Omer Stardust XL - first impressions

[drakcheslav]

Hi guys.

I just picked my new light, and decided to write up a quick first impressions.


Tl;dr: It's super nice and beefy.

It's Omer's latest scuba/spearfishing light.
It comes in a nice hard case

The content are:
Torch
2 switches, one spring loaded installed, one scuba with rubber grommets to prevent accidental turning on.
Switch stopper
Bungee lanyard
Battery and Micro USB cable.

Price was 120€ for the whole package.


The case is easily modifiable so you can leave the small stuff at home, and carry only what you need.

The torch sits nicely in hand. For reference I wear XL gloves

The switch is plastic and easy to disassemble for cleaning.

Once the torch is closed there are no points of ingress.

There are 4 orings. 2 for the head assembly, 2 for the tail assemblythe battery sits separately from the head and it's accessed by removing the butt plate.

And you charge it through the body,
So there's no need to carry additional chargers.

It uses a huge 5000mAh battery with 3hrs ouf autonomy at full 1200lumen.

The beam is super nice and tight.

This is in a fully blacked out room.

And in a brigh room.

This should serve well for low visibility and night dives imho.

Still didn't had the chance to get it wet and test it.


Here are the specs.

Anyway, I'll update when I get it wet as to what are the impressions.

 

[drakcheslav]

After some looking around, it appears that it has a 6° beam.

Which super nice.

 

[drakcheslav]

Here is a video of the illumination in a completely dark bathroom. So maybe it's a bit amplified by the tiles. But still, really nice visibility.

 

[drakcheslav]

Spot some 50m away

 

[frogbmth]

I just picked up one of these and cannot for the life of me work out how to use the switch stopper. Any tips?

 

[drakcheslav]

You need to remove the spring from the switch for it to work as an on/off.

And if you think about the rubber thingy, it's supposed to act like a safety as not to accidentally turn it on, and I never use it.

You palce it in front of the switch to stop if from engaging.

 

[frogbmth]

Thanks I changed the switch to the non-spring one but can’t figure out how the rubber stopper would stop the switch sliding forward, there’s no recess for it to go into unlike the other Omer torches

 

[drakcheslav]

To be honest. I never used it. And for two and a half years of usage I necer had accidentally turned it on.