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       Improper mounting and deployment of backup lights is as dangerous
 as 
using the wrong backup light.

       Backup lights should be mounted on the harness straps, with the 
end 
snapped to the shoulder d-ring, and simultaneously held at the loewr end
 by a 
retaining elastic. To deploy one, pull it out from the retainer, leaving
 it 
still clipped and turn it on, then unclip it. If you drop it, you can 
see it.

       Remember this is a piece of safety equipment used in the event of
 a light 
failure. You want it secured at two points, and hidden away on your 
harness 
strap which runs under you shoulder and out of the way of all other 
gear.

       Hanging a bouquette of backup lights from a tank d-ring is as 
dangerous 
and impractical as anything I have ever seen taught in cave diving. The 
location 
is s natural snagger of everything, they slap back and forth on the 
tanks, 
breaking the little fillamets in te bulbs, they are in the way of other 
gear and 
accsss to them is blocked by other gear, and it is impossible to 
properly deploy 
them.
      
        This is the kind of careless slobbery I would like to see 
discontinued , 
at least the teaching of it. Anyone who wants to be a slob or a stroke 
should 
have the right to do so, but they should not have the right to teach 
others to 
do so. - G

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