Scuba Diving DIR: How to Setup a Long Hose Regulator System on a Single Cylinder |

Do you find yourself struggling to setup a long hose system?
Do you struggle, organising your setup pre diving?
Do you feel a little shy to ask?
If you answered yes to any of these questions. Then this video is perfect for you...
In this video, Oli, step-by-step, explains and shows how to setup a long hose system/regulator on a single cylinder.
For this you will need:
1x First Stage
2x Second Stage
2x Adjustable Spanners
1x Naked Pressure Gauge
1x High Pressure Hose (61-66cm)
1x Regulator Hose (56cm)
1x Inflator Hose (56cm)
1x Regulator Hose (210cm)
2x Small Bolt Snaps
String
optional:
1x Drysuit Inflator Hose (75cm)
Where to buy:
First Stage: scubadivinggea...
Second Stage: scubadivinggea...
Naked Pressure Gauge: scubadivinggea...
High Pressure Hose (61-66cm): scubadivinggea...
Regulator Hose (56cm): scubadivinggea...
Inflator Hose (56cm): scubadivinggea...
Regulator Hose (210cm): scubadivinggea...
Small Bolt Snaps: scubadivinggea...
Drysuit Inflator Hose (75cm): scubadivinggea...

[@M.M.M.M.M890]

Nice video showing the entire process.

[@provuksmc6619]

Aren't u supposed to get a manifold with two first stages for a DIR setup?
Even for a single tank

[@nielsrad]

What would you like to isolate on a single tank with a manifold? You can have double cranes on a single tank however for DIR is one crane is enough. Cold water diving could make you get a second crane or just go for doubles.

[@provuksmc6619]

@@nielsrad i meant cranes.
So two first stages on one tank

[@scubadivinggear]

Hi buddy, you can not have a manifold on a single cylinder, you could use an H valve or something along those lines. We prefer to teach divers to use a stage or bailout cylinder if they are going to depths over 30m, and good buddy techniques for shallower dives. If the need for redundancy increases we transfer them to twinset or sidemount setup.

[@scubadivinggear]

@@provuksmc6619 ah, double valves you mean, yes that only works with an H valve or similar setups which are not common use in the UK at all. Having double valves doesn't make it DIR if that is what you are asking. It's merely a solution used in various European countries for cold/deep water single tank diving, in the UK a redundant cylinder is favoured for deeper dives as it gives true redundancy.

[@provuksmc6619]

@@scubadivinggear i thought itd be DIR since GUE teaches like that and they stick to DIR very strictly.