Changing A Regulator Hose

Changing A Regulator Hose

A primary skill all Divers who own their own equipment should master, is how to change a hose on a regulator. In this video, Instructor Trainer Bryan Stafford shows us just how easy it is to swap hoses.

Changing A Regulator Hose

Lake Hickory Scuba Center & Marina
Instagram – Lake Hickory Scuba

420 Taylorsville Beach Ct. Taylorsville, NC 28681
828-632-7649

Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0

[SummersideDiver]

I wish my equipment specialist class would have covered this, but it did not. So I appreciate you taking the time to do so here so much more.
Thank you

[flatheadfletch]

Their are several hose installation videos on YouTube. I asked everyone of them. The plugs have O rings. Do the hoses ? Your the first one talking about the O rings. THANK YOU !!!

[davidshumate]

Best part of video, was you informed me of a class that would help me learn this stuff

[troop]

I really love the intro. I know you have been messing around with the intro. Keep this one. I’m a mi-flex man. I have them on my travel rig and on my open water rig. Cold water still has the old heavy rubber ones. Great video. Safe diving my friend. Mike Lukas.

[jonnieinbangkok]

Miflex for weight advantage and flexibility (size too on HP hose)...as a tropical water recreational diver they suit me fine.

[KB-gdfc]

Hi Brian,
I recently went the opposite direction with my hoses. I switched from flex to rubber. Even for sidemount I haven't found them to be anymore difficult to route than flex hoses.
One reason I switched comes from the possibility of flex hoses to kink. I'v never experienced this myself but ya know... I know a guy who knows a guy.. For what that's worth lol.
A more serious reason i switched was the issue that came up a few years ago where the flex hoses with a polyester inner lining were actually melting and then re-hardening causing an occlusion at the 2nd stage. As I understand it the flex hoses with a polyETHer inner lining never had this issue. But after I left my reg set in a hot car for a day I noticed a yellowish goo starting to become visible from between the actual braided threads of my flex hoses and thought "How do I know if these are polyester or polyether?"
So to eliminate that possibility entirely I just switched to rubber hoses.
BUT, Im probably overly cautious. Different strokes for different folks. Thanks for the content! Keep the videos coming. Iv learned a lot watching your channel over the past year.

[timgosling]

Great to show people how little torque is needed on these unions. Feel and have sympathy for your materials - 'zen and the art of scuba maintenance'. I use almost all Miflex hoses for exactly the reasons you state, but I've kept the rubber one for the long hose. I find the extra weight keeps it nicely in place hanging round my neck whereas the Miflex hoses can be a little floaty.

[ernestlcolemanjr]

I have the Mares Pure BCD I'm trying to change my rubber LP hose to a flex what size hose should I get? I want the exact same size that came with the BCD.

[kannantv]

Sir, please advise what's the theard of hose both end?

[michaelmccrorey]

Brian do you tend to not tie your bolt snap not on the hose when you use myflex hoses.

[Chogogo]

Just for the sake of starting a discussion here... since you do your own regulator servicing I assume you have manufactures specs for working on them. Do they not specify any toques for the fittings or just recommend German torque?

[mikkosport]

Thank you for clear explanation. However, I would not use silicon grease but oxygen compatible one, like Krystolube, if I plan to use the reg with any kind of nitrox. When you once use silicon grease it is virtually impossible to get rid of completely and it definitely is not O2 compatible.

[stevenwood]

Is it difficult to change hoses on my gear console ?

[Kirbythediver]

How old is that 2nd lol
I feel like you made this video because of your students bringing gear in to swap hoses lol