'Attaching' a hand-held primary light

[w3dge]

Hi Folks, I'm looking for some opinions on this topic.

In the good old days of canister lights, whilst the head was usually worn with a goodman handle, it was also secured to the diver with the cord - preventing loss should the diver accidentally drop the head. In our brave new world of hand held lights, this safety net of the cord is no longer present. I was wondering if any of you fine folk try and replicate this safety net some how, or merely keep the hand-held light on a goodman handle only?

I tend to use a hard handle as I like the flexibility to swap hands easily.

Thoughts appreciated

 

[CuzzA]

I tied a small bolt snap on my light and tuck it in the soft handle. If needed I could just clip off the unit, though because it's cordless I don't see this ever being a necessity. I don't worry too much about losing the whole unit or even just the light. It would take a really aggressive physical action to dislodge it.

 

[_Ralph]

What I do when I go to a backup, is clip it into my compass bungee.... just in case I butterfinger it ...... or still have a deco hang .... and butterfinger it .....

No compass? Any piece of bungee in the wrist area works too ...


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[Marie13]

I take a length of thin bungee cord and tie it to the hole on the light butt end. I then slip knot a small bolt snap to it. The bungee loop is big enough to get over my wrist in wet gloves (haven't tried this with dry glove cuffs yet), and I clip it off when I'm done with it. I haven't found a soft light sock that works to my satisfaction.

 

[Lorenzoid]

If at some point I buy a hand-held light that costs as much as a traditional canister light, then I suppose I'll look for a solution to the lack of a tether. Losing a thousand-dollar light would suck. For the time being, my hand-held lights are the $60 type from DGX, etc. I carry two: one in my hand (directly or via Goodman handle), and a backup clipped to a D-ring in case I drop the one in my hand and can't recover it.

 

[Scared Silly]

I have never thought of the cord on my can light to be a safety net in case I drop the head. All of my lights have a bolt snap on them, so they can clipped off when needed. Other than that I do not worry - just look at folks with camera rigs.

 

[PfcAJ]

I would recommend separating the light head from the battery, using a cord to connect the two, and wear the battery on your right hip.

 

[Neilwood]

I don't worry about my lights (both hand held non can lights)- both have boltsnaps so when not in use , they are clipped (and looped in place), when in use they are in my hand. Takes less than 5 secs to stow/deploy.

If I had spent hundreds I might think about a length of bungee cord looped round my wrist but not at the moment.

 

[Marie13]

My most expensive light cost $100. I did the bungee cord thing as I find the lanyards that come with hand held lights to be much too long for my tastes. The bungee cord was my personal compromise between just a bolt snap and a long lanyard. I personally like having something around my wrist when holding the light. Just something extra if it happened to come out of my hand or if I need to use my hand for some reason. Works for me, may not work for others.

 

[JohnnyC]

Just tie a loop of bungee about wrist sized, put it over your wrist. Tie a bolt snap to your handheld light just like you would a backup light. Clip bolt snap to wrist bungee when it's on your hand. You get to secure your non-corded primary, and looks stylish because you've got a bungee bracelet on too. Double word score!