tiny holes in reg hose

[ScubaInChicago]

+1 on replacement.....Buy my long hose and I'll throw in shipping for free.......http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/classifieds-other-gear-multiple-items/319516-halcyon-dir-lp-regulator-long-hose.html

 

[RJP]

Spend the money GO MIFLEX!!

Agreed on Miflex if it's an LP hose. (You can read my Miflex mini-review here: Miflex Hoses at www.DiveSeekers.com)

For an HP hose...the jury is still out for me. All the benefits that make Miflex great for an LP hose (thinner, more supple, slicker, flexible, etc) may actually make for a sub-optimal HP hose. If you don't clip off your gauge/console it will flop all over the place - even when pressurized - allowing it to damage environment, making it hard to find, and even creating more of an entanglement hazard. If you clip off gauge/console the hose can still get caught up in itself, other stuff, etc. It's so thin that with gloves on it's hard to distinguish the hose by feel from a d-ring, cord from a stage rigging kit, a clipped off goodie bag, etc. I've actually mistakenly clipped stage/deco bottles to the HP Miflex hose - its that thin that I couldn't feel difference vs d-ring and the clip on the stage rigging easily clipped on to it. (You can imagine the Charlie Foxtrot that would ensue doing a gas switch if you were clipped off thusly!)

For my HP hose I like standard rubber HP hose that "stands proud" when pressurized - easier to clip-off/un-clip, if not clipped it still sort of stays in one place/direction, etc. (True more so with a standard brass-and-glass SPG than a larger console.)

Here's how to install the new hose...

Here's best way to install a new hose if you're unsure or just don't feel like doing it yourself...

1.) Bring reg to LDS
2.) Say "I'd like a new hose, this one's shot."
3.) Shop rings up hose, you pay for it.
4.) Shop hands you receipt and hose, says "Thanks"
5.) You hand them hose back...with regulator
6.) Smile and say "Thanks" back
7.) Wait



Any decent LDS would have a tech swap the hose for you while they were ringing you up - without even asking. But if not, the above approach usually gets the point across.

 

[laguna230diver]

exactly what i did bubbletrubble, i was lucky that cressi parts are reasonable

 

[redacted]

A hose like that could let go any moment and your gas would rapidly be depleted. Then again, the same thing could happen with a brand new hose. That is why you have a backup plan. It really does not merit the "life support" panic unless you are unprepared..

It is time to do some serious shopping for a replacement hose.

 

[ScubaInChicago]

ScubaToys did a video to show the time left with a fail/compromised hose....

 

[Tigerman]

ScubaToys did a video to show the time left with a fail/compromised hose....

Ive seen it once before and its quite fun and actually educational.

If you check my signature, youll see that Ive also been "lucky" enough to see a 1st stage o-ring blow at depth. Inconfident, unattentive or solo divers without a good backup could get in bad problems over that as well as the blown LP hose rather quickly.. But that IS why you do have backups.

One thing the video dont quite capture is how high the boom from a blown HP hose is though. The guide on one of my trips to Egypt actually had his blow on one of our dives and to me it was loud and distracting, despite the fact that I was probably 20 feet away from him.