D.I.D hose routing?

SWAMPY459 · May 14, 2013

Has anyone experimented with any long hose routing methods other than the DIR method?

Is there a DID (doing it different) method out there for routing a 7 foot hose?

CamG · May 14, 2013

Yes have a friend who runs a 7' hose on each tank.
Another who runs it on the left.
I look at them both and shrug my shoulders they both try to convince me their way is best.
Bottom line if it is an entanglement hazard and they can donate well then I will dive with them.
If I do not like it then you are on your own my choice who I roll with.

I have another friend I do not dive with him runs two short hoses again his choice not mine.
Like I have mentioned their are many ways to route hoses.
I try to run them fairly standardized if that makes any sense because I dive in mixed teams all the time.
If I am prepping for a really tight squeeze I will be critical of any loose, dangles, or poorly placed hose or gear.
This is just my practice and choice so it is up to the individual to decide but bear in mind if you need gas from me it will come from the long hose RT side.
Do not be offended if I look at your rig and decline to dive I do not wish to offend anyone.

JCG

Ste Wart · May 14, 2013

You can bungee the long hose down your wing (between the wing and your arm).

It does cause arguments/concerns about snagging on donate and redeployment.

PfcAJ · May 14, 2013

Is there a problem you're trying to solve? bungeeing the hose along side the right tank used to be a fairly common approach, but it has since been widely abandoned because of the drawbacks. I've also seen it coiled and bungeed to the manifold.

I wouldn't sign up for either of those configurations.

LiteHedded · May 14, 2013

PfcAJ:
Is there a problem you're trying to solve? bungeeing the hose along side the right tank used to be a fairly common approach, but it has since been widely abandoned because of the drawbacks. I've also seen it coiled and bungeed to the manifold.

I wouldn't sigh up for either of those configurations.

the problem is DIR divers do it that way and those guys are icky

Tug · May 14, 2013

LiteHedded:
the problem is DIR divers do it that way and those guys are icky

They also wear all black and look scary

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SWAMPY459 · May 14, 2013

PfcAJ:
Is there a problem you're trying to solve? bungeeing the hose along side the right tank used to be a fairly common approach, but it has since been widely abandoned because of the drawbacks. I've also seen it coiled and bungeed to the manifold.

I wouldn't sigh up for either of those configurations.

It just feels ... awkward,

between the bungee necklace and the long hose going twice around me I feel like there's an awful lot going on up around my neck and it feels like I'm lashed into my gear.

I can't even imagine trying to ditch and don at depth with all this crap wrapped around me.

and when I reach for my inflator, no wait, that's my bungee, no wait that's my reg hose, no wait that's my other reg hose, no wait, that's my first reg hose second go around, no wait that's my bc buckle strap, no ... hold on I'll find it in a minute I just need to untangle these.. well never mind, I've floated way up to the surface and I'm bent. I'll let the emt's sort out all the cords and hoses when they are trying to get to my chest to do CPR

Dhboner · May 14, 2013

I'm not sure how you are set up but I route my long hose under my can light (or shears if I am diving without a can light), snugly across my chest and around my neck. The hose is tight to my body and completely out of the way. My safe second sits right under my chin and my inflator is over my left shoulder. No piece of gear interferes with any other.

TSandM · May 14, 2013

What dhboner said . . . if you are getting your bungied backup when going for your inflator, then shorten the necklace some. I can't remember ever grabbing the long hose instead of the inflator, maybe because I use the very short corrugated hoses?

PfcAJ · May 14, 2013

I've got a hunch that your gear is set up wrong.

Sounds like a training issue.

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