New light manufactured by TRit21

[The Chairman]

This one is not... but I am not sure that the additional complexity in design is worth it. Very bright and very white.

 

[Genesis]

I'd have to see it "in action" to know....

The focusing feature is EXTREMELY useful on the cannister lights that I've used (and the one I own now) for signalling purposes.

 

[The Chairman]

I understood all of his signals... but we were close! However, my focused beam hit him in the face once, and he felt the effects of that. I would say that it's a two edged sword.

 

[Scubaroo]

Ditto on the focusing of the head - if it's going to be useful as a communications tool, it either needs to be focusable, or have a really tight beam.

What is the battery configuration? Looks like a fairly long canister for 4500mAH (mAh, mah, whichever).

 

[TRit21]

The battery canister is just at 10" long and just over 2" in diameter. The battery is a 10 cell NiMH battery.

This particular light has a 13 degree beam while a 8 degree beam is also available.

 

[5615mike]

Pretty sweet rig. Would definately want the focusable head. Price is very right as well. Nice job.

 

[Boogie711]

Yeah - focusable is the way to go. I've seen 13 degree beams in Open Water - they disappear after a few feet in the water. You need as tight a beam as possible in order to provide signaling capability or the light is pretty much useless.

 

[pipedope]

To pick a nit.

Can you bend the handles of the latches down to reduce the chances of them catching on something?

Nice looking light otherwise.

 

[The Chairman]

I agree Michael,
and fortunately the other latches are just as available for him. He can buy them pre-bent. I wonder if he can come up with a focusable design.

 

[j-valve]

I always have my beam focused as tight as it goes so the 8 deg is good enough for me. I don't trust any latches so I put som inner tube over them before the dive and it hides them away so they don't get snaged and don't give any suprise openings.

J