Info New Dive Rite lights - CX3 and ??

[Omoplata]

I am in the market for light/s. For night time rec diving, and as a general crevice light as well.

Would the CX3 + a cheap wurkkos as a back up be suitable? The other option I am heavily considering is 2x DGX 1000-6 because they seem like such good value. I am a touch worried about the larger head being a pain to get in and out of the keeper on my harness though.

 

[stuartv]

I am in the market for light/s. For night time rec diving, and as a general crevice light as well.

Would the CX3 + a cheap wurkkos as a back up be suitable? The other option I am heavily considering is 2x DGX 1000-6 because they seem like such good value. I am a touch worried about the larger head being a pain to get in and out of the keeper on my harness though.

I have:

CX3
FX40
DGX 1000-6
DGX 700
and many others.

For daytime, recreational dives, I carry a DGX 700. It is the most compact of them all and has no risk of turning on accidentally.

I have had my CX3 get turned on accidentally while in the water and clipped to my harness. It's also slightly bulkier than the DGX 700.

So, for a light that I may not use at all during the dive, and if I do use it it will probably only be in short spans, I just go with the DGX 700. If it's a dive where I expect to use my light a lot, then I take the CX3 and also a DGX 700 clipped off as a backup.

I pretty much never use the DGX 1000-6. It is a great light, but it's longer and the head is fat. I just don't like it clipped off to my harness as well as I like the 700 or CX3.

 

[lexvil]

I am in the market for light/s. For night time rec diving, and as a general crevice light as well.

Would the CX3 + a cheap wurkkos as a back up be suitable? The other option I am heavily considering is 2x DGX 1000-6 because they seem like such good value. I am a touch worried about the larger head being a pain to get in and out of the keeper on my harness though.

the CX3 is really nice, the wurkkos d03 (I think that is the one I have, green laser) has been used on most dives since I got it and it’s packed for my Curacao trip along with the Orca ZD zoomer and the CX3 is staying home on this trip, unless I start thinking to much and I falls in one of the bags.

 

[scoobyluu]

Interesting that the fx40 doesn't see use over the cx3 - I'm in the market for a primary + backup light and I was looking into the fx40 because I dive open water that can occasionally be pretty murky (5-10 ft vis), though not much info about it online. cx3 is recommended by a lot of people from what I've seen though.

 

[stuartv]

Interesting that the fx40 doesn't see use over the cx3 - I'm in the market for a primary + backup light and I was looking into the fx40 because I dive open water that can occasionally be pretty murky (5-10 ft vis), though not much info about it online. cx3 is recommended by a lot of people from what I've seen though.

I have one. It's a great light. But, it is bulky - especially with the handle on it.

For dives where I'm just taking a light for an occasional look into a dark crevice, it's just not worth having that bulk riding around clipped to my harness.

Also, for 5 - 10 feet of viz, you probably want a very low-powered light. Not something like the FX40.

A really bright light in turbid water just blinds you. A really bright light is for when you have loads of viz and you want to light up stuff that is far away.

 

[Omoplata]

For daytime, recreational dives, I carry a DGX 700. It is the most compact of them all and has no risk of turning on accidentally.

I have had my CX3 get turned on accidentally while in the water and clipped to my harness. It's also slightly bulkier than the DGX 700.

So, for a light that I may not use at all during the dive, and if I do use it it will probably only be in short spans, I just go with the DGX 700. If it's a dive where I expect to use my light a lot, then I take the CX3 and also a DGX 700 clipped off as a backup.

I pretty much never use the DGX 1000-6. It is a great light, but it's longer and the head is fat. I just don't like it clipped off to my harness as well as I like the 700 or CX3.

Thanks for the insights, I hear you on the size of the DGX 1000-6. It looks like a pain to clip on a harness.


What about for night dives where I'd just be holding it in my hand for the entire dive? Do you think it would be a good idea to have the DGX 1000-6 for that, with a DGX700 clipped on my harness as a backup, and then I can just take the DGX 700 on daytime recreational dives?

 

[stuartv]

Thanks for the insights, I hear you on the size of the DGX 1000-6. It looks like a pain to clip on a harness.


What about for night dives where I'd just be holding it in my hand for the entire dive? Do you think it would be a good idea to have the DGX 1000-6 for that, with a DGX700 clipped on my harness as a backup, and then I can just take the DGX 700 on daytime recreational dives?

For night dives, I prefer a light that is not as bright and that is a flood beam (vs a spot beam).

Personally, I would definitely not use a DGX1000-6 for night dives.

I TAKE a spot beam light on night dives, so that I can use it for signaling if I need to. But, usually I don't need to do that, so it just stays clipped off. You should always have (at least) 2 lights on a night dive anyway, so that works out perfectly.

For night dives, I use a "890 lumen" flood (aka video) light from Mako Spearguns that I bought about 10 years ago.

Underwater Photo/Video Light

Measuring only 4.9 inches, this little light blasts out an astounding 890 Lumens and has a wide 110 degree beam!

makospearguns.com

I have it mounted on top of my camera as a focus light. On night dives, I just use that (mounted on my camera) as my dive light.

I don't know why @MAKO Spearguns doesn't mention it on the website, but one nice thing about that light is that you can twist the tail off and quickly back on to toggle it between High brightness and Low. At least, on mine you can. Maybe that has changed in the last 10 years?

Really bright lights on night dives just scare off the critters.

 

[MAKO Spearguns]

I’m not sure we were aware that it has two settings. It has shown to be a robust and reliable and very simple light, based customer feedback. Thanks

 

[thaddaeusdietechnik]

I just received my Dive Rite CX3 dive light and tested the burn time after fully charging it.
It really amazed me how long it lasted! I got about 4h and 5min out of it. It did taper down during this time, but for someone looking for really long run times where constant light output is not that big of a deal this is amazing!