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John Good post however the buttmount light has nothing to do withsquare lights. I no longer even own a square light but I do think buttmounting is superior and I as you know dive with both configurations at times. It is interesting to note that I selected a buttlight to show Chris why there is very little open discussion on equipment of other technicl diving material on the net, I chose the light because as I even stated in the post wait and see the fire it will draw and it did so the point i was making to Chris was made quite vividly Tom You wrote: > >In his reply to that incorrigible rapscallion John Todd, my friend Tom Mount >does some trolling of his own by resurrecting the old buttmounting debate. > >Before the temperature rises too much, I think that a little >interjection of humor is warranted. Let me tell you a true story about >a fellow South Carolinian and a square light and things that go bump in >the night. To protect the innocent, I won't use his real name or his rank >in the Lexington County Sheriff's Dept. or much detail about the fact that he >is a member of the Lexington County Dive Team or that he was my PADI open >water instructor. > >During the third week of July this summer, Kent (not his real name) flew >to Bonaire. For some reason, he decided to take his square light with him >for night diving the reefs. So he packed his sealed square light in his >luggage. He checked this luggage in and it naturally made the trip in the >cargo hold of various planes on the way to Bonaire. When he got there, >he unpacked his his still sealed square light. Not wanting to waste time >by verifying that the battery was connected, he took the still sealed >square light on a night dive. At a depth of about 50' it imploded. >Yes, 50'!!!!!! How do we know that he wasn't really much deeper? >Well Kent is an avid smoker. He has been known to cap off an offshore >dive by having a cig while still in the water (at the surface obviously). >In addition, he has to ride around in a police car most of the time so his >air consumption is prodigious. Also, if you can't trust a police officer >to tell you his depth, who can you trust? Add all of this together and the >fact that he was diving a single 80 and that he is a very mellow guy and >reasonably does not try to push his envelope and the claimed 50' depth is >credible. > >Moral of the story: a square light with less than 1 atm in the battery >compartment may go bump in the night and scare the fish. > >-John R. >
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