What length hose?
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Well, there are several "correct" answers, and one "right" answer...
Here's mine...
- 7ft hose on primary reg
- 24" on backup reg, worn bungied around your neck
Here's mine...
- 7ft hose on primary reg
- 24" on backup reg, worn bungied around your neck
dkktsunami
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For open water, single tank: Primary 5 1/2', backup 25" on bungee.
Scott L
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Primary for donation or secondary for donation and your buddy or someone else's buddy will go to any length when desperate for air and rip the reg from your mouth if you let them.
Would you?
It's amazing the difference a few inches make.
Unless you are attentive and have the reg ready for them.
Where the tank sits has more effect on hose length than the head neck shoulders back relationship, which is miniscule between different sized people . A longer HP hose is required for bigger people using a console mounted compass.
The bloke below is talking about extra's from a horror movie.
Would you?
It's amazing the difference a few inches make.
Unless you are attentive and have the reg ready for them.
Where the tank sits has more effect on hose length than the head neck shoulders back relationship, which is miniscule between different sized people . A longer HP hose is required for bigger people using a console mounted compass.
The bloke below is talking about extra's from a horror movie.
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Hose length.
1 We are not all the same size. A 5' tall woman and a 6' tall man would require different length hoses. The reg is farther away from the 6' tall mans mouth. If you were to go to a long hose (5'. 6' or 7') things change there depending on the size of the diver again. A diver with a 48" chest and a 17" neck requires a longer hose than a smaller person.
2 regs are not made all alike, some have fixed ports and some swivle.
3 Your wet suit or dry suit thickness also is a factor in length. again the size thing.
But for open water, I would guess a 30" primary hose should be long enough for most divers.
The 5',6' and 7' hose would be used for donating to an out of air buddy , of confined space diving where you can not be right next to your buddy while you share.
Jim breslin
1 We are not all the same size. A 5' tall woman and a 6' tall man would require different length hoses. The reg is farther away from the 6' tall mans mouth. If you were to go to a long hose (5'. 6' or 7') things change there depending on the size of the diver again. A diver with a 48" chest and a 17" neck requires a longer hose than a smaller person.
2 regs are not made all alike, some have fixed ports and some swivle.
3 Your wet suit or dry suit thickness also is a factor in length. again the size thing.
But for open water, I would guess a 30" primary hose should be long enough for most divers.
The 5',6' and 7' hose would be used for donating to an out of air buddy , of confined space diving where you can not be right next to your buddy while you share.
Jim breslin
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I'll vote for the 7' primary. It might not be strictly necessary if you're not diving single file, but the extra length is nice when sharing, and I don't see any downsides to it. If you don't have a can light, tuck it into your waist belt. The hose for the secondary is a good place for one of the newer flexible hoses, such as the Miflex. In this case, I find 22" to be long enough, but I'd go to 24" with the classic rubber hose.
Sas
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For my single tank I have 5' primary and 24" secondary. I hate 7' hoses, though I have one on my doubles setup for cave diving... but I still don't like it. The 5' routes perfectly for me without having to be tucked in or around anything (I'm 5'10"). Try out different lengths, see what you like, or hoses aren't that cheap so if you buy a size you don't like much you can just get another and use the old one as a spare.
Well, there are several "correct" answers, and one "right" answer...
Here's mine...
- 7ft hose on primary reg
- 24" on backup reg, worn bungied around your neck
Agreed. Just hooked my brother up with his first reg set and when he got to use the long hose, thought it odd at first but, as we all do at some point, realized that 7' is a good length.
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