| Brian C,
To explain WHY:
First of all, a 60" hose is fine as long as you're not in an overhead environment. Some smaller divers feel that a 60" hose fits nicer to their torso length and such. Also there is the fact of no tucking required. If you were in an overhead environment, you might consider the 84" hose, so you could go single file out while sharing air.
The difference between diving wet and dry would just be the drysuit hose. Buoyancy control is always a primary concern, so it is always on the right side. This is because the right side cant be accidently rolled off if you came in contact with something while moving foreward. The left post has the unfortunate problem of possibly rolling off. A drysuit is NOT used for buoyancy, as more air floating around in the suit will mess up trim, and it will require much more venting on the way to the surface. The reason it is not on the right post is because it is not AS life threatening if the air supply is momentarily cut off to the drysuit. But, IF there was to be a tremendout failure of the BC, if the air supply was turned off, this could be a HUGE life threatening problem. See the difference?
Just to say again, use the BC for buoyancy control, not the drysuit. More air in the drysuit will just cause problems in the end.
For all DIR diving, the setup would be: Right Post: primary long hose, BC inflation. Left Post: SPG, secondary reg on necklace, and optionally a drysuit hose. I myself use an argon bottle mounted onto the backplate, so there isnt a need for a change of hoses while changing from drysuit to wetsuit.
I hope this clears up a few things,
-Alex |