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jimdoe2you said:The Light Cannon is a wise choice. I find it far superior to my 44 bulb LED light. I now have two of them and have retired many of my older work horses.
For what it's worth, ......the UK website states that the HID bulb will last 1000 hours. It is the fragility of the bulb and it's replacement cost ($75) that is is a real bummer.
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jimdoe2you said:Excellent call!!!!![]()
It's a 14.
Jon said:I never could afford the Halcyon lights, but I have owned quite a few Diverite's. I guess I just needed Jim connection with JJ.
I started with a Neutralight that had 2 motorcycle batteries in it to give it 100 watts of power for wreck diving- but it was HUGE and weighed in at over 20 pounds! That wasn't too bad for scuba diving, especially considering all of the other crap I was carrying at the time, but I wouldn't want to freedive with it. I even dragged it down to the Bahamas once on a trip and could light up the sea on a night dive.![]()
Next, I switched to one of their MLS, single, battery lights. This was half the weight and half the light, but still powerfull enough for what I wanted it to do. I swithced back and forth between their MR16 and H-1 light heads.
Last one I bought from them was a WRECK light that had NIMH battery pack, which is tiny, and a HID light head- which puts out a ton of power for something so small. It certainly was small enough to freedive with, and they have even smaller battery packs now for it- like the size of a coffee cup.
I sold off all that sutff so that I could add to my C4 collection instead.
I now just keep around a small UK400-R, which I don't even know if they make anymore, and a Halcyon Scout light. I also have some extra lights laying around that I've found while diving over the past year and I lend those out to others.
The HID bulbs are expensive, but mine always lasted a LOT longer than my halogen bulbs on my other lights. I used to go through bulbs quite often on the MR16 light head- had one give out on me 18 minutes into a night dive on a wreck in 165' out in Lake Michigan one night- and that was long before we had the good vis that we do today.:rcard
I notice that Jim also has a 1200R in his collection. I used to carry two extra bulbs along with me when I owned one of those because they blew out so often. :vangry
Protect your HID bulb from shock and let it cool down properly before relighting it and it should last you a LONG time. Last time I dove with mine I was diving with another instrcutor who had an 800R and after the dive he thought his light was broken because it just looked so "yellow" next to my HID. It wasn't. He mentioned that his wife was going to be ticked-off with me because now he was just going to have to buy a new light because his certainly was broken. :t
I used to use those Q-40's, but they break just by looking at them!:vangry
Next thing I am looking to get for a light is a LED upgrade kit for my Scout. I want something small and bright that I can beat around and not worry about.
Jon