Some things are just worth the money

[Mo2vation]

Whoa! Just a cotton-pickin second there. There is *no* way on earth I'd ditch my drysuit. That's the last piece of gear I'd consider getting rid of.

Drysuit goes before the light. I'll dive wet before I dive dark.

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Ken

 

[PerroneFord]

Agree there!

 

[Jasonmh]

Yeah, the things that everyone is saying definitely ring true to me...
I was saying the same thing a year ago:
It a light? "yes"
And it's 1000-1600 dollars? Yes
What else does it do? "Nothing, it's a light, you using for lighting things and communicating"
For 1300 bucks? "Yes"
You must be absolutely @!#@! high...

But, then when you see it being used by someone who knows how to use it well, it is quite a convincing thing.
So of course I bought one, and I absolutely love it and never want to give it up.

Yesterday was the first time I dove with my dad since I got it. Viz was 10-20 feet, and for the first time I had NO trouble getting his attention.
Great stuff.

 

[TSandM]

catherine, the reason you think a strobe is more practical is because you don't dive in green pea soup! Today, we got into an area where the S&R divers had been doing some kind of drill dragging a rope, and had knocked the viz down to probably no more than five feet. I was very grateful for my light, and my buddy's light, because it made us so much more visible, and made it easy to communicate. Our third buddy wasn't diving with a light, and he was awfully hard to keep track of.

 

[limeyx]

Drysuit goes before the light. I'll dive wet before I dive dark.

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Ken

My hats off to you then. I have turned into a drysuit wuss of the firs order.

 

[Otto]

Catherine, the strobe is only more rational if you've never used a large can light. I don't see how a strobe makes your dive any better or safer. If the price bothers you, a less expensive plan is to purchas a used can light in the battery size of your choice and have a new light head installed. I have 2 such lights, a 9ah 21 watt, and a 14ah 21 watt. one was $625, and the other was $725, complete with chargers, so for $1350 I have two and no strobe (yet). I recomend Salvo for the up grades. Good luck and dive safe.

 

[Green_Manelishi]

I have no idea what that is. Looks like some dude poaching a lobster trap.

Whatever. Not the kind of diving I do. I have yet to find a reason on any of MY dives to take the light off the hip and leave it on the shore or boat.

I even shoot a sizeable DSLR with 2 strobes while wearing my light. If for some unknown reason I need both hands unfettered, I'll clip off the light head. If the cord is a danger, I'll tuck it into my waist band.

There is never a reason in MY type of diving to not take a light.

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Ken

The dude, moi, is recovering the lobster trap for the owner. The line is fouled on a mooring block and chain.

 

[Mo2vation]

The dude, moi, is recovering the lobster trap for the owner. The line is fouled on a mooring block and chain.

Were you able to retrieve it for the owner?

K