Regulator configuration for rec diving

[Diving Dubai]

As usual, I checked Other

2x 40” hoses

Primary under Right arm

Secondary under left arm reg on rubber necklace

Both have swivels

7’ hoses are NOT ideal for diving in significant current.

 

[Diving Dubai]

The 5 ft hose also allows for side-by-side swimming while air sharing

This is why my Alternate/Secondary routes under my left arm (40" same as primary and also on a swivel) It feeds from the most convenient port.

If you need to share, swimming side by side, then this has the most natural hose routing. If you need to be in control of an ascent face to face, then again the most natural hose routing - none of this "S" shaped hose route nonsense you get with a standard (none LH) config)

 

[grantctobin]

7’ hoses are NOT ideal for diving in significant current.

What on earth are you talking about?

 

[Divin'Papaw]

7’ hoses are NOT ideal for diving in significant current.

+1 on the why not? A properly secured long hose is the most secure, streamlined hose configuration I’ve found. I dive in strong current all the time. If you’re having issues with it in heavy current you’re doing it wrong.

 

[scubadada]

7 foot primaries are common in SE FL, current is often quite brisk

 

[Diving Dubai]

What on earth are you talking about?

Well clearly you’ve never dived in real current. I don’t mean easy drift dives off Coz. I mean proper current, where to get over a ridge you’ll need your muck stick and reef hook for grip, if you pop over the top on a scooter you go backwards, where your reg vibrates and your mask floods with water pressure, when you launch your dsmb and it stops going up, and goes down.


When you’ve got a significant number of dives in these conditions, often with down currents then we’ll discuss And yes I’ve done an emergency air share under these conditions and know long hose is absolutely the wrong solution.

How about you?

 

[Diving Dubai]

7 foot primaries are common in SE FL, current is often quite brisk

Brisk drifts aren’t significant current. Its almost baby diving

 

[Lorenzoid]

To donate a reg from a long hose, you can just un-loop the last couple of feet of hose from around your head, leaving the rest of it tucked in/under whatever is retaining it; you don't have to deploy all 7 feet if you want to ascend immediately, face to face.

 

[grantctobin]

Well clearly you’ve never dived in real current. I don’t mean easy drift dives off Coz. I mean proper current, where to get over a ridge you’ll need your muck stick and reef hook for grip, if you pop over the top on a scooter you go backwards, where your reg vibrates and your mask floods with water pressure, when you launch your dsmb and it stops going up, and goes down.


When you’ve got a significant number of dives in these conditions, often with down currents then we’ll discuss And yes I’ve done an emergency air share under these conditions and know long hose is absolutely the wrong solution.

How about you?

Having spent a few hundred hours swimming and scootering in rip your mask off flow (and even on your "easy" drifts on wrecks in SE Florida), I think your opinion on the matter represents a severe lack of proper technique in at least one if not more of the following: equipment use, gas sharing techniques, and or effective teamwork.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Well clearly you’ve never dived in real current. I don’t mean easy drift dives off Coz. I mean proper current, where to get over a ridge you’ll need your muck stick and reef hook for grip, if you pop over the top on a scooter you go backwards, where your reg vibrates and your mask floods with water pressure, when you launch your dsmb and it stops going up, and goes down.


When you’ve got a significant number of dives in these conditions, often with down currents then we’ll discuss And yes I’ve done an emergency air share under these conditions and know long hose is absolutely the wrong solution.

How about you?

Brisk drifts aren’t significant current. Its almost baby diving

I'm not really sure you could be more condescending but I'm sure you'll try.