Rubber or braided hose?

[Flycaster]

Do you prefer braided or rubber reg. hoses?

 

[KevinNM]

Rubber. Too many issues with braided. If you go braided buy name brands from reliable sources.

 

[runsongas]

Rubber for everything except sm long hoses. Braided is easier to route along the tank there.

 

[eelnoraa]

Rubber here as well. Had used braided. Switching back to rubbers. The troubles are not worth it

 

[tomcatbubba]

Rubber. Unless you are certain of the chemical composition of the inner hose (poly-ester bad, poly-ether OK) and you subject the hoses to high temperatures they can crystallize and basically come apart, clogging up the intake to the second stage: Nylon-Braided Regulator Hose Diving Emergency

Also see here: Alert Diver | Invisible Crystals

From a practical point of view, I don't like the feel of the braided hoses behind my neck and find they wear more on my drysuit seals and wetsuit hoods. Plus they are a bit more floaty than rubber. I don't know if it's just my luck but I have had more issues with crimps on the braided hoses vs. rubber.

Cheers,
TB

 

[tbone1004]

rubber though make sure the inner lining on the rubber hoses is not the same liner as the braided. The inner liner is the problem on the braided hoses and some of the rubber ones are using the same liner

 

[tomcatbubba]

Good point @tbone1004, I neglected to mention that. I'm glad you weighed in since you are a material engineer. I'm an aero so not much help on the material science aspect, other than the reading I've done

Cheers,
TB

 

[eelnoraa]

rubber though make sure the inner lining on the rubber hoses is not the same liner as the braided. The inner liner is the problem on the braided hoses and some of the rubber ones are using the same liner

How to check inner lining material?

 

[BoltSnap]

Rubber (I have braided but switching to rubber).

 

[jfe]

rubber though make sure the inner lining on the rubber hoses is not the same liner as the braided. The inner liner is the problem on the braided hoses and some of the rubber ones are using the same liner

Can yu please share why? I'm not aware of the reasons for this.