How to attach & use a handheld light

[tbone1004]

if using a twisty, I would recommend taking the whole sock off, turning on/off then put it back on your hand. That said I don't really like twisty lights for primary use, and really just don't like them at all. The push-buttons have proven quite reliable since many use a magnet which means no thru-port for o-rings. I much prefer them

 

[RIHappyDiver]

How do you use the lanyard? Just cinch it around your wrist, and let the light dangle from your wrist when not in use? Or is it attached to your BC?



That looks like a great solution, but I'm thinking it might not work with a twist-on-and-off light like the DGX600, which requires two hands to turn on/off in my experience.

Before the light sock, and when I had a twist on light, I would cinch the lanyard around my wrist, but I would always have the light in my hand. That light died and both of my current lights are pushbutton. As @Lorenzoid said, the other option is to leave the light on throughout the dive. Your battery should last with no problem. Thats what I did with my twist on light when I first got the light sock.

 

[RIHappyDiver]

I use that same light sock (yeah, thanks tbone) but only for night dives. If I am only intermittently using the light during the dive, I just re-clip it.

I’ve tried this, but I use a Lighthawk bc and the d-rings aren’t well placed, nor do they stand out at all. I know, I know, bp/w. But my wife just asked me this past weekend if I knew how much I had spent on gear, and, while she didn’t say anything when I told her, I think I’m on a spending freeze for awhile.

 

[stretchthepenn]

if using a twisty, I would recommend taking the whole sock off, turning on/off then put it back on your hand. That said I don't really like twisty lights for primary use, and really just don't like them at all. The push-buttons have proven quite reliable since many use a magnet which means no thru-port for o-rings. I much prefer them

I concur. I don't like the twisty-on-off lights at all. Push-button on/off switches are the way to go. Put your light in a soft Goodman glove, and you've got one-handed operation.

 

[KeithG]

All of our current lights are pushbuttons. No way to flood them with your thumb.

Way back when we used to have twisty lights but SOMEBODY kept flooding her light. Righty tigthy lefty loosey did not seem to sink in. Until the light was full of water...

 

[deeno]

I use a bolt snap and short point and shoot camera lanyard at the same time. I am also doing this on my left shoulder d-ring, not the right.

The bolt snap is for clipping to the BC. When the light is needed, I slip the lanyard on my wrist and then unclip from the BC. The lanyard and light is kept tidy when clipped in with an elastic loop like you mentioned.

I have seen people use the retractable and "telephone cord" bungees that always stay clipped to the BC too. They seem to work well, but seem bulky to me.

 

[KeithG]

I use a bolt snap and short point and shoot camera lanyard at the same time. I am also doing this on my left shoulder d-ring, not the right.

The bolt snap is for clipping to the BC. When the light is needed, I slip the lanyard on my wrist and then unclip from the BC. The lanyard and light is kept tidy when clipped in with an elastic loop like you mentioned.

I have seen people use the retractable and "telephone cord" bungees that always stay clipped to the BC too. They seem to work well, but seem bulky to me.

Why the bolt snap?

As vacation divers we always use handheld night lights with simple lanyards. Bolt snaps? They have a lanyard loop that goes around your wrist. The light goes on the wrist before you plungee. The Light is turned on before you plungee. Your backup light in your BCD pocket is checked before you plungee.

P.S. apologies to any Francophone's for my very bad plongee

 

[rhwestfall]

light sock....

The OxyCheq model I have uses a bungie at my wrist, and I just clip the bolt snap to that bungie. I can twist it on/off w/o problem, and it also prevents loss (lights are not real solid in the sock).

 

[Marie13]

I tie a bolt snap to the butt end using thin bungee cord. I have much better success with that. On one light I left a loop big enough for my hand coming off after I’d already attached bolt snap. I hate the huge lanyards.

Actually most of the time when I use my lights I leave them clipped to my D rings.

I have push button lights.

 

[Marie13]

Why the bolt snap?

As vacation divers we always use handheld night lights with simple lanyards. Bolt snaps? They have a lanyard loop that goes around your wrist. The light goes on the wrist before you plungee. The Light is turned on before you plungee. Your backup light in your BCD pocket is checked before you plungee.

P.S. apologies to any Francophone's for my very bad plongee

I’m not a vacation diver nor does my BP/W have pockets. I don’t night dive. Light is used for low viz/low light to see wreck areas better (not necessarily inside).