Coiled clip for accessories question

[Bubbletrubble]

Be careful with the coil when un-clipped... if your accessory (camera rigs, mostly) is very heavy, or the seas are very rough, it's not a stupendously robust connection. It's mostly for emergencies where you have to let go of the device for a moment without fearing for immediate loss.

I'd like to caution the OP on using multiple coiled clips or any combination with retractor-type doodads. It can be easy to become entangled in your own attachment accessories...especially on a night dive. Don't ask me how I know! I use a coiled clip for securing my small P&S camera. My primary night light (Princeton Tec Shockwave eLED 8-C version) has a bolt-snap attached to the handle with cave line.

 

[GrumpyOldGuy]

It looks like it hangs, with the clip closed, about 10" from your body. Do you not find this to be annoying?

Carrying a camera is annoying in itself.

Yes, though the 10" length is not ideal, too long to be neat, to short to work with. Most of the time it is unclipped, so it is not really a big issue for me. What I like is the ability to just let if go if I need my hands, allow it to float up out of harms way (about 18 inches or so) and grab it later. I normally only have it clipped for ascent / descent.

 

[cmburch]

I use the exact set-up for my underwater camera housing. I removed the split ring so it does not scratch anything and just use the lanyard. I clip the bolt snap to a D-ring. My camera is positively buoyant. I sometimes unclasp from D-ring and slip my hand through coiled portion as a lanyard. I also sometimes attach the camera to my gun with the unit attached. I have not had much trouble freediving in kelp with entanglement issues from the coil while attached to my gun or wrist. Just in case, it would be easy to let go of the gun (float line attached) or slide coil from wrist (floating camera). It should work well for a flashlight without much worries of loss or finding it when needed.

 

[dumpsterDiver]

Be careful with the coil when un-clipped... if your accessory (camera rigs, mostly) is very heavy, or the seas are very rough, it's not a stupendously robust connection. It's mostly for emergencies where you have to let go of the device for a moment without fearing for immediate loss.

Of course I make my own, even going so far as to make my own 300 lb monofilament coil lines by cooking them around a spindle in my oven (so they can easily take 100 lbs, unlike some store bought models with plastic clips)

 

[hazmat]

Of course I make my own, even going so far as to make my own 300 lb monofilament coil lines by cooking them around a spindle in my oven (so they can easily take 100 lbs, unlike some store bought models with plastic clips)

Thanks, Rube. ;-)