Pinecube
Contributor
I've made a couple of these now. It is a very simple thing to make and I love diving with it. Personally I use it to check on my buddy without having to crane my neck or spin around, but it has also worked well when ascending in areas where others may be descending at the same time. Perhaps most importantly, you can use it to make sure you look perfect for that gopro video 
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This isn't complicated to make since all it is, is a truck mirror and a bungee.
You'll have to peel off the double-sided tape on the back of the mirror. The actual mirror part can be popped out of the plastic. Once that's done it's just a matter of hole-punching or drilling holes in the plastic and running a bungee through it.
There are a few things I've learned between making my first pair and my latest pair:
- Size the length of the bungee wearing your thickest glove. It is very important that the bungee is not tight. If it is, it will constantly be pulling back on your hand and will quickly cause your hand to get sore.
- After putting it on and taking it off a number of times I found that as the bungee stretches, it rubs against the back of the 'mirror' which wears away the reflective part. To help stop this I've cut a circle from a thin sheet of plastic and put over top of the bungee before replacing the mirror.
- The bigger it is the better it is. My first mirror was 25mm/1" diameter. It was great and all, but now I have a 50mm/2" diameter mirror and I find it much easier to see with... No matter how goofy it looks out of the water.
!This isn't complicated to make since all it is, is a truck mirror and a bungee.
You'll have to peel off the double-sided tape on the back of the mirror. The actual mirror part can be popped out of the plastic. Once that's done it's just a matter of hole-punching or drilling holes in the plastic and running a bungee through it.
There are a few things I've learned between making my first pair and my latest pair:
- Size the length of the bungee wearing your thickest glove. It is very important that the bungee is not tight. If it is, it will constantly be pulling back on your hand and will quickly cause your hand to get sore.
- After putting it on and taking it off a number of times I found that as the bungee stretches, it rubs against the back of the 'mirror' which wears away the reflective part. To help stop this I've cut a circle from a thin sheet of plastic and put over top of the bungee before replacing the mirror.
- The bigger it is the better it is. My first mirror was 25mm/1" diameter. It was great and all, but now I have a 50mm/2" diameter mirror and I find it much easier to see with... No matter how goofy it looks out of the water.
