Safe way to tuck a seven-foot hose ?

[Roger Hobden]

Same here.

As mentioned above, keeping the belt tight also helps. I tend to expand my stomach, breathing from the gut instead of the top of my lungs. As such, I like to keep my belt a little looser.

Same here.

I prefer to have my webbing looser than tighter.

It’s a continuous band with no adjustable spots so it’s already a bear to put on or remove.

I wouldn’t want it any tighter.

 

[Esprise Me]

Mine stays pretty well tucked under my weight pouch but that might not work for everyone. Seems to vary a lot based on how much extra hose there is, which varies with the diver's size.

 

[tbone1004]

Same here.




Same here.

I prefer to have my webbing looser than tighter.

It’s a continuous band with no adjustable spots so it’s already a bear to put on or remove.

I wouldn’t want it any tighter.

shoulder straps should still be quite loose though and the waist strap is the one thing that is actually adjustable....

 

[NAM001]

Mock Canister Stick

YOU CAN MAKE IT at home out of a wood dowel a saw ans some glue

 

[divezonescuba]

Loop of bungee on a dring big enough to put the bottom loop thru.

If you want to get really fancy, a short tube of neoprene like the kind you use to provide shoulder padding on webbing. If you used that you would have to put on a webbing loop to attach it to your waist belt.

 

[rhwestfall]

Not using a can light, I have successfully used:

1. knife sheath
2. D-ring on waist and a snorkel keeper & double ender (break the snorkel keeper if you really need to deploy)
3. weight pouch

 

[rddvet]

Tuck it in your waist strap. That's all I do when I OW dive without a can. It doesn't come loose unless you pull it

 

[drakcheslav]

I tuck it in my wasteband behind the buckle which is near my left hip.
Since I five a flexhose it moves constantly but it doesn't dislodge behind the buckle. Also, I route the hose from the bottom port between the tank and the wing and shorten the distance it goes.

 

[EFX]

I tuck the 7 ft hose under a Scubapro slim pocket threaded onto my right waistband. The top of the pocket is kept closed by velcro. Attached is a photo showing the long hose routing.

 

[Brett Hatch]

Try tucking it into the waistband near the middle, and then pushing the hose rightward, all the way to the backplate. This way you make a very wide U shape with the hose being horizontal, just below the belt. I couldn't explain the physics of it to you, but that seems to stay put better than a narrow U-shape where most of the hose is vertical.

Recently I've been tucking mine behind a cutting tool sheath, both the steak knife and the shears work. My rubber weight belt sits a couple inches below the waistband, with the MAKO "pinch" weights on it, so the hose ends up wedged between a cutting tool above and two blocks of lead below. Nice and tidy, has never once come out accidentally, but still easy to deploy.