DIR-F Tokyo, Thanks and Kudos...

[jagfish]

I really don't want to stir the pot but this has to be one of the funniest things I have read I a long time and is why some people get turned off to DIR. I have read tons of posts were right after someone does a DIRF course they start preaching and piss a bunch of people off. I don't care how any one dives unless they are diving with me and if they see how I am diving and want to ask questions I will try to help them or point them in the right direction.

Bingo...

 

[Kim]

Thanks Steve - I'll be very happy to pay attention!
(I don't use tatoos though! )

 

[Kim]

My comments about a 6 foot house were incorrect - I checked my hose this morning and it's just over 7 foot. Where I got the idea that it was only 6 ft I don't know (I did buy it 4 years ago though - maybe it's my age :06: ). I apologise for the incorrect statements.
So now all I need is a short hose and new Apeks faceplate........

 

[Mar Scuba]

Steve, you haven't known me long enough to know that I have been DIR-Lite for over 5 years, way before they started calling it "DIR". Like Richard says, the philosophy has been evolving for a long time. And gimme a break, I dive with rec divers every weekend.

Kim, I'll send you a PM about the short hose. Glad to hear the "correct" 7 foot length. In the IANTD standards, it says either 5 or 7 foot hose.

Regarding the Apeks faceplate, you can get it from any Aqualung dealer.

Cheers,

 

[TJO]

IANTD standards says 5 to 7, or 5 but that longer is recommended. So 6 is fine in IANTD. The GUE standards for the DIR-F says the same, 5-7 depending on the diver/equipment. GUE specifies it should be on the primary, IANTD does not specify on which of the 2nd stages.

I have a 6-7 foot when diving single tank, and a 7-foot when diving doubles. 5 is too short and in the way when using a Helios light for me.

Thomas

 

[Mar Scuba]

I read in the standards that it is 5 OR 7 foot hose for IANTD.

Do you have a link for where it says "5 to 7 foot"?

 

[Kim]

IANTD standards says 5 to 7, or 5 but that longer is recommended. So 6 is fine in IANTD. The GUE standards for the DIR-F says the same, 5-7 depending on the diver/equipment. GUE specifies it should be on the primary, IANTD does not specify on which of the 2nd stages.

I have a 6-7 foot when diving single tank, and a 7-foot when diving doubles. 5 is too short and in the way when using a Helios light for me.

Thomas

When we finished our IANTD Overhead course we asked the instructor (JC in Tioman, Malaysia) for gear recommendations. I wrote it all down and bought it a few days later in Singapore. The long hose was for the octopus according to him then. There's probably a good chance that that recommendation has changed since 1999. For some reason I thought I remembered that he'd said '6 foot' - however when I measured the hose this morning it's actually just over 7! He must have said that length at the time - it's just my addled brain that remembered it differently. I have seen however that some people - according to their size - do opt for a 6 foot hose - it makes the routing easier for some people.
Funnily enough I was checking Leisure Pro yesterday and saw that they actually supply a 9 foot hose as well!! It must be for buddy pairs who are diving in different oceans! :11:

 

[TJO]

I don't have a link but you can download the 2003 standards from their website. The file is to heavy to post here.

Thomas

 

[Kim]

I read in the standards that it is 5 OR 7 foot hose for IANTD.

Do you have a link for where it says "5 to 7 foot"?

http://www.iantd.com/standards/IANTD_Standards_2003.pdf

In the first overhead program (cave and wreck) it says "5 to 7 foot"
(page 40)

In the Cave program it says: "One hose must be at least 5 foot - longer is recommended"
(page 66)

 

[TJO]

http://www.iantd.com/standards/IANTD_Standards_2003.pdf

In the first overhead program (cave and wreck) program it says "5 to 7 foot"
(page 40)

In the Cave program it says: "One hose must be at least 5 foot - longer is recommended"
(page 66)

Any major differences since 1999 Kim?

Thomas