GearHead
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Last month, I purchased a Stealth Canister Light with a Halcyon 10watt HID Proteus Light head (the new one) from Dan at DJS Technical. I can confirm everything that you've read from the guys on the board in praise of the product and dealing with Dan.
As this is my first canister light and a huge investment, I had a ton of Newbie questions for him. To his credit, he thoroughly and quickly answered each and every one of them. The light head that I received was the last one that he was able to procure directly from Halcyon, as they have apparently decided that Dan's canister is competition that they do not want to encourage. He has since decided to make his own proprietary light head, using the same Welch Allen components that everyone else does. You can read more about that on this thread.
The package included the focusable light head mounted on a Goodman handle, wired to the robust delrin canister (40inch standard length, but Dan will cut it to your specs), a Maha MH-C777 universal recharger (you can use for much more than the light), and a 10 cell NiMH battery with a micro fuse for protection.
Dan burn tested the unit before he shipped it to a burn time of over 4 hours, and depth tested to over 400'. Needless to say, I doubt I'll be near any limitations on this light setup.
I finally got 2 dives in with the new light on 2/17, and so far, I'm very happy. My buddy and I dove Keystone Jetty on Whidbey Island here in Puget Sound, and the 10watts of HID power was amazing compared to the UK Sunlight C8 I used to dive with.
As you can see in pictures from one of Scubaroo's threads that I'm too lazy to find, the canister is very small in comparison to the lead acid ones, and when attached on my harness tight to the backplate, it practically disappears. I used a plastic buckle that I got from Heath to secure it, and it was perfectly streamlined.
For communication: A+. I had no trouble getting my buddy's attention and sharing cool stuff to see. For peeking into cracks and crevices: B+. The only reason I'd downgrade here is that you have to be extra careful not to shine the beam into the eyes of all the critters. Incidentally, we saw an amazing Great Pacific Octopus specimen. I love finding those!
So, no flooding in the head or canister, no striking problems, and overall a great experience. I would happily recommend DJS technical to anyone. Regarding the new lighthead, if Dan didn't have any more Halcyons available when I was ready to purchase, I'd have gladly waited and bought one of his new light heads when they come out later this year.
If anything untoward does happen, I'll be sure to update this thread.
Rick
As this is my first canister light and a huge investment, I had a ton of Newbie questions for him. To his credit, he thoroughly and quickly answered each and every one of them. The light head that I received was the last one that he was able to procure directly from Halcyon, as they have apparently decided that Dan's canister is competition that they do not want to encourage. He has since decided to make his own proprietary light head, using the same Welch Allen components that everyone else does. You can read more about that on this thread.
The package included the focusable light head mounted on a Goodman handle, wired to the robust delrin canister (40inch standard length, but Dan will cut it to your specs), a Maha MH-C777 universal recharger (you can use for much more than the light), and a 10 cell NiMH battery with a micro fuse for protection.
Dan burn tested the unit before he shipped it to a burn time of over 4 hours, and depth tested to over 400'. Needless to say, I doubt I'll be near any limitations on this light setup.
I finally got 2 dives in with the new light on 2/17, and so far, I'm very happy. My buddy and I dove Keystone Jetty on Whidbey Island here in Puget Sound, and the 10watts of HID power was amazing compared to the UK Sunlight C8 I used to dive with.
As you can see in pictures from one of Scubaroo's threads that I'm too lazy to find, the canister is very small in comparison to the lead acid ones, and when attached on my harness tight to the backplate, it practically disappears. I used a plastic buckle that I got from Heath to secure it, and it was perfectly streamlined.
For communication: A+. I had no trouble getting my buddy's attention and sharing cool stuff to see. For peeking into cracks and crevices: B+. The only reason I'd downgrade here is that you have to be extra careful not to shine the beam into the eyes of all the critters. Incidentally, we saw an amazing Great Pacific Octopus specimen. I love finding those!
So, no flooding in the head or canister, no striking problems, and overall a great experience. I would happily recommend DJS technical to anyone. Regarding the new lighthead, if Dan didn't have any more Halcyons available when I was ready to purchase, I'd have gladly waited and bought one of his new light heads when they come out later this year.
If anything untoward does happen, I'll be sure to update this thread.
Rick