Stopping clip from sliding up and down reg hose

Rusty Roo · Jun 18, 2014

Hello everyone,

I have an issue, i bought a clip to hold a hose in place and the issue is, is that the clip holds the hose but not securely enough to prevent the clip from sliding up and down the hose. do you have any genius way of preventing this? at the moment i have attempted to widen the hose by wrapping some camping string around the hose which does work but for how long, i'm not so sure.

alewar · Jun 18, 2014

Have you tried this method? How to Attach a Snap - Dive Gear Express

I use that with my long hose and SPG and the clip doesn't slide at all.

rhwestfall · Jun 18, 2014

zip ties make decent stoppers, but I support alewar's suggestion above....

Damselfish · Jun 18, 2014

I have a variety of things with those hose clips in my "bag of little dive junk I'll never use again and really should throw away." Maybe just find a way to do whatever you're trying to do that doesn't involve one?

Bob DBF · Jun 18, 2014

Which hose and why would be my question.

I don't use any. The BC inflater hose is held by a velcro strap to the corrugated BC hose and my shoulder strap, the primary 2nd is under my right arm and to my mouth, secondary 2nd is on a necklace (or in a keeper on the lower right D-ring, if not using a necklace), and SPG is under my left arm and attached, by boltsnap, to the upper left D-ring.

I use boltsnaps on my secondaries mainly to keep them off the deck when not in use. While doing a long check of my necklace reg, I snap off the primary and it can be used, by me, while snapped in place.

Although all this may vary between reg sets, and other gear necessary for the dive, I haven't had a use for an off the shelf plastic hose clip.

Bob
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lemke · Jun 18, 2014

Bungie cord and cave line is your friend!
Use this knot around your hose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV3G9yToXBs
Don't pull it too terribly tight, and use the tag ends to secure your snap.

TSandM · Jun 18, 2014

Is this for your octo? You could try putting a ziptie around the hose where it will stop the clip from sliding.

Mr Carcharodon · Jun 18, 2014

Braided line, like DiveGearExpress sells for cave line does work better than twisted line. As has already been mentioned a zip tie is a good alternative. Some people have frowned on zip ties but personally I have had minimal (read not zero) problems.

MXGratefulDiver · Jun 19, 2014

Please clarify ... are you talking about one of these?

... and is this to hold your octopus in place?

If that's the case, then I would say use the zip tie on the hose and clip between it and the reg. Bolt snap and cave line are all well and good for certain configurations ... but you don't want to use that approach for an octopus, since it needs to come free with a tug.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

keyshunter · Jun 19, 2014

A zip tie will be ok, but it must be oriented so that the latch part does not slip through the opening in the clip. Actually, a rubber band on the hose is simple and effective.

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