Greetings!
My spouse and I recently got trained for and bought drysuits. We now pretty much split our diving between cold and warm water so I'd like to implement a solution where the drysuit hose can be quick disconnected on BOTH ends.
Our regulators are older model Poseidon, so the 1st stage LP fitting is 1/8" gas. It's a fine thread and uses a crushable plastic washer rather than O-ring. In other words a finite number of R&Rs as compared to new 3/8" UNF fittings. OMS makes a fitting that creates the female quick disconnect end for the 1st stage:
http://www.omsdive.com/hoses.html
But I've not seen an adapter to convert the male 3/8" UNF to quick disconnect for the other end of the drysuit hose.
I *could* just cut that end and install a fitting directly on the hose but I'd rather use an adapter in case I need to use a different reg for some reason.
thanks!
Frank
Apex, NC
My spouse and I recently got trained for and bought drysuits. We now pretty much split our diving between cold and warm water so I'd like to implement a solution where the drysuit hose can be quick disconnected on BOTH ends.
Our regulators are older model Poseidon, so the 1st stage LP fitting is 1/8" gas. It's a fine thread and uses a crushable plastic washer rather than O-ring. In other words a finite number of R&Rs as compared to new 3/8" UNF fittings. OMS makes a fitting that creates the female quick disconnect end for the 1st stage:
http://www.omsdive.com/hoses.html
But I've not seen an adapter to convert the male 3/8" UNF to quick disconnect for the other end of the drysuit hose.
I *could* just cut that end and install a fitting directly on the hose but I'd rather use an adapter in case I need to use a different reg for some reason.
thanks!
Frank
Apex, NC