Writing Underwater
How do you do it?
I'm really not fond of wrist slates. A notebook with graphite pencil seems to work okay until the pencil disintegrates, and the ones I've looked at are all just a tiny bit too large for my liking.
I was wondering if anyone had ever tried shrink-wrapping the graphite pencils, and if so, did it add to the life of the pencil?
Excluding the examples above, I'd really like to see what everyone is using.
A cheap mechanical pencil. Just chunk it after a weekend of diving.
Rite in the rain paper, the plasticized kind, and any mechanical pencil works for me. The really cheap bic ones are what I usually buy because their cheap and I tend to lose them.
-Jon
I have been logging data for years, and my preferred means is using Rite in the Rain paper, with templates I print from a laser printer. I hate mechanical pencils because the sharp point will have a tendency to puncture the paper and cause microtears. I like the graphite pencils, and will usually use wire shrink wrap around the pencil to give if stiffness to reduce breakage. The graphite pencil does a great job of writing without damaging the paper.
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Magna-doodle works great underwater. The toy is in a plastic frame that can be broken away, leaving just the sealed plastic writing surface. Cannot make a LOT of notes, the magnet "pen" writes more like a broad tip felt marker than a pencil.
But for passing notes, or having short conversations, just great.
Some local dive shops used to sell the magna-doodle built for wrist mounting, but don't know if it's still being sold in dive shops anymore. Still being made and sold in toy stores.
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Check out push point mechanical pencils....An example, but the link is silly
http://www.carnivalsource.com/store/...FQiqaQodrnUHew
http://www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Croquis...-mm-6B/pd/3352. You can run a piece of thin bungee through the top cap.
Pilot croquis pencil is pretty sweet.
4mm, I really like that. Much easier to see. Good compromise between mechanical, and graphite pencils.Originally Posted by rongoodman
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