Some wings offer the option of a "Remote Exhaust" (aka pull-to-dump) elbow or "Plain" elbow. The remote exhaust convenience feature is present on nearly all recreational sport BCD jackets, the plain elbow is most common on back inflation wings.

With a remote exhaust elbow, a cable runs from the inflator inside the corrugated hose up to the remote exhaust dump valve. To exhaust gas from the air cell, you tug gently on the inflator. This is the preferred option for open water divers as this feature works best when in a more upright position and offers an option for dumping gas during ascent at the end of your dive.

For experienced and technical divers, as a result of their often horizontal position in the water, they use the OPV pull at the bottom of the wing to release gas or hold their inflation assembly above the 'bubble' and press the oral inflate button to release gas. Many divers view the remote exhaust feature as an unnecessary feature that is just something that could fail and therefore prefer to use their skills to trade off the questionable convenience for certain reliability by selecting a plain elbow.

The standard corrugated hose on the inflation assembly is usually about 16-inches to 19-inches long. A few technical divers, especially cave divers, prefer a shorter corrugated hose to reduce the "danglies". Some physically very tall or large divers need a longer corrugated hose length and longer corrugated hoses are sometimes also seen on BC integrated alternate second stage regulators.