Why do you have your regs set up like that?

[CuzzA]

For those of you diving both singles and doubles rigs do you, 1) leave your SPG on your primary reg on the right post and also have an SPG on the backup reg for the left post or 2) do you move your primary SPG to your backup reg on the left post (or just remove the primary SPG because your backup already has an SPG) or 3) do you have dedicated reg sets for singles and doubles?

My understanding is when diving doubles you're only supposed to have one SPG on the left post reg, but for someone who has one dedicated primary reg set I could see this being a bit of an annoyance if they switch back and forth from singles and doubles often. Please explain why you do what you do.

 

[Doby45]

Totally different setup from singles to doubles. I don't have enough regs just YET to keep dedicated setups, but the swap of hoses and plugs for now only takes me a few minutes.

 

[tbone1004]

@halocline my main objection to the 5' is that for normal sized people you can't tuck it in anywhere so it can flop around a bit which I'm not a fan of. Personal preference, and I think it's better than most, but to each their own. Being 6'3" with a 52" chest doesn't help my cause though when it comes to hose routing. I can't run a 7' hose with my long DSS backplates without an angle adapter on the second stage because it's too short to tuck into the waist belt or under a canister...

@CuzzA I have enough regs that I have a dedicated singles set, dedicated doubles set, dedicated sidemount set, 2 deco regs, and 4 stage regs. That said, my brother is still in college so he has my singles set. If I need to dive singles for whatever reason *exceedingly rare circumstances. outside of a borrowed rig for the pool, I have dove singles twice in the last 6 years... once because I couldn't borrow a set of doubles, the other for my instructor skills requirements which couldn't be done in doubles for various reasons*, I will move my long hose over to the left post and call it a day.
Unfortunately I don't have a 5 port swivel turret, as that makes it a bit easier since you just swap a port plug on the turret for the primary regulator and that's it. When I had my Apeks DST's and Hog D1's it was super simple to swap over, without that bottom port, it's not quite so easy, but not terrible

 

[CptTightPants21]

For those of you diving both singles and doubles rigs do you, 1) leave your SPG on your primary reg on the right post and also have an SPG on the backup reg for the left post or 2) do you move your primary SPG to your backup reg on the left post (or just remove the primary SPG because your backup already has an SPG) or 3) do you have dedicated reg sets for singles and doubles?

My understanding is when diving doubles you're only supposed to have one SPG on the left post reg, but for someone who has one dedicated primary reg set I could see this being a bit of an annoyance if they switch back and forth from singles and doubles often. Please explain why you do what you do.

Once you start diving doubles you pretty much stop diving in single tank. I have 200 dives since I made the switch to doubles, I think I have dove single tank twice since then--once to be the body recovery during a rescue class, once on a shallow shore dive.

Ironically, I still have a single reg set up, but that gets lent out to buddies or new divers for the most part.

You will find that once you start getting to his level, you will begin to accumulate multiple reg sets, many more than you ever dreamed possible, and you will start to have dedicated stage reg sets, dedicated SM regs, dedicated BM regs, single regs, hell a spare reg that just exists to swap out should one of the other sets have issues before a dive.

 

[Nemrod]

The seven foot hose is too long for me also, if I dive a long hose primary I use a five foot. I do not need a can light. Aside from their being essentially obsolete there are much smaller lighting alternatives that are sufficient for daylight diving or scooting through coral swim throughs. Since I am actually a minimalist, two extra feet of hose and a can light only for the purpose of stowing my extra hose makes no sense. And since I carry a dual strobe camera and each strobe has a 200 lumen spotting lamp, I have plenty of light for short penetrations or looking under rocks. Plus I sometimes have a video light on the camera as well.

N

 

[tbone1004]

@Nemrod most of the time in backmount I'm not diving with a can, so I tuck it into the waist belt, just find it easier to manage that way, but to each his own. A lot of the time in backmount for me is teaching which =lots of time at the surface with reg out of my mouth, and the 7' hose when tucked in is more manageable than a 5' that isn't. Personal preference and my style of diving is very different than most. Either way, it's better than short primary and I have no objections to others using them

 

[Nemrod]

The new style is untucked! Get with the program . N

 

[tbone1004]

@Nemrod i thought the new style was old school with a double hose

 

[Nemrod]

You are killing me and it is barely a few hours into 2017.

N

 

[halocline]

@halocline my main objection to the 5' is that for normal sized people you can't tuck it in anywhere so it can flop around a bit which I'm not a fan of.

It's absolutely not true. You don't need to tuck it in anywhere, it routs under the right arm, goes directly across the chest, over the shoulder, and around the head. I've been doing this for years, and I am definitely a normal size person, right about average. If anything, the 5ft hose is a bit short for larger divers. Ideal might be 5'4" to 5'6". Someday some smart company will start producing stock hoses in 6" increments between 5 and 7 ft.

An easy way for divers interested in the long hose to determine their ideal length is to get a $3 fitting that connects 2 lp hoses. I did that for a while. You can experiment with different lengths of hoses until you either find that 5ft is fine, or you could order a slightly longer hose.

The 7ft hose without a can light has to be tucked in, usually the waist belt. I've done that too; it works but it's far from ideal.

The 40" under-the-arm-with-an-elbow is fairly popular but to me it has two drawbacks. One is that you are now sharing air with a reg that has an elbow in it, not nearly as comfortable for the diver receiving the reg, especially if the hose gets pulled a bit. 40" is not as comfortable side by side swimming as 60". The other is that you need the elbow or a swivel to begin with. But, to each his own.