Cutting the Cord?

[TONY CHANEY]

I just stated pertaing to what I have and do use. I do not have a LED cannister light.

 

[victorzamora]

Tony, I didn't mean you were wrong....just that a lot of the Pros/Cons were specific to your lights.

 

[kwinter]

If I have to carry a canister for my heated vest, I might as well have a corded light. But I am getting frustrated with some issues and looking forward to cutting the cord at some point.

 

[PfcAJ]

Likewise with modern HID bulbs. They are the same as the ones used for auto headlamps. I've dropped a couple of mine onto gravel and asphalt with no problems.

When I'm using one of my handheld backup lights, I clip it into my compass bungee mount. No worries about dropping it then.

I do the same thing. Makes dumping the wing from the rear dump a bit of a pain (not enough fingers/ blinds my buddy) but it's way better than dropping a light.

 

[Omisson]

I think the dropping a light argument is pretty lame. Do you drop your reels? Spools? Arrows?

With say the Dive Rite QRM soft handle a can light on a cord or a cordless light aren't going anywhere.

If im diving for an hour to 3 hours with a surface interval before a second dive there is nothing prohibitive about swapping a battery in a cordless light.

Now- you won't get an 8 hour dive (and how many people do these dives regularly?) or 50,000 lum brightness but if you aren't shooting video does that even matter? 20,000 is plenty bright. For the cost of most 25watt systems you could have 3 Dive Rite LX20s any two of which could be swapped mid dive for the same Burn time on high output - and redundancy to boot.

They weigh less- are less overall drag- and easily rechargeable by swapping the battery at the surface.

I'm by no means saying they are better- but they have advantages and are certainly great gear....

 

[PfcAJ]

I've dropped everything at least one time in my diving career.

 

[victorzamora]

you won't get an 8 hour dive (and how many people do these dives regularly?) or 50,000 lum brightness but if you aren't shooting video does that even matter? 20,000 is plenty bright

I'm doing more diving in a day than would be allowed on an LX20. Charging between dives is a hassle not even NEARLY worth it. On my surface interval, I want fills and food and don't want to have to mess with anything else.

As for the light output: the light is a rated 20,000LUX. NOT lumens. The light has about 600 lumens. My backup light has 70% more light output. My primary has 6x that light output on high and double that on low..... and I get 30+hours on low. In a cave, I want as much light as I can get. For plain old recreational or light tech ow dives, I don't need something as huge and bulky as the lx20. I'll take a few of my backup lights and have almost double the light.

And as for dropping stuff: yes, I have dropped lights, arrows, cookies, reels, and spools. I've also dropped regs, knives, slates, wet notes, and other stuff, I'm sure. Heck, I dropped a TANK once. I caught it before I lost it, but I did drop it.

---------- Post added February 26th, 2015 at 01:37 PM ----------

They weigh less- are less overall drag- and easily rechargeable by swapping the battery at the surface.

Swapping batteries becomes a very poor idea when you consider the extra hassle of having to buy, charge, maintain, and carry an extra pack. Worse yet, what happens when it's raining at the surface? My stuff stays buttoned up and sealed.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

... I dropped my camera at Big Brother last year ... thankfully I caught up to it at about 140 feet ... also thankfully I had the gas to go that deep ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Storker]

... I dropped my camera at Big Brother last year ... thankfully I caught up to it at about 140 feet ... also thankfully I had the gas to go that deep ...

*cough* tether? *cough*


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[MXGratefulDiver]

*cough* tether? *cough*

... I have a tether ... I just forgot to tether it ... :shocked2:

... Bob (Grateful Diver)