Hi,
I'm currently buying my gear for the GUE Fundamentals course, and I'm a bit worried about the canister light.
My instructor asked for it, as required for a tech pass, but considering the price of the thing I want to make sure that I'm doing the right choice.
I can't really figure out why the canister would be necessary compared to a handheld similar light.
I understand that it used to be useful in a time where batteries burn time was low, but with recent ones it seems that it's not really an issue anymore. All lights now have very long burn times (>3-5 hours in high mode, sometimes much more in low, which is much more than what I'll probably be able to dive, at least in the next few years).
I've also seen comments on the cord preventing the light dropping. It's probably something to consider, but I'm not sure how severe is that issue compared to the additional risk of having that long cord and canister around you during all the dive.
Can someone help me with this? And potentially explain why a corded primary light is really better?
(The currently light on my shopping list if the Halcyon Focus 2.0 Corded Standard, but I've also considered the Handheld version, and the new FlareEXP handheld too).
Thanks!
I'm currently buying my gear for the GUE Fundamentals course, and I'm a bit worried about the canister light.
My instructor asked for it, as required for a tech pass, but considering the price of the thing I want to make sure that I'm doing the right choice.
I can't really figure out why the canister would be necessary compared to a handheld similar light.
I understand that it used to be useful in a time where batteries burn time was low, but with recent ones it seems that it's not really an issue anymore. All lights now have very long burn times (>3-5 hours in high mode, sometimes much more in low, which is much more than what I'll probably be able to dive, at least in the next few years).
I've also seen comments on the cord preventing the light dropping. It's probably something to consider, but I'm not sure how severe is that issue compared to the additional risk of having that long cord and canister around you during all the dive.
Can someone help me with this? And potentially explain why a corded primary light is really better?
(The currently light on my shopping list if the Halcyon Focus 2.0 Corded Standard, but I've also considered the Handheld version, and the new FlareEXP handheld too).
Thanks!