muzikbiz22
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The DGX 600 was great until I broke the supplied charger and goodman handle. I'm having a hard time finding a replacement charger I can trust.
Nitecore D2 or D4
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The DGX 600 was great until I broke the supplied charger and goodman handle. I'm having a hard time finding a replacement charger I can trust.
The DGX 600 was great until I broke the supplied charger and goodman handle. I'm having a hard time finding a replacement charger I can trust.
Good point. Hog morph on low is around 250 lumens. More than enough for genetal use for Caribbean vacation divers. 1000 lumens is handy for dive site sweeps a few times each dive.
All of our lights have multi power settings.
I've had both and picked up more for friends, I think the MAX is a better design but a 'lockup' of the swirch ring is common if not lubed. On the MAX the backup ring to the switch ring, which activates the lamp switch, there is a very small (0.035") Allen screw. If you loosen this and back the ring off you will be able to see a ball and spring that operate in the ring detents. If you occasionally lube this area (I like Teflon based lube), it will operate smoothly with only a thumb.I've had both and like the DGX 600 better than the DGX MAX. The Max on/off ring was stiff enough that I still had to use 2 hands to turn it on/off. And I sometimes turned the head instead of the on/off ring, if I didn't look at it.
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I went with tbones advise.
Never a bad idea. I just looked at that light tbone linked and ordered one for myself. I really like the idea that it has an on/off switch I can work with one hand, and that it has 3 brightness settings. And that it's only $33, instead of $50 for the DGX. I already have all the batteries and chargers I need.
Just FYI, those batteries at $28 for 2 aren't bad. But, I got Sanyo 3400mAh batteries from a Canadian supplier last year for under $10 each. And they did test out on my Opus analyzer at their rated capacity.
And, for the record, the DGX batteries tested out at their rated capacity. 2600mAh, IIRC. So, I would not call the DGX batteries "cheap Chinese junk."