Dorcy Dive II 220 Lumen

[diversteve]

this is quite odd. my dorcy dive II doesn't have a 'doughnut' ... and appears much brighter then the supposedly 180 lumen intova. i posted a beamshot in my earlier post, but a mod seams to have removed it

This one?:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/lights/317328-dorcy-dive-ii-220-lumen.html#post5131270

 

[mattcass]

Does anyone know where I can buy the Dorcy in Canada? Dorcy direct only ships to the US.

I was going to pick up a UK C4 eLED, but the Dorcy has a higher light output and takes AAA batteries (which I already have). I didn't want to spend $80 on rechargeable C cells for the already more-expensive C4.

Thanks!

And I'm hoping the Dorcy would be suitable for Pacific NorthWest diving...

 

[HenrikBP]

Does anyone know where I can buy the Dorcy in Canada? Dorcy direct only ships to the US

Piranha might be able to help you - although I hear customs makes it time consuming to have things shipped from US to Canada:

LED Lighting Products Piranha Dive Manufacturing

Henrik

 

[mike_s]

Ok..> i took the below links and rehosted them at a smaller size for comparison.

I'm inserting the pics below into his quote below his links...

I took 4 lights out to my garage, set them all in the same place and took pictures with the same camera using the same settings in the same place. Each light was 12.5 feet away from my garage door. All batteries are new. I could not upload such large pictures and did not want to re-size them, so I'm hosting them independently, each is approx 4.6MB.

It looks to me like the 220 is brighter with a slightly larger hot spot and a different color than the 180.

Three-AA size Mag-Light LED

Dorcy 180

Dorcy 220

Dive Rite LED 500

 

[Marcin2005]

Does anyone know where I can buy the Dorcy in Canada? Dorcy direct only ships to the US.

I was going to pick up a UK C4 eLED, but the Dorcy has a higher light output and takes AAA batteries (which I already have). I didn't want to spend $80 on rechargeable C cells for the already more-expensive C4.

Thanks!

And I'm hoping the Dorcy would be suitable for Pacific NorthWest diving...

Piranha is the place to get them. They ship to Canada via US Postal. Great guys to deal with.

 

[spyder]

Ok..> i took the below links and rehosted them at a smaller size for comparison.

I'm inserting the pics below into his quote below his links...

Interesting. The 180 shot looks like my 180's, very tight and bright. The 220 shot doesn't look even close. Mine are quite a bit larger (wife can even tell) with a dark spot in the middle. Maybe I just got some bad ones. I even used new batteries in the 220's and the ones that were in the 180 to compare (batteries in the 180 were close to new). Have you tried at say 50-75 feet? That's where the spot gets very apparent.

 

[Marcin2005]

Wow I really like the look of 220. Well defined hotspot with a quite a bit of spill.

 

[CaboJim]

I bought this light from Piranha on Monday . I really like the spot it makes in the comparison pics. I'll let you know how mine turned out when I get it.

 

[CaboJim]

Interesting. The 180 shot looks like my 180's, very tight and bright. The 220 shot doesn't look even close. Mine are quite a bit larger (wife can even tell) with a dark spot in the middle. Maybe I just got some bad ones. I even used new batteries in the 220's and the ones that were in the 180 to compare (batteries in the 180 were close to new). Have you tried at say 50-75 feet? That's where the spot gets very apparent.

Perhaps, you should contact the seller & find out what gives?

 

[CaboJim]

Does anyone know where I can buy the Dorcy in Canada? Dorcy direct only ships to the US.

I was going to pick up a UK C4 eLED, but the Dorcy has a higher light output and takes AAA batteries (which I already have). I didn't want to spend $80 on rechargeable C cells for the already more-expensive C4.

Thanks!

And I'm hoping the Dorcy would be suitable for Pacific NorthWest diving...

I have a UK C4. This light seems to have a brighter & better formed spot.
It costs a lot less too.