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comfortable 2nd stage hose?

Started Jul 12, 2021 | Discussions thread
Dann-Oh Contributing Member • Posts: 894
Re: comfortable 2nd stage hose?

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

If I shorten the hose, I can't turn my head to the other side without pulling the reg from my mouth.

I'm going to look into the long hose thing.

I got a braided HP line to my computer a few years ago, and it seems quite nice. Thought perhaps it was just more flexible and might be a better choice to go to my regulator.

My new long hose is the Miflex material that the other guy mentioned. It is significantly more flexible than the normal rubber material. In my experience, it is also much more floaty than the normal rubber material and comes untucked occasionally. You also have to make sure that you are not clipping camera or other items ON TOP of your hose routing incase of an emergency.

With that said I would never dive a standard hose again.

Be aware that when you use a long hose (either 5 or 7ft) you will not be able to use a snorkel, that might be a violation of your local laws (it is an issue for certain beach locations near me).

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