Dive Gear Express offers regulator configurations that are suitable for hogarthian (aka 'DIR') style diving. A subset of our other regulator packages, the design of the second stages in these selected packages allows the cover to be removed and replaced underwater in order to clear silt or debris, a hogarthian requirement. True hogarthian or not, all of these DGX Custom regulator packages are already configured for hogarthian hose routing to eliminate bowing and dangling hoses. You get the correct length hoses and there is no extra 'hose kit' to buy, making these packages an even better value.

Hogarthian hose routing for doubles yields 'standard' hose lengths that work most divers, but not everyone. Nearly all overhead divers with doubles use a standard { 84 in | 2.1 m } LP hose but a few open water divers use a shorter { 60 | 1.5 m } LP hose for their primary second stage, and both put the backup second stage on a { 22 in | 56 cm} LP hose hung on a necklace directly below their chin. Most doubles divers use a standard {24 in 61| cm} HP hose for their pressure gauge, but some divers (either diving singles or who like to hold their gauge a little further away for reading) prefer a slightly longer {26 in | 66 cm} HP hose. Most divers select a standard {22 in | 56 cm} BC power inflator hose, but a few divers prefer to have the power inflator rest very high on their shoulder and use a shorter {18 in | 46 cm} BC hose. Our configuration tool allows you to build a regulator package to your specifications.