Nalight - What's the verdict?

[Ross19966]

LDS has some of these and they dive them regularly. I'm eyeballing the following....

Nanight Dive Lights - made in Sweden

nanight.se

Nanight Dive Lights - made in Sweden

nanight.se

They both come with a 10* lens or 120* with no lens. I can get the Sport 2 for $350 and the Tech 2 for $550. Leaning toward the Tech 2. Made in Sweden so they don't appear to be Chinese junk. The build quality looks good although I wish the Tech 2 cam with a hard goodman handle.

The Orcatorch 630 appears to be about equal in performance and price and does come with a hard goodman handle. Always like to support the LDS if I can and they don't sell Orcatorch....Well, they don't stock Orcatorch.

Anyone using these? Any issues?

 

[greeniguana]

I've been using a Nanight Tech2 for nearly 2 years. It's been beat on a fair bit, and I've never had any problems. I actually like the bungee handle. In caves, I rarely find the need to run it on high.

I use it mostly as a video light currently. I made up a couple extra battery packs for it myself. My light came with the old style charge port, and I got parts from Salt Blue to upgrade to new one. Support from the folks in Sweden has also been great.

 

[Ross19966]

Looks like a good light for the money. I think I'll pull the trigger on the Tech 2.

 

[Alaskan Scuba Dude]

Primitive to say the least, and the price is exorbitant.

 

[tursiops]

Primitive to say the least, and the price is exorbitant.

What do you mean by "primitive?"

 

[Ross19966]

What do you mean by "primitive?"

Curious about that too....And what makes this one worth 3 times the money other than a few more lumen on high beam.

10.305.820-5-20 VRS LED Sidemount

shop.lightmonkey.us

 

[Alaskan Scuba Dude]

Check out the Goodman handle; then take a look at the standard handle. Try running line with it.



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[Ross19966]

Check out the Goodman handle; then take a look at the standard handle. Try running line with it.



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So you're saying a $50 goodman handle makes the LM worth three times as much? What about the light makes it primitive, because a goodman handle can easily be changed.

 

[tursiops]

So you're saying a $50 goodman handle makes the LM worth three times as much? What about the light makes it primitive, because a goodman handle can easily be changed.

ASD is not talking about the LM. He is trying to denigrate the Nanight by complaining about its handle.

 

[OTF]

Exceptionally good lights. Simple and reliable, well designed, responsive European company. Made in Sweden but competitively priced with chinese crap (BigBlue). Wish that wasn't so hard to find these days.

I love mine and highly recommend them.

Their handles are stupid but the lights are good. Put it on a better handle.