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Thank you for the added suggestion. I never used a silver Sharpie, but I think I'll have to try it. I don't worry about my number because with owning two dive businesses it is everywhere already.

Face it, Divers have LOTS of stuff, including myself, and I have lost things like everyone else, but there have been times I got back what I lost. That's why I wrote a blog many years ago about the importance of marking your gear, how to mark it and why you should mark everything. We can have a lot to keep track of between our dive gear and personal items, and misplacing or losing some of these items happens to everyone. It is a problem that will never stop! If you lost or misplaced your dive gear, would you like it back? Who doesn’t want their gear back when they lose or misplace it? I know I would, and I am sure everyone would like the same but still, the problem persists. Because of this, in the blog, I cover ways to mark and identify your equipment and personal items in hopes it will be easier to get back when the inevitable happens. To bring home the point, I’ll tell you a few quick stories, and the last one will really kick you in the butt with the reason why things need to be marked.To learn more, you can read the rest of the story HERE.

Welcome Coposss! Lots of good info here.

No worries and you are not the only person who has done that! I just try to nicely correct people when I can so they don't associate our products with the many cheap knock-offs on the market. We have in the past had people try to return parts to us that we didn't make but looked almost identical to ours.

It's a nice rig, and you mention Ultralight arms. I'm not sure what they are, but they are not Ultralight Camera Solutions accessories. I just thought I would mention it so you can give credit to the correct manufacturer.

Hi, and yes! The part would be a BA-AQW if you want a non-removable mount. https://ulcs.com/product/ba-aqw-base-adapter/ If you want something that will disconnect from the handle, a BA-TP and BA-TG will do the trick.

Thank you for that Dave. You made a good point about the resell value.

You will usually never notice a difference when using a mixed bag of parts, but it could depend on what you are using. There are so many products and knockoffs on the market that I have no idea how it will all work together. I will say that when people have any type of problems with clamps, they usually need cleaning and maintenance, which is often overlooked. I am not saying yours are, but most calls and inquiries I get about that quickly disappear once I send them the link to our YouTube video on the subject.

Thank you for sharing and a good example of you get what you pay for. Not to get on Weefine, but many people have told me this about Ultralight parts: "You only have to buy them once." We are fully online now and usually have everything in stock. https://ulcs.com/shop/ Of course, shipping isn't cheap if you are from overseas, but overall, it's probably worth it. Everything we manufacture is in the US with US materials, hand assembled and packaged in our warehouse in Oxnard, CA.

I am unsure about other manufacturers and will respond to what I know. The ball on Ultralight parts minus the o-ring is 0.962 or 24.44mm. The ball on the Nauticam buoyancy arms I have is 0.968 or 24.57mm. I have a side business where I run dive charters and see plenty of rigs with mismatched accessories. I never hear many complaints, and the ones I do hear about usually are always resolved with maintenance and/or new o-rings. The only problem I see at times is if you have two different manufacturer parts on each end of a clamp, like an Ultralight arm and a Nautivam arm both using the same clamp. This will cause the clamp to clamp down slightly at an angle, which creates problems with tightening and loosening. If you have parts that are the same on both sides, they clamp the same. I haven't inspected other manufacturers clamps enough to see how the area is where the ball sits but I would assume there is a very slight difference. This could create problems but I wouldn't think it would be noticeable. Now, whether you should use fine or coarse-threaded clamps is up to the user and what they believe or have used previously. Here is a blog I wrote on this very subject-https://ulcs.com/2023/11/14/which-type-of-clamps-coarse-or-fine-threaded-are-best/ One thing I know for sure is when something isn't holding (after all maintenance has been done), it isn't necessarily the parts. I have done several unscientific tests with our parts and can get a combination of Ultralight arms and clamps to hold 5 lbs overnight at 24" horizontal out from a fixture like a vise. The problem is most people cannot twist the knob tight enough to make this happen. I used a special tool I made to test and prove this, and this was done with all course threaded clamps. Personally, I don't use our fine-threaded clamps on my own rigs. Our AC-CSB coarse threaded clamp seems to work really well when something needs to be tight, and the person using them has the strength in their hands to tighten them enough. Just last week I had someone come by the shop with their DSL camera with the complaint the arms always moved letting the strobes spread out. We switched the arms and clamps to all Ultralight using the CSB clamps, and no matter what angle they moved the camera to and no matter how hard they shook the rig, the arms and clamps stayed put. Sorry for the lengthy reply, but I believe that by providing as much information as possible, you can all make a better assessment of what you might need for your camera rigs.

Thank you very much!

Hi Andrei, I'm sorry I missed this, but I don't check this often enough. Rich is correct. You can look up all the weights and dimensions in both imperial and metric on the website. I'm happy to help as well, but I need the part number of each item so I can give you accurate information.

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Hi, Yes, there was a design change around June 2023, and now they will fit every arm we are aware of. We made the change on all our cutout clamps. Sadly, that doesn't help you, but don't despair. Email me (Ken) at info@ulcs.com, and I'll work out something that will work for us both. We are all about making the customer happy. This goes for anyone else encountering an issue; maybe things are not fitting correctly, or whatever the problem is, please let me know. Also, I am always open to any suggestions, good or bad. Maybe there is a part you think we should make or stop making. Whatever it is, let me know. We are a small business and the best way to survive is to listen to the users of our products. Ken Kollwitz-Owner Ultralight Camera Solutions 401 N Lombard St, Ste E Oxnard, CA 93030 Office: (805) 485-0233 Cell: (805) 469-7288 WhatsApp: (805) 469-7288