Need advise for both primary and back up lights

[buddhasummer]

Yup, high output LED's have really changed the game.
I think lights have changed more and faster than any other dive product, which generally evolve rather slowly.
Video cameras probably being the other exception.

It's come at a price too, it seems a lot of divers think brighter is better.

The last liveaboard trip I did earlier this year in Thailand had many divers on board with mega lumen lights that were wholly unnecessary given the conditions.

On the night dives I hung well back so that I might actually see some fish life and not a sea of light.

Horses for courses.

 

[ams511]

It's come at a price too, it seems a lot of divers think brighter is better.

I would not want to go back to the days of test-tube halogen can lights, or even farther back with 8 d-cell hand-held lights.

 

[GrumpyOldGuy]

It's come at a price too, it seems a lot of divers think brighter is better.

The last liveaboard trip I did earlier this year in Thailand had many divers on board with mega lumen lights that were wholly unnecessary given the conditions.

On the night dives I hung well back so that I might actually see some fish life and not a sea of light.

Horses for courses.

Some of the newer lights have high/low settings and you can always partially tape the lens to reduce if needed.
Its a big like having a powerful car engine, just because you have the horse power does not mean you have to use it.

 

[buddhasummer]

Some of the newer lights have high/low settings and you can always partially tape the lens to reduce if needed.
Its a big like having a powerful car engine, just because you have the horse power does not mean you have to use it.

True. Unfortunately like powerful engines people in my experience, certainly many vacation divers anyway, tend to use their lights balls to the wall. Maybe it's a penis thing, mines brighter than yours.

 

[ScubaInChicago]

Have you looked at one of these for a primary light, you can change the reflector and do video with it too.Light Monkey

 

[buddhasummer]

I would not want to go back to the days of test-tube halogen can lights, or even farther back with 8 d-cell hand-held lights.

Agree, my first light, IIRC, ran on 6 C cells and output was woeful. Fortunately now lights are cheap enough that you can buy more than one to suit conditions.