High-Pressure Hoses

High Pressure Double Braided Flex Kevlar Hose
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High Pressure Rubber Hose
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High Pressure Miflex2 HD Carbon Hose
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Dive Rite High Pressure Braided Stainless Steel Hose
$43.00
High Pressure Hose in SHORT Lengths
$23.95 As low as $21.55
High Pressure Stainless Steel Braided Flex Hose
$32.95

Warning

Keep in mind that all hoses will fail sooner or later either due to age, storage conditions or handling. Scuba hoses, regardless of brand and materials, require some minimal care. Do not allow hoses to receive prolonged exposure sunlight, as the heat and UV from strong sunlight will significantly shorten the life of the hose. Do not attempt to flush the inside of the hose with any form of solvent or other chemical, new hoses are factory clean and if you have any reason to think they are no longer clean then the hose should be replaced. Prior to every dive trip you should always pressurize and inspect your hoses for mechanical damage, corroded fittings, bulges and leaks. Dive Gear Express suggests replacing all SCUBA hoses every five years of service or 500 dives, whichever comes first.

High-pressure gas escaping from a failed hose or fitting can cause serious injury. When pressurizing your equipment, do not hold the first stage, high-pressure hose or submersible pressure gauge (SPG), and position the gauge face away from yourself and others. Slowly open the cylinder valve with one hand; use the other hand to slightly depress the second-stage purge button during initial pressurization. Never use your hand to locate or try to stop a pressurized leak.

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Choosing the Best Primary SPG Hose Length

For most recreational divers, the common high-pressure hose length of { 32 in | 81.3 cm } is long enough to be run under the left arm, across the chest and clipped off on the right shoulder D-ring. A few divers with a large chest, or who like to hold their instruments well out from their body when reading, require a longer hose length of { 42 in | 106.7 cm }. Some recreational divers seeking very streamlined configurations are routing their HP hose with a compact SPG over their left shoulder in the same manner they route their BC hose and those divers are using HP hose lengths as short as { 24 in | 61 cm } and even { 21 in | 53.3 cm }.

Technical divers almost always carry a standalone SPG clipped off to the left waist D-ring. For use with double cylinder configurations, the typical HP hose length is { 24 in | 61 cm }, although some divers find that length slightly too short. It's almost always too short when used with a single cylinder configuration. Many divers clipping to their waist D-ring find a HP hose length of { 26 in | 66 cm } to work well with both singles and doubles. Cave and wreck divers also remove the SPG boot for the same reason they remove the cylinder boot, because the boot surfaces have been known to ratchet divers into tight spots, making extraction difficult.