How Do Use Your Compass?
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Old post I know.
I have been using a compass in a bungee mount on my left arm for a number of years now, still wear it even though I have a compass with the Perdix AI, old habits die hard and 'go to the basic' compass.
For almost forever I used a twin console [ SPG and compass ] before placing one on my wrist, as I also dive with a SPG [and a Perdix AI] and still I look at the SPG [as backup] and SK8 Suunto compass for navigation, I am thinking of going back to a twin console.
Could be just me [and old age] I am sure my Navigation was better , and I can read the bloody thing, the Perdix compass is good but, I just [can't help myself] and look at a "real" compass.
I can't be alone being 'old school' , and reducing a hose and other bits is the way things are going.
Diving has gone the way of 'you can't dive unless you have something with a battery in it'.
Excuse me for ranting on.
Bob
If you're looking for another reason to remove your compass from your wrist, I remember reading (from Gary Gentile, I think) a while ago about an incident where a diver's arm was "keyholed" by the gauges on his wrist, when he was digging in zero viz for artifacts, deep in some shipwreck. His takeaway: He decided he would NOT wear gauges on his wrist thereafter.
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rx7diver
IIRC, it was only momentary, and he left with everything, but it made an impression on him. I'll look to see if I can find the story. I think if was in one of his wreck diving books.
Sorry, @Pressurehead, evidently part of my scuba library is still in boxes in the garage, a result of four (!!) household moves over the last nearly 25 years, one of them from MI to MO! I do have Gentile's "Ultimate Wreck Diving Guide" (1992) on my shelf. I just finished scanning through it, but was unable to find the story.
I did find his story where he describes the rare, but very serious, medical condition he suffered as a result of wearing his wrist-mounted gauges too tight.
Anyway, I am almost certain that the "keyholded" story was relayed by GG. But, it's been a very long time since I read it, and it might have been in one of his other books, or in one of the scuba magazines that he contributed articles to, or in other books (like Bret Gilliam's "Deep Diving: An Advanced Guide to Physiology, Procedures, and Systems", editions in 1992 and 1995, which I just scanned through, too, to no avail), or on the old "Aguanaut" internet forum, etc.
Maybe some other SB member can help.
rx7diver
I did find his story where he describes the rare, but very serious, medical condition he suffered as a result of wearing his wrist-mounted gauges too tight.
Anyway, I am almost certain that the "keyholded" story was relayed by GG. But, it's been a very long time since I read it, and it might have been in one of his other books, or in one of the scuba magazines that he contributed articles to, or in other books (like Bret Gilliam's "Deep Diving: An Advanced Guide to Physiology, Procedures, and Systems", editions in 1992 and 1995, which I just scanned through, too, to no avail), or on the old "Aguanaut" internet forum, etc.
Maybe some other SB member can help.
rx7diver
This is the combo I will be using, bolt snap on the top to clip off.
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