I appreciate the review Cynthia.
Did you use the mounting instructions?
On step one it says to place it at your collarbone or a half inch below. By looking at your picture you have it way low on your chest. That maybe the reason you got a little bruised. On the chest zip wetsuits that would be above the zipper. That might seem too high but you will never notice it out surfing. Also those chest zip wetsuits are great place for those who are afraid to pin on the attachment (because the flap is already outside the wetsuit).
On step 7 it speaks of keeping the landyard very short. This will keep it from getting in your way.
You can easily press thru the surf camera case gusset to press the shutter while its in the case if videoing your wave is your thing. I personally like to pull it out and shoot still shots while surfers are coming at me as I'm paddling back out.
As for the force of pulling it out you just need to grab the float handle and snap your wrist back very quickly. The camera will eject right out.
The retractable cord does need tlc after every use for it to last and I do need to touch up on that better in the instructions. While your rinsing it make sure to slide your fingers back or forth on the string to get the salt grinds of it. After your wetsuit has dried dry run your fingers across the string a few time again. That will give it a long life.
I checked out your video of you using it. That came out pretty cool!
-Scott
Hi Cynthia, welcome to our surf community!
I checked out your blog. It looks like you've been putting that w80 to good use.
We have a wetsuit pocket for your w80 called the Surf Camera case that's perfect for what you want to do. It super easy to use and never in your way.
Enjoy the website!
-Scott
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Did you use the mounting instructions?
On step one it says to place it at your collarbone or a half inch below. By looking at your picture you have it way low on your chest. That maybe the reason you got a little bruised. On the chest zip wetsuits that would be above the zipper. That might seem too high but you will never notice it out surfing. Also those chest zip wetsuits are great place for those who are afraid to pin on the attachment (because the flap is already outside the wetsuit).
On step 7 it speaks of keeping the landyard very short. This will keep it from getting in your way.
You can easily press thru the surf camera case gusset to press the shutter while its in the case if videoing your wave is your thing. I personally like to pull it out and shoot still shots while surfers are coming at me as I'm paddling back out.
As for the force of pulling it out you just need to grab the float handle and snap your wrist back very quickly. The camera will eject right out.
The retractable cord does need tlc after every use for it to last and I do need to touch up on that better in the instructions. While your rinsing it make sure to slide your fingers back or forth on the string to get the salt grinds of it. After your wetsuit has dried dry run your fingers across the string a few time again. That will give it a long life.
I checked out your video of you using it. That came out pretty cool!
-Scott
I checked out your blog. It looks like you've been putting that w80 to good use.
We have a wetsuit pocket for your w80 called the Surf Camera case that's perfect for what you want to do. It super easy to use and never in your way.
Enjoy the website!
-Scott