Hey guys ready for another free mount offer. Well here it is and this time it is going to be our BCD Dive light mount ! ​

​This is an adjustable dive light mount that gives you hands free capabilities when using your dive light. It will fit a BCD shoulder strap from 2 1/2" to 3 1/2" wide. It holds a dive light up to 1 3/4" in diameter.

It is really great for lobster diving and night diving.  If you are a bit fearful of night diving, having a couple of lights on you can make a difference and it can really calm your fears by lighting up a larger area. Sense it's hands-free you don't have to worry about dropping your light either. This is an added advantage when Lobster hunting.

You can also pair this mount with our 1 of our BCD GoPro mounts and use your Photo/Video lights to add the red back into your video & photo's. 

The adjustable BCD dive light mount is a part of our build a mount system and like all our mounts, this mount can be transformed and reconfigured with other components we sell to create another mount.

Here are some pics and video on this mount.
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The video below shows our BCD Dive Light Mount as well as one of our BCD GoPro Mounts. They work well paired together. We entered the water this day around 3:00pm and when we came up the sun was setting. So not a night dive but we like to have lights so we can see each other and to bring the color back into the video on the close up shots.

Hey Scuba Selfie Lovers!!
Z Gear would like you to join our SCUBA SELFIE CLUB and have a chance to win a prize for posting your selfie pictures.
The prize is a video light mount that attaches to your camera pole. This mount will allow you to attach any video dive light up to 1 3/4" in diameter.
This will give your selfie stick new powers! Now you can light up those dark areas or even take it on a night dive and get those good shots!
To be entered in the contest post your favorite SCUBA SELFIE pic, "LIKE" our FB  page and SHARE this post with others who you think like to use their camera pole while diving. We will pick 5 winners from the best pictures on August 25th. 
  Have fun and join our selfie club and share your camera pole/selfie pics with other like minded divers who can share their tips and advice on how to get great shots!!!
We thought it would be nice to have a special place which can be flame free in other words free from the usual "you should really be using a tray if you want to film crowd ", and have fun sharing your likes with others.  There many tricks, tips angles and other great things to see and learn from many who like to use the camera pole. So how about it are you a scuba selfie fan?


WE want to  provide more info on the camera pole light mount That will be the prize for contest.Here are some videos and pics to check out for this free offer. We would like interested users to chime in and give us their thoughts as well as when they are planning their next dive. Perhaps they can share their experience with us after they use it.  We also want to remind folks that this mount will come assembled but since it is a build a mount item it can be transformed and reconfigured with additional components to make other types of mounts on our website. In addition you can create your own mount.

These are some examples on how one can use the camera pole light mount.

If you would like to be eligible to enter in our free offer you must post a "Scuba Selfie Pic" "SHARE" and "LIKE"us on facebook.  

We will 5 pick winners on Aug 25 and announcne them on face book.

I know there are a lot of you who are lucky like me and have been diving and sharing this great experience with their spouse. But for those who wish they could have their spouse join them I would like to see if their might be some helpful tips on how either I or others chiming in might be able to add something to try out.
What is the main reason your spouse is not diving with you? 
Diving can help strengthen your relationship by actually doing something that helps to bond one to another. You create more trust and enjoy the experience as well as talking about it long after the dive. So many couples have so little to do together, this can be a good change.
Its never too late and if some one is afraid or maybe had a bad experience it can be just a small obstacle that should be looked at as just a mere set back.It is totally worth it and  there are plenty of ways to approach this and still get the same results, its just hard to do it on your own.  
Give us your thoughts and
let us help with some suggestions.
Frank G
www.zgearinc.com

I am very fortunate that my wife likes to dive with me. I enjoy seeing her being amazed at the under water world, and it is great to share it with some one you love.

There are a few little things that kind of bug me sometimes though. For example:

She loves to hold my hand most of the time, although now its getting a little bit better.
When we kick out to the kelp beds I have to tow her when she gets tired.
Her mask fogs up a lot.
She blows through her air in half the time I do.

Things I love 
She cracks me up under water.
laying on our backs watching our bubbles and the sea life go by.
Taking selfies of us together
talking about how cool the dive we just had!

I know I'm forgetting some things. But tell me what you love or what drives you crazy when you dive with your spouse.
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The virtue of patience is a great quality to have and to practice. That is why I am really glad that scuba diving has really help me progress in this area. Patience reflects self control and the capacity to wait to do certain things with out getting angry or frustrated. I have learned to appreciate this trait and have seen its value. I am still learning to be more patient on many aspects and especially when taking video, it seems that this quality is vital in many respects.

I wonder how many view patience as a vital trait, one should always strive to master?

What areas do you think you need to develop more patience in?
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I seem to be prone to losing almost every type of gear imaginable. So far I have lost the following:

An awesome xs scuba dive knife
dive light with a camera pole and a camera on it ( this was a big ticket item.
one split fin
one dive mask

I have taken a few measures to improve my chances on not losing stuff like leashing some of these items down. But it seems some of the other items will have to fall under the know where your gear is rule, and have a specific routine to follow to check on it.

Have you lost a few items on your dive or even after your dive?

Have you ever had a minor nagging choking episode during your dive that makes it difficult to breathe. Well I did on my last dive and I found myself struggling to get rid of it. I will say that I did try swallowing but my throat was really dry as I was already 3/4 into the dive. It is worth mentioning that I also believe that I may have made this  choking spit condition (real medical terminology), by having a large cup of coffee to warm me up rather than my usual water. 

I tried holding my reg and coughing several times and I only felt a slight improvement. I then decided to take a small sip of sea water and swallow down hard and the "stuff" went down the tubes.
 
I am not sure if this was correct but it is what happened and what I ended up doing.

My question to you is have you ever had this kind of episode and what did you do to remedy it?

Wanted to put this out as a precaution to all who use ditchable weight pockets. 

My wife encountered a scary incident a while back which created an uncontrolled ascent. It was due to her weight falling out of her weight pocket. She told me after the dive that she believes that she inadvertently must have unsecured her velcro on her weight pocket when she was putting something in her side pocket. She tried to grab me but the force pulling her upwards did not let her and she started ascending, luckily she remembered to exhale out instead of holding her breath ( avoiding pulmonary barotrauma).  It was a very scary incident and we made some changes to avoid this that I want to share with you all.  I do believe whether it is a buckle that fails or whether it is an undone/ or worn out velcro that the potential of this happening to anyone is great. It is worth mentioning and thinking about what can be done to help prevent this from occuring. One thing I do want to point out is that we very lucky in that the we were at the end of our dive and at a shallow depth at 15. DCS was not a concern but lung expansion can occur if proper technique is not practiced even at shallow depth.  

I want to share some of the changes we made and perhaps you can chime in and add some of your own thoughts on this matter:

First we thoroughly check out the velcro and made sure that they were not worn out and they still kept the weight pocket fully secured.

We also put more weights toward the back of the bc in the trim pockets, to help distribute some of the weight. 

I have also have practiced with her the dumping of air and finning down hard to avoid the quick ascent.

I know that there are probably a few more things that could be done to help avoid this and I hope some can share there knowledge with us and others to help prevent incidents as best as possible such as this.