Liam79
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Hi all. Looking for recommendations for new dive torches - wreck diving, shore/night dives and backup?
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Cheap (ish) dive gear express has some great deals, orca, XTar, wurkos also make make (sell) some very decent lights at good prices
I can help with Orcatorch if you see anything you like. The best sellers that everyone likes are D710, ZD710, and the D630. Depends on what your "mission" is.
I'm torn on this. DGX makes great stuff, I have a few of their older lights and a bunch of gear so no knock on them.
What I'm torn on is constant output. So you have a light that goes dark as soon as it can't put out 100%. In a lot of cases I'd rather have a light that dims slowly as it tapers off. Having some light is better than none.. yeah?
On paper constant output sounds awesome, in reality I'm not sure.
And just to be upfront, I don't own a constant output light. They're either too rich for my blood or came after I think I have enough lights! So maybe I'm talking out of my butt, but that's how I understand it?
Totally agree when push comes to shove some light is better than no light.
It has a pretty decent charge indicator. I can't confirm if it goes to low power at 10% but most chipsets do.
Basically no lithium powered light allows discharge below ~2.5v. Non constant output lights cutoff at around the same battery voltage.
Basically no lithium powered light allows discharge below ~2.5v. Non constant output lights cutoff at around the same battery voltage.
SkoutrSteve
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Evening all, this is my first time asking a question on this forum. I just bought a ZD710 MK2 and I'm hoping it's a good primary dive light or do i need to go brighter.Im a new diver so any thoughts would be helpfull
bradlw
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I bought this one a couple months ago on an amazon prime deal I think (price was US$66 then)
It seems like a good solid light but I've only dove with it once...shallow and daytime. Used of looking into holes in the reef.
On the second dive I handed it off to my kids for a bit , and one of them got it into a mode when the light would strobe twice with a button push then off...just two quick flashes
I figured the battery was dead or it was glitching already. Ugh. That night I figured it out that it was a mode.
I absolutely do not like these new flashlights (dive or not) that cycle through with subsequent button pushes...low, medium, high, strobe, etc...
and this one is even worse, it has a switch and a button!
I just want an on/off button or switch and don't care all that much for the ones that are twist on either. Do they make those anymore?
Anyway, if you don't mind a bunch of mode combinations that you need to remember, this one seems like a decent light
It seems like a good solid light but I've only dove with it once...shallow and daytime. Used of looking into holes in the reef.
On the second dive I handed it off to my kids for a bit , and one of them got it into a mode when the light would strobe twice with a button push then off...just two quick flashes
I figured the battery was dead or it was glitching already. Ugh. That night I figured it out that it was a mode.
I absolutely do not like these new flashlights (dive or not) that cycle through with subsequent button pushes...low, medium, high, strobe, etc...
and this one is even worse, it has a switch and a button!
I just want an on/off button or switch and don't care all that much for the ones that are twist on either. Do they make those anymore?
Anyway, if you don't mind a bunch of mode combinations that you need to remember, this one seems like a decent light
