Advise on light

[g550driver]

Just need a light for a night dive and not looking for anything too fancy.

My choices so far are:

Underwater Kinetics SL4 eLED L1 or Big Blue AL 1x5 with the glove...

Thx!

 

[Hatul]

You could check the Light Forum for some current lights being discussed there.

Adam

 

[g550driver]

Thx..

I plan on using this light maybe once a year??? SO with that said, I assume this board would recommend one that uses standard alkaline batteries as opposed to the re-chargable lithium ion types..?

 

[Hatul]

OK for alkalines there are two that come to mind:
1. the Dorcy takes 6 AAA
2. F2 Cree Q5 100-Lumen Diving LED Flashlight (4*AA) - Free Shipping - DealExtreme

 

[Jax]

These lights are awesome! Intova Ultra Nova [ultranova] - $69.95 : Cave Adventurers!, We will NOT be undersold!!!

They take six AA-cells, so you can get them anywhere.

It's a top cave-divers' light for illumination and reliability.

 

[eelnoraa]

I like my UK eLED SL4. It is the very first dive light I bought and still have it today. I have tried Dorcy220, Intova 4.7W narrow and wide, sold them all and went back to SL4. It was inexpansive too. The other light I really like is Hollis LED5, very bright and narrow beam, simple operation. I heard lots of good thing about the new Intova Ultra and thought about getting one, but I like C cell better than AAA and I prefer simple twist on/off to multiple mode clicky operation.

 

[baystr]

SL4's are great, I have a couple that I have abused for years..............the new Hollis Lights are nice as well.........

 

[Shftrdog]

The UK SL3 and SL4 eLED are great lights. You can't go wrong with one of them.

 

[Hatul]

Another to conside with 3 AA batteries is
UltraFire W200 200-Meter Waterproof Diver's Cree P4-WC 176-Lumen LED Flashlight (3*AA) - Free Shipping - DealExtreme

I have the modified version of this light and the case is very solid Delrin with triple O rings, twisty on off.

Adam

 

[Floridanorthportdiver]

I'll second the Intova line of lights.
Good prices and incredibly sturdy.