slimline HID concern

[DM]

I'm considering a slimline style light. I wear my cannister on my waist and I have heard somewhere that the slimline cannisters do not support routing the 7' hose under them well. Is there any substance to this or is everyone happy with that configuration?

[DIVEHYPE]

Been using my slimline about a 6 months with no problem.

[Line Squirrel]

Mine is working great. The only thing I did to my Slimline was I moved the hose clamps up a touch. This may give you a little more length in the canister/belt ratio to hook your long hose under.

[Dwain]

The slimline light is about the same hight as the wreck canister.. there should be no problem routing it.

[wingman]

I'm considering a slimline style light. I wear my cannister on my waist and I have heard somewhere that the slimline cannisters do not support routing the 7' hose under them well. Is there any substance to this or is everyone happy with that configuration?

I think that dive rite had a canister that was about the same diameter as the wreck but half the vertical height. I had a buddy that had that canister and there was a problem routing the long hose under it. The smaller diameter slim line with the same vertical height as the wreck does not have that problem. Bill

[Markus]

Just like mmcauliffe said move the hoseclamps up so that one of them is between the upper edge of the cannister and the locks. this has worked great for me and my friends for several years.
best regards

Markus

[HomoErectus]

I have used mine for some time now, I cannot think of a single time that I had a problem with it.

[JDostal]

I've dove w/ the SlimLine (borrowed from a friend...) and have several friends that have them. Never a problem routing the hose at all. It is one sexy little HID light.

My one friend has the canister that is the same diameter of the Wreck1, but only half the height...and even w/ that he doesn't really have any problems.

The SlimLine is nice. I just like my Wreck1 because I can build 4 hour batteries for it, for something like $30.

[aw]

I have the Diverite 10 watt HID canister wreck light. I have had problems with the hose routing. I can't move the hose clamps up because the latches that close the lid are in the way.

The way to solve this is route it below the canister, around to the front up under the knife sheath on your waist. It works nicely. It beats stuffing that hose under your waist strap as the only other alternative.

[Line Squirrel]

I can't move the hose clamps up because the latches that close the lid are in the way.

The hose clamps are less than 1/32 of an inch thick, the latches will still lock... at least the two differnt lights here (a wreck canister and a Slimline) I just tried it out on. I put the clamps under the latching portion of the locks although it would work as Markus described as well...along the top. Either way will get you "more" canister to hook the long hose under.

[aw]

The hose clamps are less than 1/32 of an inch thick, the latches will still lock... at least the two differnt lights here (a wreck canister and a Slimline) I just tried it out on. I put the clamps under the latching portion of the locks although it would work as Markus described as well...along the top. Either way will get you "more" canister to hook the long hose under.


Cool. I'll try that when I get home. I'm diving tomorrow. Thanks.

[Moonfuzzy]

I actually have problems with routing my hose under my light (which is mounted on my waist). It ends up putting the hose too low for me to easily deploy (average size woman, small arms I guess). To fix the problem I just stuff the hose in my belt, after everything else is attached, and it is very easy to hand off.

[jammer]

Just breath off the long hose!!!!! End of problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Moonfuzzy]

Just breath off the long hose!!!!! End of problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

umm....

We are talking about what to do with all that extra hose while we are breathing off of it (which is even more of an issue when not breathing off the long hose, say when breathing on a stage or when breathing the short hose if there were a second stage failure).

Don't you tuck the extra legnth somewhere, or is it just floating along behind you?
; )

[Gary]

Just breath off the long hose!!!!! End of problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:twisted:

I have a slimline HID canister.

I bungee and stuff my long hose down the side of my tank and switch regs back and forth on my independent backmounted doubles.

Works really well and I've had no problems with the slimline canister at all. ;-)

The slimline canister is also very nice when I butt mount it for sidemount. But then I either don't have a long hose or I'm bungee'ing it down the side of my tank (on those rare occasions I'm diving sidemount with a buddy and they for some stange reason insist on diving with a manifold - poor sad souls).

:twisted:

[Gary]

OK to be better behaved...

I've heard a lot of divers who find the canister to be a poor loop point for their long hose routing just tuck the bottom end of the loop in their belt in the vicinity of the canister.

General opinion is that it deploys easier that way and is more secure. Also more adjustiable to divers of different body lengths.

I guess you also don't have to worry about the light canister being too small to hook a hose around properly. ;)

[jammer]

Oh sorry I wasn't thinking I guess I had my head up me arse LOL but no I do not tuck it I do it just as if I was breathing off it but I a have a bungee I slip it into on my upper D-ring on right shoulder. I have never had a problem and it is very easy to see and deploy.