Intova Ultra Nova

[theawesomefish]

Just purchased this light from Cave Adventurers in Marianna, FL. I'm in love! I could not afford a canister light for my primary cavern light, and when Edd told me about these new lights, I had to have one!

I tried it out Sunday at Jackson Blue, and it was great. Very bright, and focused. Uses 6 AA batteries, so I won't have trouble replacing them (I'm sure it will have a much shorter burn time than canister lights). Perfect for cavern diving. This light also has the 100%, 30% and strobe features. Only one dive so far, but I am impressed!

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Its an impressive light for the cost. It has a tight central hot spot thats great for signalling, brighter than a 10w HID or my DR LED LUX(which has a larger spot that covers more area, but dimmer). The intova has some flood lighting as well.

 

[GLENFWB]

Mat, does this new Intova come in a flood beam, or are you just saying some of the Intova's like the ones I have now come in a flood? I want to test drive this new one if it comes in flood...want to see about using it for taking some video.

Its an impressive light for the cost. It has a tight central hot spot thats great for signalling, brighter than a 10w HID or my DR LED LUX(which has a larger spot that covers more area, but dimmer). The intova has some flood lighting as well.

 

[DocCarl]

Thanks for the review! I saw one of these a couple weeks ago and passed on it, only to discover it sold out the next day ( once I decided to give it a try, of course).

It did seem a little large, but I don't think it would be too much of an issue.

I was thinking it may be nice with a goodman style handle of some sort. Earlier today I discovered the oxycheck universal light sock. Some of the pictures on their website show it with a light closer to the ultra's size, so I think I might give it a try.

Glen,
When I looked on intova's website, the narrow beam ( IFL660) has a beam angle of 8 degrees. The wide angle torch has a beam angle of 43 degrees.
The new ultra nova advertises a 14 degree beam. I'd imagine that it'd pack some punch, but not so great for that even flood that the wide angle gives.

Carl

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[OBXDIVEGUY]

Just got one today from Cave Adventures also. Love it! I haven't had a chance to play with it too much, so can someone explain the button sequence for power levels/strobe to me?

 

[OBXDIVEGUY]

nevermind. figured it out after 1 minute of playing. dee de dee

Hold for 2ish seconds for on, then individual taps for low power, then off.
Hold for 5ish seconds for strobe

 

[GLENFWB]

I played with one at Ed's on Friday....a little big, but it looked really bright.

Just got one today from Cave Adventures also. Love it! I haven't had a chance to play with it too much, so can someone explain the button sequence for power levels/strobe to me?

 

[DocCarl]

Ordered mine from Ed on Thursday. Eagerly awaiting it's arrival. The universal light sock should be here tomorrow, also.


Carl.


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[watboy]

From the pics, it looks quit a bit bigger than the Nova torch. Is this something you can easily stow on your chest d-ring and bicycle tire loops?

 

[OBXDIVEGUY]

From the pics, it looks quit a bit bigger than the Nova torch. Is this something you can easily stow on your chest d-ring and bicycle tire loops?

It is a bit larger, but still manageable I think. It would fit in tire loops no problem.