RJP3:As to alternate - what are people's thougts on "short hose alternate" worn on necklace with "long hose" main reg? Reasoning behond integrated alternate was to reduce hose clutter. Would "long/short" be a way to accomplish much of the same benefit?
Thanks in advance - Ray
That is what I did just before I fell over to the dark-side and bought my BP/W about 2 months later. I absolutely loved the 7ft primary and alternate on a necklace. It even worked great with my jacket BC so you wouldn't have to worry about that. Long hoses where around long before there was DIR. I have actually donated air a couple of times with this setup and it is so great not having to almost hug the other person just to keep regs in people's mouth.
One time wasn't actually an OOA situation. He had about 500 PSI left and I had about 1200psi left. We were only in about 25 fsw but wanted to swim closer to shore before we surface. We swam for probably 10 minutes with him on my long hose. We just kept swimming like we did before and didn't have to hold onto each other or even really be that close. It was wonderful. I just love that 7footer.