Solo Diving

[Greenwood_60]

Does anyone keep a mask light, or helmet light on? Just to keep the stress level down a bit if your primary goes out?

[CaveMD]

Does anyone keep a mask light, or helmet light on? Just to keep the stress level down a bit if your primary goes out?

I wear a mask light with a 8hr burn time and rechargeable batteries but It's more so that I can see what I'm doing easier. Running a reel, pull and glide, checking gauges is much easier with a dim headlight already pointing where you are looking. With sm and forward facing gauges all you need do is quickly glance left/right and you have checked both tanks.

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[icestac]

Does anyone keep a mask light, or helmet light on? Just to keep the stress level down a bit if your primary goes out?

Yes. At first it was funny because my bubbles would sometimes flicker the light and I thought someone was signalling me

Cheers,
Jeff

[a64pilot]

Yes,
But as Cave MD said it's so that I can see when I'm doing things with my hands that require me to drape my primary over my shoulder, I've gotten so I don't even turn one on until I need to drop the primary.

[jcook]

Yep, got one with a 40 hr or so burn time. It is basically just easier to have one always on just incase a problem occurs you have the other light on. Keeps the stress level down.

Don't people use the goodman handle on their lights? I never saw the point of draping the light over your shoulder unless you just didn't use the handle on them.

[a64pilot]

Yes I use a goodman handle, but try writing on a slate etc., it's easier to just ditch the light for me.

[jcook]

Yes I use a goodman handle, but try writing on a slate etc., it's easier to just ditch the light for me.

That's why I put my light on my non-dominate hand.

[a64pilot]

That's why I put my light on my non-dominate hand.

Since I started scootering, I put my light on my left hand (I'm right handed). Still sometimes it's easier to just ditch the light. No big deal, takes about two seconds.

[FW]

Yes. At first it was funny because my bubbles would sometimes flicker the light and I thought someone was signalling me

Cheers,
Jeff

I had that same problem. It got to be a problem when I started ignoring the "false" signals, and someone was really signaling me.

[Greenwood_60]

I have issues with my exhaled bubbles ####ing up my video. I have a pair of video lights I mount to my helmet in addition to my backup lights... it's great for being able to aim the camera separately from the lighting, but if my head is slightly tilted, I get flashing light in the video.