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Guys, Help me out here in case I've got it all wrong. On my single tank set up I have the long hose come to the left from the first stage, down the side and then underneath the tank/wing, across the torso back to the left, around the neck and into the mouth from the right. With a seven foot hose this is very comfortable, a five foot would be much too short. Am I DIW? BTW, I am 5ft 5ins tall with only 38 in chest, so am no Schwartzenegger :( JT -- John Taylor, Marketing and Trading Systems, IT Development Credit Suisse Financial Products (Hong Kong) Ltd, 13F, Tower 3, Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong Office: +852 2101 6927, Fax: +852 2101 7698, Mobile: +852 9031 6395, email: john.taylor@cs*.co*.uk* [private e-mail: live4diving@ho*.co*] > -----Original Message----- > From: S I L E N T I M M E R S I O N [SMTP:silent@cu*.ne*] > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 11:35 AM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: RE: Help: long hose for recreational setup > > 5 ft is fine. We have 5ft long hoses on all our rental sets, so a large > variety of people wear them with single alu 80's and never the hose is too > short. There is enough slack on the hose and it does not pull out from the > mouth when you look to the far left. > Maybe we get some guy in the future that has a wide enough chest... I > really doubt it... I would go for a 7ft then and put the excess hose under > the knife pocket, my personal setup when diving single tank without > cannister. > > Regards, > > THOMAS > > > > At 06:42 PM 8/13/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Possibly, I dive doubles. I wouldn't think moving the first stage 5 or > so > >inches to the left would make that much of a difference but I guess it > does. > >I know that with doubles I have what seems like plenty of slack when > looking > >to the extreme left. Guess a 6 footer or doubles are the only answer as > I > >don't think anyone makes a 5.5 footer. Here's a stupid question, you are > >routing your second stage hose down and to the right, correct? Only > reason > >asked this was that initially I had the hose going out at a 90 degree > angle > >to the right and it was a little tight. This would be the most > comfortable > >set up when diving a short hose. Once I angled it down it solved the > >problem. Also makes for much tighter hose routing and less chance of > >getting hung up on something. > > > >Thanks for the info. > >Art. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bruce Graham [mailto:Grahabr@LA*.WH*.CO*] > > Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 4:07 PM > > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > > Subject: RE: Help: long hose for recreational setup > > > > I use a 5 foot hose in open ocean when using single tank > >config. (no pen, no deco, no can. light). For me, it's not long enough > to > >go under armpit before around neck. > > > > > > Bruce Graham > > 213/620-7776 > > grahabr@la*.wh*.co* > > > > Who do you think you are, herking and jerking around like > >some kind of lagoon creature? > > > > >>> "Paltz, Art" <Art.Paltz@R2*.CO*> 08/13/99 11:15AM >>> > > Single tank means no caves or penetration. This being said > >it's agreed that > > a 7 footer is way too long for the job. The 7 foot hose is > >so that your > > buddy can breath while following on your fins. In the open > >ocean you'll be > > side by side and a 5 footer is recommended. > > > > With no canister and a 5 foot hose just route it from the > >post, under the > > right arm pit up and around the neck and into your mouth. I > >dive this way > > and it's very comfortable. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Art. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alexander, Chris HSD > >[mailto:alexanc@hs*.ut*.co*] > > Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 11:31 AM > > To: 'techdiver@aquanaut.com' > > Subject: Help: long hose for > >recreational setup > > > > How should one route a 7ft hose to breath as > >a primary using > > a single alum > > 80 recreational setup with no canister > >light? I have a > > standard length USD > > octopus on a necklace, a USD SEA4 first > >stage, and a Zeagle > > Concept BC > > (integrated weights). I do no-decom dives > >in New England > > with a wetsuit. I > > want to go with a long hose after an > >incident as a donor > > last season (short > > hose caused much difficulty managing the low > >on air > > situation on the anchor > > line during a "safety" stop). 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