AOW light

[oafis]

my advanced open water class that i will be starting says i need to have a light. I dont really think i want to fork out the money for a great set, as i dont even have my gear yet. Any suggestions on the best course of action???

oaf

 

[Wendy]

rent a light from the dive shop for the course. If you think you will need one for after the course, a princeton tec light runs about $55 here in the US. You could probably find a decent light cheaper.

 

[rdriver]

Why don't you see if you can rent one from your LDS?
Rob

 

[jonnythan]

My LDS didn't rent lights for the class. I went to Scubatoys.com and ordered a UK C8 and an SL4 backup for about $75. Having your own lights is nice, I use them even in the daytime now.

 

[blackice]

You can get decent low priced light that will work with no problems for ages. Looking after it is simple.

At first you may only need a light for your night dives , but as I found out it can be helpful and fun to have one on day dives.

At wrecks it's great to have a little extra light to see into the ship/boat... or when you are looking at a wall face the extra light can really bring out the details.

I carry a smaller one during the day as most of the time it's snaped to my harness.

=-)

 

[bwerb]

Go to Mountain Equipment Co-op and get one of the little Princeton Tec lights good for diving...really cheap and should do the trick for your class.

 

[Padipro]

One word...Ebay.

Scott

 

[element]

I went a outdoor shop and found some great small princeton lights that work great as Tank beacons-locators signels and backup lights.

I chose a Princeton Shockwave from my LDS that is rechargable as my primary so I would not be going through batteries every dive.



http://www.princetontec.com/entry.html

 

[nickjb]

A light was one of the first things I bought. They are pretty hard to rent (compared to the usual gear). Whenever I go holiday or on a trip I take one anyway so it might as well be usable for scuba.

The SL4 is a good choice. It is bright enough for clearwater night dives and small enough to be a back-up if you get a bigger one later.

 

[WVMike]

The Pelican Super Sabre Light

can be had for around 25 bucks if you shop around. It used three C cells. This is what I use for occassional night and dark dives.