Compass Preference

[Badger7]

AC electronics as well. Me experienced wrong compass readings :
1. Compass and old good VR-3 computer are on same hand - presume electro-luminescent backlight converter of VR-3 was the cause.
2. Compass and DIY underwater light with step-down converter are on same hand - presume un-shielded step-down converter was the cause.
3. Compass and underwater light with magnetic switch are on same hand - presume step-up converter or magnet in switch was the cause.
Problem was solved via wearing devices and compass on different hands.

You could add quarry walls to that list too. I wouldn't have believed it until witnessing firsthand, but there are three different local quarries where my sunnto say north is toward the edge of the quarry if I get within about 10-15 feet of the wall, and need to meander away from the wall a little to figure out an accurate heading back to the entry. Must be the iron ore?

 

[Pearlman]

It might be a far enough distance as compass is atop hand and DC half way up my wrist Next time I dive I'll experiment, I'm curious now

A good way would be to wear a second compass on the other hand and compare readings I guess …

 

[SeaIRL]

I really hope something is lost in translation here, because these kinds of comments are unhelpful and unwelcome.

Carrying a compass while diving is important. Whether you're mounting it to your wrist or your hand, less so. You can certainly feel free to try to explain why mounting a compass to your hand is far superior than other options, but you can also do so without calling people or their posts idiotic.

I like to keep my hands as unencumbered as possible, efficient for dry/wet/none glove changes in response to dive profile, easier to get in and out of pockets, and I prefer to use a compass on my left wrist like a watch rather than a lump on the back of my right hand. Doesn't have to be better or worse than other options, it can just be a perfect safe, perfectly reasonable personal preference. The bungee around my wrist isn't restricting blood flow any more than the bungee around your fingers, and if "tournequeting [sic] their arm" is your best argument to hand mount versus wrist mount, maybe best to just to avoid making that argument at all.

The OP back in 2020 specifically asked about compass placement, and KenE a few weeks ago asked about bungee routing. Where to wear it is the first choice, how to route the bungee the is the second. I contend that my response was completely on topic, and not idiotic at all.

I'm pretty sure it was you who first suggested the "tournequeting [sic] their arm" scenario as an argument to back up your preferences, to which the "idiotic" response was directed. Claiming personal attack is even more silly.

 

[happy-diver]

And again from a most well known NJ wreck diver of his time

how he tourniqueted his arm

I'll leave my tourniquetting my arm all the way to my arm hanging slumped limp by my side DCS until next time