cmalinowski
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Swim fast to the west to catch the sun...do it easy:Wow, that's much easier than removing the compass! Thanks!
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Blitz:
People have died doing that ya know
rainman_02
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FishDiver:
What's not elegant about it? It takes virtually no time or skill.
But, if you want the "elegant answer" -- scooter dive at night! With a handle mounted compass you can shine the light in your left hand on your scooter compass mount on the handle your right hand!
Rainer
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My SK-7 glows for at least 10 minutes after being "hit" by my can light. That means moving the light to my right hand only a few times per dive to reilluminate the compass. Seems pretty elegant to me.
rainman_02:What's not elegant about it? It takes virtually no time or skill.
But, if you want the "elegant answer" -- scooter dive at night! With a handle mounted compass you can shine the light in your left hand on your scooter compass mount on the handle your right hand!
Compass is on the left hand because the magnets in the scooter motor can interfere with it.
Soggy
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rainman_02:But, if you want the "elegant answer" -- scooter dive at night! With a handle mounted compass you can shine the light in your left hand on your scooter compass mount on the handle your right hand!
The scooter is the whole reason for the compass being on the left arm. The scooter can interfere with the compass.
edit: oops, RTodd just said that...
rainman_02
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You're both missing the point, but thanks for trying.
Image hot-linked from the Dive-Xtras website.
The compass on the handle works pretty darn well. And since you hold the handle in your right hand...it's really easy to shine your light (in your left hand) on it.
Elegant.
Image hot-linked from the Dive-Xtras website.
The compass on the handle works pretty darn well. And since you hold the handle in your right hand...it's really easy to shine your light (in your left hand) on it.
Elegant.
limeyx
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rainman_02:What's not elegant about it? It takes virtually no time or skill.
But, if you want the "elegant answer" -- scooter dive at night! With a handle mounted compass you can shine the light in your left hand on your scooter compass mount on the handle your right hand!
come on, you know the elegant answer is to get a light on your helmet
MonkSeal
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There's more elegant solution and you know it but you're trying to hide it and keep it for yourself http://www.oceanicworldwide.com/p_computers_iddm.htmllimeyx:come on, you know the elegant answer is to get a light on your helmet
Somebody has to integrate electronic compass to this head-up display mask and that's it.
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