How do you mount your light?

UKSteve · 24th April 2008, 09:47

Quote: (Originally Posted by Beanie)

clipped to the side of my back plate under my left arm

you can just about see it: Outlaw Divers , Photos - Rebreathers - Set Ups
will look for better image

Outlaw Divers , Photos - Rebreathers - Inspirations - Purple Beanie

Hiya,

Great pics but something wrong with your site I think.. the Google ads are overlaying the pictures on your first link

Steve

MarcLaukien · 24th April 2008, 11:10

Thanks for all the feedback. I think I'll simply give it a try and mount the canister to my O2 bottle. The only thing I don't like about this is that my light canister becomes the most exposed point of my rig. I guess I just have to be careful when I go cave diving

The main reason why I want to move it away from the belt webbing is that I want the extra weight further up on the rig, so that I can improve my trim without adding extra weight.

Mark Chase · 24th April 2008, 15:07

I just found this old pic of my Inspo showing the canister torch inverted. So if it hits anything in the cave its just the base of the can.

I do the same on the KISS but obviously it on the 02 tank now.

ATB

Mark

Andy Barker APS · 24th April 2008, 19:18

Hi,
I use both left & right hand Kent Tooling pony brackets
on one side I have a steel 3lt bail out & on the other 1.5lt
suit inflation cylinder & on the inside of the bracket I fit my
2x A12 battery pack with a small cam band then route the
lead through the straps on the lungs, nice neat an balanced.
Well that works for me,
Andy

mempilot · 25th April 2008, 17:33

Marc,

I mount my light canister to the backplate vertically on the right side using Quick Links or stainless flush backplate screws from FE. It is better protected than mounting it to the bottle, and it doesn't make switching bottles a bear. I invert it so the switch is facing down, or aft. This makes reaching the switch easy.

Eric

SLARIVIE · 26th April 2008, 00:13

For my canister, i drill hole in bracket and buy ss bolt with flat head bolt on my inspo case, it work and cheap!

24th April 2008, 09:47	#11 (permalink)
UKSteve Still a novice... Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Weymouth, UK Posts: 577	Re: How do you mount your light? Quote: (Originally Posted by Beanie) clipped to the side of my back plate under my left arm you can just about see it: Outlaw Divers , Photos - Rebreathers - Set Ups will look for better image Outlaw Divers , Photos - Rebreathers - Inspirations - Purple Beanie Hiya, Great pics but something wrong with your site I think.. the Google ads are overlaying the pictures on your first link Steve
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24th April 2008, 11:10	#12 (permalink)
MarcLaukien Custom Title Allowed! Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Optima Other CCR Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South East Florida Posts: 181	Re: How do you mount your light? Thanks for all the feedback. I think I'll simply give it a try and mount the canister to my O2 bottle. The only thing I don't like about this is that my light canister becomes the most exposed point of my rig. I guess I just have to be careful when I go cave diving The main reason why I want to move it away from the belt webbing is that I want the extra weight further up on the rig, so that I can improve my trim without adding extra weight.
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24th April 2008, 15:07	#13 (permalink)
Mark Chase I go down for ages Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kent Posts: 2,564	Re: How do you mount your light? I just found this old pic of my Inspo showing the canister torch inverted. So if it hits anything in the cave its just the base of the can. I do the same on the KISS but obviously it on the 02 tank now. ATB Mark __________________ Is it supposed to make that noise ? I took my unit to the dive shop and demanded they bolt on every thing that would fit. Join my elite diving teem and get a Tshirt "Doing It Chasey"Hammerhead Eccr Advanced Diving System
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24th April 2008, 19:18	#14 (permalink)
Andy Barker APS New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bury St Edmunds Suffolk UK Posts: 28	Re: How do you mount your light? Hi, I use both left & right hand Kent Tooling pony brackets on one side I have a steel 3lt bail out & on the other 1.5lt suit inflation cylinder & on the inside of the bracket I fit my 2x A12 battery pack with a small cam band then route the lead through the straps on the lungs, nice neat an balanced. Well that works for me, Andy
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25th April 2008, 17:33	#15 (permalink)
mempilot What is this..terrafirma? Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Megalodon Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 1,269	Re: How do you mount your light? Marc, I mount my light canister to the backplate vertically on the right side using Quick Links or stainless flush backplate screws from FE. It is better protected than mounting it to the bottle, and it doesn't make switching bottles a bear. I invert it so the switch is facing down, or aft. This makes reaching the switch easy. Eric __________________ MEM "Da Pilot" Black holes are where God divided by zero. "If at first you don't succeed, don't dive silent." "Would you mind not shooting at the thermo-nuclear weapons." ~ Vic Deakins "Donkey's kill more people annually than plane crashes." Last edited by mempilot : 25th April 2008 at 17:40.
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