Which length long hose 5ft or 7ft?

[Belmont]

I see every one talking about short torso, tiny wify, broad shoulders, short eyelashes and so on....

Is the long hose used for donating to your buddy in case of an OOA situation?

Now, in that case, is it not the size of the buddy that matters.

Let's say that Tiny Wify is diving with a 6 ft buddy, what is her 5 ft hose going to do...force her to see his Jets from pretty close.

Conclusion...7 ft hose for everyone in cave or wreck environment, unless it's an all midget dive team

 

[jeckyll]

I see every one talking about short torso, tiny wify, broad shoulders, short eyelashes and so on....

Is the long hose used for donating to your buddy in case of an OOA situation?

Now, in that case, is it not the size of the buddy that matters.

Let's say that Tiny Wify is diving with a 6 ft buddy, what is her 5 ft hose going to do...force her to see his Jets from pretty close.

Conclusion...7 ft hose for everyone in cave or wreck environment, unless it's an all midget dive team

Umm, we're talking about single tank diving.

 

[shoredivr]

Really now.

Nothing DIR about that.

I saw someone do this for real on a boat this summer. I suggested a different approach instead of twice around the neck.....

 

[Belmont]

Cave diving was also mentioned in the following posts.

 

[rjack321]

They may have come up with a reason of why it is a bad idea, but I got the idea of tucking the excess in the belt when already using a can light from Danny.

Hmmmm. Back when the light cord was "under", I can imagine tucking the long hose on top. They may have switched to the knife hook now that the hose is under and the cord is outside (?). The knife hook trick seems to work well for her, its just a bit more involved of a deployment.

Up here in PNW OW diving, we generally can't tuck hoses very well cause of a weight belt. V-weights make myself and most of my buddies to head heavy.

 

[limeyx]

I saw someone do this for real on a boat this summer. I suggested a different approach instead of twice around the neck.....

Why not just yank the second stage really hard That should be enough to make another method be considered

 

[Gombessa]

Single tank, 7ft, tucked under waist strap:

YouTube - Safety Drill (S-Drill) - Scuba

Doesn't look too inconvenient to either deploy or stow!

 

[scubacoots3]

I first bought a 5' and didn't even get it wet - i installed it and tried it on out of the water and for me it was to constrictive, so i took it back and got a 7' which i love.
Now both my daughters ages 13 and 11 use the 5' hose and works great for them.

 

[RTodd]

Hmmmm. Back when the light cord was "under", I can imagine tucking the long hose on top. They may have switched to the knife hook now that the hose is under and the cord is outside (?). The knife hook trick seems to work well for her, its just a bit more involved of a deployment.

Up here in PNW OW diving, we generally can't tuck hoses very well cause of a weight belt. V-weights make myself and most of my buddies to head heavy.

Nope, that makes no difference at all. I never put the light cord under.