Goodman handle elastic or rigid?

[ageddiver]

Maybe I never figured out the secret to using the metal handle, but I had the problem with flopping around with THAT handle, and corrected it by going to the elastic. The elastic handle promptly broke due to being cheap, so I just made my own and absolutely love it. No flopping, light weight and comfortable with a glove so I don't even know it's there.
The success of the elastic mount is probably directly related to the size of the light head you're using. If you have a larger head you likely need some clearance the elastic won't give without being floppy.

 

[Gilldiver]

Call some of the light manufacturers and see if they have any of the light heads from the old Halogen lights still hanging around. I got 2 full heads for about $25 a few years back and keep them for parts etc.

As for the hard handle, on the inside you can mount a small backup knife and on the outside put a strip of white eletrical tape and write you planed dive deco run times. If you are on plan, checking your deco stops/run time stops is as easy as looking at your open palm.

 

[buddhasummer]

$72 for a goodman handle sounds a bit steep, they are $40 at my LDS.

Yep thats a whole heap of money, but thats the price from DiveRite express...

 

[Hoosier]

An elastic with a small light head is always my vote.

 

[buddhasummer]

rec the elastic handmount works fine although I have no idea why the decided to make the mount part white and not black seems rather silly to me...eveything needs to be colour coordinated of the fish swim away...