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Why we do not butt-mount lights:
1) We use this position to tow scooters and to tow buddy in an emergency - his
head is tucked in behind the tanks. We also keep the exploration reel there
sometimes, and or the liftbag in wreck diving.
2) We do not plaster our tanks with d-rings and convoluted crap like what is
required to butt mount.
3) We do not use metal to metal connections of any kind, and we do not clip
things behind us that can not be unclipped from the front with one hand by
reaching through - in the case of the scooter, it is clipped to the front and
pushed back through.
*** By the way, whoever is the moron of the century that is teaching people
to put brass rings with brass clips around tanks necks needs to be shot on
sight
- how stupid are these guys?***
4) We do not have loose things or entangling devices behind us that can not be
freed from the front with one hand and one motion.
5) We do not sit on our lights, bang them on tanks, or have any sloppy gear.
6) We do not expose our lights to damage of the cord, switch, or lid
7) We do not put heavy objects on our legs (or on our knees in the case of
121's), and we are not stupid enough to use the Neutralite (which is neutral,
but square). We need the extra weight of the Gavin light, but in the right place
8) We do not use extra long cords that catch on everything just so we can put
the light in the wrong place
9) We do not reach behind us to turn on our lights , and we do not want them
knocked off at an inopportune moment because the switch, cord, and interface
are
not protected. We are not stupid enough to use a twist-on light head, an MRI
light head, or any other silliness like it.
10) The concept of "less drag' is total bullshit - the light on the hip is in
the lee of the shoulder where it is protected. The less drag bullshittters do
no
real diving and do not know what they are talking about - it just looks good to
them because , like monkeys, they saw some other brain-dead moron doing it
11) We park our long hose under the canister in its routing. The long hose does
not need the canister to sit properly, but it is much neeter, and the hose will
be tight to that point and not catch anything. The hose is where it is because
the whole system is built together - a different subject - we have worked all
of
this out for every kind of diving, and do not change one thing as it causes
something else and then something else to be changed, and pretty soon you are
back to nothing functional.
12) The cord routing is a real mess and interferes with the stages and all of
the other gear, or requires some hideous convolution of routing to keep it out
of the scooter wash, out of the wreck or rocks, and generally out of trouble,
and then you have some completely unsafe mess on your hands.
13) Only a complete and utter stroke would butt mount, and you will find that
those who do either are 1) complete idiots, 2) have copied or been taught by an
idiot, or 3) sell dive gear and can make the most money off of this ridiculous
horseshit, which they will tell you ususally requires a list of horrendous crap
so expensive as to equal the price of real gear plus a scooter. Your instructor
is then riding YOUR scooter, and don't forget it.
14) If you can name one guy who does any serious diving like this, I will kiss
your ass in Macy's window .
15) Just ask whoever taught you this stupidity about their biggest dive, how
much gas it took, how long it took, and put it on here so we can all get a huge
laugh.
16) Look at my video , "Doing It Right", and tell me what you think.
George M. Irvine III
DIR WKPP
1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
954-493-6655 FAX 6698
Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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