Buying a new canister light

[alewar]

When discussing gear of this nature, where the gear is made and can be serviced is pretty important. It would be a lot easier for the OP to send his light from AR to FL than it would be to send it Poland.

Just a thought.

I would expect the US distributors to offer the service, but I get your point.

 

[razorbackdiver]

I am guessing the gist of the responses is there is no sense spending the extra cash for a light with a 7.5 or 10 hr burn time?

 

[syntaxerrorsix]

I am guessing the gist of the responses is there is no sense spending the extra cash for a light with a 7.5 or 10 hr burn time?

That would be fine if I was doing ten hours worth of diving a day or didn't have readily available access to electricity to charge a light.

Everyone will be different based on the diving they do I'm suspecting.

 

[Jack Hammer]

I am guessing the gist of the responses is there is no sense spending the extra cash for a light with a 7.5 or 10 hr burn time?

That's something you have to decide based upon your current or expected future needs. For example, I was happy with the 3+ hours burn time I got with my old lead acid batteries. Spending a week making mostly long night dives off a house boat with limited charging options, twice forgetting to pack my charger when I've gone out of town, and having my charger fail while out of town, have made me glad I replaced that battery with a higher capacity battery. I've needed the longer burn time on several occasions and plan on needing it often in the future. YMMV

 

[Centrals]

DGX own brand for $399.00.

 

[Dive-aholic]

2 hours is a little on the short side. Personally I like a minimum of 3.5-4 hours rated burn time on my lights. That allows for a couple of 1.5 hour long dives plus some wiggle room. But I also like the light set up I have that gives me about 12 hours of rated burn time, which is actually a lot more. Keep in mind manufacturers don't usually rate batteries at their absolute longest burn time because if it doesn't get that there would be a lot of upset customers. I have a light set up (battery/light head combo) that is rated for 4 hours burn time. I also have a double umbilical cable for that and have run two light heads off of that battery. Last week I had run the set up for 2.25 hours and it was still bright as when I first turned it on.

Really the only question you ask shouldn't be about burn time. You also need to consider brightness, ability to signal, durability, and flexibility.

 

[victorzamora]

I'll throw a hat in the ring for one of Bobby's lights. UnderWaterLightDude lights are very hard to beat. Add in Bobby, and it's hard to justify anything else in my book. However, it might be overkill for your purposes.

If you're looking for something cheaper/smaller, the DGX house brand is an option. Also, the HOG Canister is a good option.

 

[Randy g]

I'll throw a hat in the ring for one of Bobby's lights. UnderWaterLightDude lights are very hard to beat. Add in Bobby, and it's hard to justify anything else in my book. However, it might be overkill for your purposes.

My feelings as well. UWLD is simply The Best all round can light when you consider the guy you talk on the phone or meet in person is the owner, designer and builder of the lights.

BIG +1 for UWLD