Swivel/angle adapter with 7ft hose?

[Fish-Finder]

I’ve recently switched to long hose setup with 7ft primary and 22 inch octo and started to develop jaw fatigue never seen with traditional rec setup before. I’m diving single cylinder back mounted.

Thinking of adding an angle adapter (90 or 70 degree?) or a swivel to a second stage primary reg to improve the situation.

Has anyone tried it? Any tips on how to reduce jaw fatigue when diving with 7ft?

 

[Marie13]

I dive sidemount and use a 90 degree adapter with my long hose. No issues. They’re cheap so try and it see.

 

[tbone1004]

I’ve recently switched to long hose setup with 7ft primary and 22 inch octo and started to develop jaw fatigue never seen with traditional rec setup before. I’m diving single cylinder back mounted.

Thinking of adding an angle adapter (90 or 70 degree?) or a swivel to a second stage primary reg to improve the situation.

Has anyone tried it? Any tips on how to reduce jaw fatigue when diving with 7ft?

it's not DIR so by the rules of this subforum, you should figure it out with a combo of adjusting the hose and trying different mouthpieces.

My personal opinion is that I do prefer them on my 7ft hoses because I use a long pattern backplate which makes the 7ft hose a little bit short for me. If I dive with a normal plate I've never felt the need, and with the long hose it is certainly a matter of personal preference, but with a history of TMJ from bagpipes, I prefer it.

 

[Marie13]

Oops. Didn’t notice was sub forum this was in.

 

[rjack321]

Skip the swivel and let the hose bow out over your right shoulder more. You have plenty of hose to work with and there's no reason for it to be tugging on your mouth/head

This may require pulling more hose our from under your light canister or not tucking it under your lights canister at all and instead pulling a smaller loop into your waist belt - but typically only if you're a giant or have a huge chest or both.

 

[Gone for diving]

Or a longer hose, mine is 7ft 8 inchs,
Its tad long for me, I need to shorten it by 2" one day,

 

[tbone1004]

Skip the swivel and let the hose bow out over your right shoulder more. You have plenty of hose to work with and there's no reason for it to be tugging on your mouth/head

This may require pulling more hose our from under your light canister or not tucking it under your lights canister at all and instead pulling a smaller loop into your waist belt - but typically only if you're a giant or have a huge chest or both.

well damn, that must be my problem!

 

[bassplayer]

for me, a combination of fine tuning how much slack was in the hose past my belt, and using a comfo-bite mouthpiece completely solved this (had a similar experience at first switching to long hose)

 

[rjack321]

well damn, that must be my problem!

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[rhwestfall]

I dive a 9' hose.....