beanojones
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I did my DM pool work with a primary donate system, but with a 40" hose routed under my arm. It kept my reflexes the same, but avoided the snorkel problem.
2 Questions about that:
1. Did you use a swivel (if so which kind)?
2. How did you handle the extra dangle when walking around on land? (I have had several people jump from standard gear to 36"/40"/42" underarm hose to extra long hose (5 ft), because the 36"/40"/42" hose ends up not sitting nicely in the way a 5 footer does when walking on land.)
Personally the five footer with a swivel (90 or 70 degree) is the nice balance of a lot of things, but one nice side effect is that the neck loop just keeps the reg in place on land without thought. Which of course translate to never actually have to recover the reg in the water either since it is always just sitting there.