Giant Stride with a Goodman Handle?

[g1138]

This is a 2 part question both for curiosity's sake and for a specific example.

For the divers that dive with a Goodman Handle or a soft handle/light sock, how do you giant stride with it?
- Do you have it clipped off to your BC or do you have it around your hand?
- Does it depend on what light you have attached to it?
- If it's on your hand, do you place that hand on your mask or hugging your hoses?

For my specific example, I have an Intova Compact Torch that's wrapped up in a Oxycheq Raider III/IV light sock. I'll be jumping off the lower deck of a wharf and falling about 3-5ft before hitting the water (which is around 30ft deep)
Should I have my Torch clipped off and secured or around my hand when I enter? I'm kinda worried about torquing it too much when I splash in.

Thanks in advance!

<- Oxycheq Light sock

 

[FWADIVER]

i've done it both ways with the lightsock, either clipped off, or on my hand if I am going to need it right away, doest matter much either way.

 

[Rainer]

I have a can light with my goodman handle. We always enter with it clipped off and the cord tucked. For your application, I'm not sure it'd matter.

 

[aquaregia]

Clipped off. If it's night, I have a light switched on, but still clipped off.

 

[RonFrank]

Clipped off. Its an LED light so no worries.

 

[g1138]

Sweet, thanks for the input guys!

 

[eelnoraa]

With canister light, I have the light head clipped cord stowed under waist strap. Left hand will hold mask and regulator in place. Right hand will hold weight belt, right fore arm will hold light head against my body. Before I have canister light, I used light socks. I just left it on my left hand all the time.

 

[Hatul]

I don't understand the issue. What's the problem with wearing it on your wrist?

 

[aaronjweese]

While remote, the possibility exists where if you are wearing the light head on your wrist and giant stride in the cord can get caught up on a piece of gear and not allow for full extension/use of your arm if needed. It happened to me once, so when going off a boat my lighthead is clipped to a chest D-ring until I am ready to use it.

 

[rongoodman]

Lighthead clipped, cord tucked.