPI hose anywhere on the turret that's potentially going to be, then it gets more awkward because it creates tension on the LPI hoses/ports regardless of where I put it on the turret. I hate the idea of adding length to the hoses just for this because it kinda breaks my streamlining.
Making things a bit more complicated, I'm trying to arrange my kit now for my up coming chest mounted CCR course so I have to make sure anything that's going across my chest is static throughout the dive (e.g. no more long hose across the chest and behind the neck.
What's the common/accepted/relative best way to connect and route these hoses? Should I just suck it up and get longer hoses?
Guidance is appreciated.
Making things a bit more complicated, I'm trying to arrange my kit now for my up coming chest mounted CCR course so I have to make sure anything that's going across my chest is static throughout the dive (e.g. no more long hose across the chest and behind the neck.
What's the common/accepted/relative best way to connect and route these hoses? Should I just suck it up and get longer hoses?
Guidance is appreciated.