Flycaster
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What are the differences between standard and hogarthian set-ups?
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Hogarthian is the only "standard set-up" I've ever heard of.What are the differences between standard and hogarthian set-ups?
Since a jacket BCD (with a shorter hose primary, a yellow longer hose with a stowed secondary) is the config the VAST majority of the world dives, I imagine that could be referred to as "standard".
Pretty much like a front-engined, front-wheel drive, 3 box sedan is the "standard" car.
Hogarthian rigs developed out of cave diving where people wanted a simple, no nonsense rig with a high degree of standardisation (meaning everyone would know exactly where a certain item was on each other). It is basically a backplate, a simple harness and a wing type bladder BC with a long hose primary and short bungeed secondary (that was the best choice for cave divers as it allows for single file exits while air sharing). Accessories are placed on it in standard locations such as can lights, cutting tools etc.
Standard - not sure what you mean by it.