scubamickey
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Is a 3-watt LED enough light for a night dive in relatively clear water?
Is this enough light?
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It depends on how hard the LED is being driven a LuxIII can put out 80 lumens which is plenty of light.
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scubamickey
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I wondered because when primary lights are recommended it's always the ones with at least 150 lumen. anything under 100 seems to be relegated to a backup light.
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I was in Bonaire a few weeks ago. I used the new Mini Q40 eLED+ by UK
as a primary dive light. It is supposed to be ~2 watts (40 Lumens).
It was plenty. Vis was ~100 ft, so water was also very clear.
Not quite as bright as my wife's ikeLite PCa but pretty close.
I think alot depends on what you are trying to light up. In my case, I was
doing night dives around the Salt Pier and along the reef.
I started off using a UK 1200 8D cell monster and after my first dive,
I left it behind. My small Q40 was enough.
--- bill
as a primary dive light. It is supposed to be ~2 watts (40 Lumens).
It was plenty. Vis was ~100 ft, so water was also very clear.
Not quite as bright as my wife's ikeLite PCa but pretty close.
I think alot depends on what you are trying to light up. In my case, I was
doing night dives around the Salt Pier and along the reef.
I started off using a UK 1200 8D cell monster and after my first dive,
I left it behind. My small Q40 was enough.
--- bill
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