How Do You Keep Your Corrugated BCD Hose in Place? #askmark

@jaketarren
#askmark, Heyo! Longtime listener, first time caller, etc. Went with a BP/W for my first set and I'm having a really hard time keeping the power inflator on my shoulder; the corrugated hose keeps flipping off my shoulder and getting twisted up or just ending up behind the backplate and dangling down the back of the wing. Is there something I can add to my harness to keep it in place? I don't want to tie it to the D ring since I wouldn't be able to lift it to deflate. I'm using the cheap DGX Gears wing for reference. Thanks!

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[sweetwaterdiver]

#askmark In one of your videos, you demonstrated the long-hose setup where the long hose is "hooked" beneath some type of retainer on your belt (in your case the dive knife). This does not work for ADV style BCs, which - AFAIK - are the primary type of "rentable" BC. I was wondering if there is a significant downside to retaining the long hose with a bolt snap, i.e. tying a bolt snap to that part/length of the long hose which would normally be retained, and then hooking it into one of the ADV D-rings. Of course, it's not nearly as easily released as the retainer variant on a wing, but the hose length (from bolt snap to 2nd stage) is already longer than the normal "short-hose setup" one would otherwise dive, so that seems to me to make it viable option when diving an ADV and wanting a long-hose setup. Any thoughts?

[toadou]

I only trap the inflator hose in the bungee loop.

[kevinwhite]

#ASKMARK
What is your opinion on pro air / pro ear masks (I have heard them called both). They are the masks with cuffs that cover your ears. The cuffs are also attached to the face mask with small air channels so the air pressure in your mask is the same air pressure in the cuffs covering your ears. They are supposed to, if not completely keep water away from your ears, at least reduce the pressure of the water around your ears helping reduce ear issues when diving. What do you know about them?

[stopspinskydiving]

Am I the only one who doesn’t raise the hose to deflate to start the dive? I simply pull the hose to release the gas to keep water from going into my wing.

[ScubaAdventures]

#ASKMARK
Question, what is some basics in getting setup with dual tanks or side mounted tanks. Most divers start with a single cylinder but nobody talks about moving in to dual tanks or side mounted and we don't know where to start!

[TheRedbaron]

#AskMark
Asking for Mark's and others' opinion on the long hose donate method. Here's my confusion:
A lot of demonstrations of the long hose primary donate say that you should ensure that the out of air diver is calmed down before switching to the necklace regulator. But I hear a lot of actual situations where the out of air diver is described to be so panicked that they are a threat to the donor.
So if I see a dude swimming as fast as he can towards me giving the out of air sign, do I want to face the 50:50 chance of him being crazy without a reg in my mouth?

Obviously, I have never witnessed a real out of air situation so I'd like to hear your opinion.

[bodee]

#ASKMARK Why can’t you run the Octo over the left shoulder, the reg will be facing up, and the hose will be a little longer? Then run your SPG over the right shoulder . What do you think?

[ValTaylor]

#askMark Hi Mark, I’m a newly certified diver and have 10 dives done (all on rented gear) and on a couple of dives my jaw has locked. It also happens sometimes if snorkeling for a long time so I’m wondering if this is due to weight of 2nd stage or less comfortable mouthpiece. If it’s mouthpiece and I get a good one that fits me well (any recommendations?) will dive centres in general switch them when I rent gear? Thanks for any advice
Val

[garthb]

Could you just use a large retractor clipped to the d-ring?