Anybody making 30 to 60 thousand lumen dive lights? Besides Big Blue??

[tbone1004]

So basically Big Blue is ripping me off?? I have two 10,000 lumen lights tethered together...so it should be 20,000 and your saying it is not even close to that...

not even close...

Also seconding @ofg-1 , get with @Bobby
The 10* beam you said is SUPER wide, you need narrow.
https://uwlightdude.com/products/primary-lights/

 

[Calabash Digger]

dark water artifact hunting...I am trying to figure out the sweet spot for the waters I dive...don't get me wrong I can do business with what I have but if there is something out there that performs better I want it if it is for safety purposes only..

 

[Barnaby'sDad]

Check out the Cooper River Divers group on Facebook. People post up their lighting setups there. Most use multiple helmet mounted lights or a single handheld.

My two cents...I’d rather have smaller lights that I can easily swap out batteries for. The operator that I dove with did the same. He rented out helmets with three lights mounted and would just drop in new batteries as needed. Likely cheaper than a fancy lighting setup.

Happy hunting!

 

[Calabash Digger]

I know the guy your talking about down on the cooper.... I have placed my lights up around my head because I have the seen the setup your talking about. I am divided on the way it lights up the particulate...Thanks for the ideas.

 

[tarponchik]

If any such lights were available, I'd ban using them on group dives.

 

[Barnaby'sDad]

I know the guy your talking about down on the cooper.... I have placed my lights up around my head because I have the seen the setup your talking about. I am divided on the way it lights up the particulate...Thanks for the ideas.

That’s the reason that I’ve heard some folks don’t go with brighter lights. Supposedly that gets worse the bright the lights (so I’ve heard, at least).

 

[Calabash Digger]

No group dives going on here..your on your own...

 

[UCFKnightDiver]

You're artifact hunting with a 120 degree beam light? That seems like your problem right there. Your available light output is spread out over a huge swath of area. You should take a look at lights with a 6 degree to 10 degree beam - I prefer 6 degree. This focuses your available light into a MUCH tighter hot spot and the good lights have an appropriate amount of spill to also illuminate your surroundings some. A tighter hotspot will also do a much better job of punching through the dark water and particulate and reduce the backskatter.

 

[tursiops]

You're artifact hunting with a 120 degree beam light? That seems like your problem right there. Your available light output is spread out over a huge swath of area. You should take a look at lights with a 6 degree to 10 degree beam - I prefer 6 degree. This focuses your available light into a MUCH tighter hot spot and the good lights have an appropriate amount of spill to also illuminate your surroundings some. A tighter hotspot will also do a much better job of punching through the dark water and particulate and reduce the backskatter.

^^THIS^^

 

[M-Cameron]

1) there is no "standard" for measuring lumens.....some companies measure it right at the emitter, others measure it at some distance....thats why a "1000 lumen" light from company A is drastically different than a "1000 lumen" from company B

head over to the CandlePower forums if you really want to geek out over flashlights and how to measure light output.

but no, that "10,000 Lumen" light you just bought is not really 10,000 lumens.

2) you can use "too much" light.

if you are diving in turbid waters.....all of that particulate in the water is going to bounce that light straight back at you (much like driving with high beams in a snow storm)....you will find that sometimes if you dial down the amount if light you are putting out, the better you will be able to see.


i have dove in some pretty dark, mucky and pretty turbid waters.....ive found 3 OrcaTorch D520s work pretty damn well.