Lights in the meantime

[Van Isle]

See the following for GUE's current stance on backup lights (the three c-cell part is out):

GUE Forums

Or just consult the latest version of the GUE standards to see that the requirement has been re-written:

Standards and Procedures | Global Underwater Explorers

Much obliged. I wasn't aware that this doc was different than the content posted on the website.

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[rongoodman]

The current Halcyon Scouts with the 3w LED are very bright, more than enough for night diving in clear water, very bright and focused in caves. If you buy cheap lights now, you'll just have to replace them later.

 

[HenrikBP]

Halcyon Scouts with LED upgrades are indeed very nice lights. But for a couple of my buddies they're simply too long to fit on the shoulder strap. For me it's a question of limited shoulder motion. The 3 C-cell lights are long enough that I can't get to the inner tube holding them in place for deploy and re-store.

A quality 3 AA-cell LED light should have plenty of burn time.

Henrik

 

[humanbeing]

Update: I have a Scout now, so I'm just looking for the primary.

What about repairs? They aren't making the Halcyon 10W HIDs anymore, so if it breaks, how available are replacement parts?

Thanks for the responses!

 

[Guy Alcala]

I'd second the recommendation for the Dorcy light. It's twist-on and very bright. The only complaint I have is that the first batch had sharp holes in the end that cut cave line. It is my understanding that they have fixed that now.

Yes, the new body on the 180 Gen II (which I have) and all the 220s have beveled edges on the hole, so they don't saw through cave line.

Guy

 

[Guy Alcala]

Yes, the new body on the 180 Gen II (which I have) and all the 220s have beveled edges on the hole, so they don't saw through cave line.

Guy

While I don't think the make of light had anything to do with this, I just wanted to pass this along. For Fundies, Carol, Fofo and I had each bought a pair of Dorcys for backups. Carol apparently tried hers with both alkalines and lithiums. Her Salvo 21W was back at Light Monkey for repair, so she was using one of the Dorcys. Here's the relevant part of her post from yesterday:

"Oh yeah, upon washing the gear I noted I had flooded my backup light. It's a
twist on and I over twisted it off. It was totally stuck closed, so Larry took
it in the garage to see if he could open it up and it literally exploded. Like
boom! exploded. Fortunately he didn't get hurt. So a word of caution when
opening a flooded light, at least one with lithium batteries; safety glasses and
gloves might be a good idea. Such a drag too, that was a bright little light.
I had two, now down to one. Let's hope I can keep that one around longer."

Guy

 

[WVMike]

Well, a Scout with the LED upgrade is a darned nice light. If you want to go really inexpensive, the UK SL4 eLED is the same LED module, and you can take it out and put it in an older Scout body later, if you want.

Have you actually done this to a Scout?

Will it work on the 2 cell Mini Scout?

I looked at the specs for the SL4 eLED and it is a 4 C cell light. Just wondering how it works at different voltages.

Thanks