Kowalski 620 Speed or UK Cannon 100 HID

[scubagibbon]

Hello all,

I am looking to buy a new torch and am interested in to know what your opinions are of these two torches.

Is the HID a good option - there don't seem to be too many of them around.

Thanks..

 

[budgy]

I have seen the UK light cannon underwater and it gives much better light and burn time. A member of my club has one and recommends it as the best torch he's ever owned. I just dropped my Princeton Tec last Sunday which cracked the case and flooded it, so I am looking for a replacement. The two things that put me off, is the torch case is also made of plastic and the rechargable light cannon is about £230 in my local dive shop.

 

[scubagibbon]

I wasn't very impressed with the switch mechanism. For £230 it's a pretty naff affair. The switch lock/unlock is a little plastic tab that you have to pull out of the bottom of the switch and I wondered how fiddly that would be with gloves on ?
Very impressed with the white light though..

 

[madmole]

If its the same as all the other underwater kinetics torches then its easy to operate with 5mm gloves on. Can even do mine wearing 7mm mitts

I have 5 UKR laterns and have never broken one of them (yet) and some are 18 or so years old