Hopefully this won't stir the pot too much.
I dive an Apeks reg setup DS4/ATX50/ATX40 and do "normal" recreational diving (130', non-penetration) and occasionally help with an open water class.
The primary hose is a little short for me and I feel like the reg is getting tugged from my mouth when I turn my head to the left. I've been reading the DIR posts and gear configuration suggestions and have been toying with the notion of 'as long as I'm buying a new hose maybe I should go for a really long hose'.
I like some of the advantages I've read about using a long hose, especially in an emergency. On the negative side, I think it might cause some confusion in the context of a PADI OW class, or at least a bunch of questions that will distract students from getting their basic training with the gear that they rented from the shop.
My reality is that I'm not going to run out and buy a whole DIR rig this month, and I'm not going stop working with OW students.
Also, it's been suggested that it would be hard to find (or have made?) a hose with the proper (non-standard) sized connector for the Apeks DS4 first stage.
What do you guys think?
I dive an Apeks reg setup DS4/ATX50/ATX40 and do "normal" recreational diving (130', non-penetration) and occasionally help with an open water class.
The primary hose is a little short for me and I feel like the reg is getting tugged from my mouth when I turn my head to the left. I've been reading the DIR posts and gear configuration suggestions and have been toying with the notion of 'as long as I'm buying a new hose maybe I should go for a really long hose'.
I like some of the advantages I've read about using a long hose, especially in an emergency. On the negative side, I think it might cause some confusion in the context of a PADI OW class, or at least a bunch of questions that will distract students from getting their basic training with the gear that they rented from the shop.
My reality is that I'm not going to run out and buy a whole DIR rig this month, and I'm not going stop working with OW students.
Also, it's been suggested that it would be hard to find (or have made?) a hose with the proper (non-standard) sized connector for the Apeks DS4 first stage.
What do you guys think?