The hose used on the Ouroboros rebreather
has been designed to withstand damage by a wide range of diving
environments from caves to wrecks. The hose material itself
is ballistic nylon coated rubber and is reinforced from within
by a rigid coiled spring to withstand external pressure to
prevent collapse and thus retain breathing dynamics. The mouth
piece is made from Delrin and the moving parts of the isolation
valve are free of O-rings which in turn removes a failure
point from the design, the shutoff lever adds weight to counteract
buoyancy and make the mouthpiece neutral without hose weights.
All hoses supplied with hose carry case
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Above Left; Looking into the
section where the mushroom valve can be seen. Above Right; Adjustable hose
section with a clip that locks into place.
Clean and LIGHTLY re-grease the outside
of the barrel and the inside of the mouthpiece. Reassemble
in reverse order. DO NOT PUSH ON THE INSIDE OF THE MUSHROOM
VALVE CARRIER TO ASSEMBLE IT, USE THE OUTER EDGE. This can
be done by using a hose end with the O-rings removed.