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It is a clean set up, however if you have to deploy your long hose temporarily, where do you put it when you get it back? Unless your buddy "repacks" it for you, or you take off your kit and "repack" it yourself, you are stuck shoving it somewhere. Most likely you'll end up doing it HOG style, so you might as well be in that configuration from the start. Also when deploying from the configuration in the photo, sometimes the hose gets hung up and either a) doesn't deploy all the way or b) takes extra time to deploy.
Hope this helps.
Take are,
George
The Bungie Style - Donating from One's Retaining Device:
This style places the safe second or octopus hose in some type of surgical tubing or restrictive band. This band is placed on the side of the tanks, along the manifold or on the back plate. Divers who use a long hose (usually 5-7 ft. or 1.5-2 m) on their safe second usually `stuff` this hose during the equipment assembly portion of the dive. Opinion on where and how to secure the second stage of the long hose varies among divers, adding further complications to this style. By stuffing the hose in some piece of bungie, it is more difficult to deploy, may not remain properly stowed and will not be guaranteed to function (as will the regulator from one's mouth). Furthermore, most divers are not able to return it to the `stowed` location without assistance, making them dependent upon a dive buddy and creating complications in the event of an accidental deployment or an air share false alarm. Due to its inefficient operation and increased risk, most divers have given up on this system and prefer to donate the regulator in their mouth to an out-of-air diver.
Although BSAC Tech has apparently completely banned "hog looping" in favor of stuffing the long hose like this now.
I don't like that at all. It looks like a problem to me if you need more hose for somehthing and it gets stuck or what not. Best thing I have seen to do is tuck underneath the waist belt or run it under your can light if you have one
i recently started sidemounting, and lemme tell you, restuffing a hose under bungee is a total pia. loop it unless you can't for some very compelling reason!
...and the days go by, water flowing under ground, into the blue again, into the silent water, under the rocks and stones, there is water underground... - talking heads
Stuffing a long hose on a tank hanging off your side becomes second nature with practice, but only because its within reach. Never liked the idea of stuffing a long hose on BM tanks.
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Originally Posted by Jarrod Jablonski
