Light, which hand?

[Me]

Id just tell them what the hell Im doing then.I wear my light on my right hand mainly because I dump air from my bc with my left hand.After my initial decent I use my lower dump valve.If Im reeling up,I sometimes switch hands,sometimes I dont.

Yeah....poking yourself in the eye with the light beam while dumping can make for a spotty few minutes of your dive.....

[Dan Thoms]

Okay, fair enough. Those that know me know I can be sarcastic, without necessarily being a jerk. But we've never met.

The point is, use whichever hand you like. When I scooter, it's in my left hand. When I swim, it's usually in my right, unless I need to be doing something else with that hand.

If anybody says you MUST hold the light in a given hand, my suggestion would be to politely walk away.

Rules are rules for a reason,. so we dont have to re-invent the wheel. If your not doing it right,. your doing it wrong.

[Line Squirrel]

Yeah....poking yourself in the eye with the light beam while dumping can make for a spotty few minutes of your dive.....

Close your eyes

[Sludge]

Rules are rules for a reason,. so we dont have to re-invent the wheel. If your not doing it right,. your doing it wrong.

Listen.................. That's the sound of me politely walking away.

[OutlawCaver]

When scootering I have my scooter and light in the right hand. This permits me to adjust buoyancy (either hose or rear dump), check my SPG which is on my left side waist D ring. This provides me a free hand to adjust regs, check stage SPG, check line arrows, etc. without taking my hand off the throttle or shinning the light back in my own face or behind me. It has taken awhile to be able to rotate an "OK" signal while motoring but I have it down now.

[Dan Thoms]

Listen.................. That's the sound of me politely walking away.

ROFLAO-

[Moonfuzzy]

I switch the light between both hands when swimming. I don't use a goodman handle because it makes this difficult.

When scootering I put my light in my left hand for two reasons: because I like to look around and check the corners as I go by, and because my cord is too short to reach the scooter comfortably (I tuck it into my belt, which probably eats up that last little bit).

When scootering I have my scooter and light in the right hand. This permits me to adjust buoyancy (either hose or rear dump), check my SPG which is on my left side waist D ring. This provides me a free hand to adjust regs, check stage SPG, check line arrows, etc. without taking my hand off the throttle or shinning the light back in my own face or behind me. It has taken awhile to be able to rotate an "OK" signal while motoring but I have it down now.

How long is your cord? Standard length? I'd like the option to move the light to my right hand for the same reasons you put it there, but like it said - it feels too short.

[OneBrightGator]

Listen.................. That's the sound of me politely walking away.

It's also the sound of you missing a joke, or maybe this post is the proof of me doing it instead.

Either way, the right hand feels more natural to me for whatever reason, probably cause I am left handed so that leaves my dominant hand open to pull, inflate/deflate, etc. I switch when the need arises.

[Strazz]

Whenever I'm just swimming, the light is in my right hand. I like having my left free to work my bc/drysuit inflators and my dump valve. Also, if I'm in a low passage, I can wrap the cord around my arm so it doesn't drag. If I'm pulling and gliding, the light is always on the hand that is further from the wall so I don't have alternating light and darkness in front of me every ten seconds. If I have to perform any other function, I usually switch the light to my left hand (messing with stages, placing/collecting spools, et cetera). Ultimately, do what's easiest.

[WJH]

Whenever I'm just swimming, the light is in my right hand. I like having my left free to work my bc/drysuit inflators and my dump valve. Also, if I'm in a low passage, I can wrap the cord around my arm so it doesn't drag. If I'm pulling and gliding, the light is always on the hand that is further from the wall so I don't have alternating light and darkness in front of me every ten seconds. If I have to perform any other function, I usually switch the light to my left hand (messing with stages, placing/collecting spools, et cetera). Ultimately, do what's easiest.

I thought SLUDGE said this better in post #2!

WJH