techintime
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I know that this is an older thread that I am reactivating, but think that the background may help.
I am in the market for technical back up lights with the intended use of technical diving and eventually cave diving. I am looking at the Halcyon Scout lights as the proven lights for this type of use. My question: Just comparing the scout 3-C-cell lights...With the xenon version costing about $90, is the LED version really worth the additional $110 each (total $190 each)? Has anyone done the side by side on brightness? I know that burn time and reliability on the LED are suposedly better than the xenon, but all reports I have heard are that the scout xenons are still pretty good in both categories. Since I am going to be buying two lights for my harness, we are talking a total price of $380 versus $180 on back up lights...not a primary. I would like to here some opinions on whether LED backups are really worth that kind of additional cost.
I am in the market for technical back up lights with the intended use of technical diving and eventually cave diving. I am looking at the Halcyon Scout lights as the proven lights for this type of use. My question: Just comparing the scout 3-C-cell lights...With the xenon version costing about $90, is the LED version really worth the additional $110 each (total $190 each)? Has anyone done the side by side on brightness? I know that burn time and reliability on the LED are suposedly better than the xenon, but all reports I have heard are that the scout xenons are still pretty good in both categories. Since I am going to be buying two lights for my harness, we are talking a total price of $380 versus $180 on back up lights...not a primary. I would like to here some opinions on whether LED backups are really worth that kind of additional cost.
