Which NON canister light as a primary light?

[sea_otter]

It's interesting that everyone seems to love the hard goodman. I switched to one (at the recommendation of my GUE instructor prior to fundies), and it's the only change I've made for that class which I really don't like. I found the handle that came with the bigblue to be really comfortable (with the wrist strap loose enough where it would easily slip off). The hard one is less comfortable, and it often gets caught up in kelp.

We'll see... if I still hate it after fundies, I'll switch back. But I'll give it a try at least for the class.

 

[Bigeclipse]

good backup lights.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S8Z7PZC...UTF8&colid=20R1B8EYPPCRL&coliid=IPJFBTD2D2FQT

I use that one, nice tight beam, magnetic push button switch instead of rotary, pretty cheap.

$35 for the light
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$28 for a pair of good 18650's, most that come with the lights are cheap chinese crap
$28 for a good charger
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yeah it's $90 and you can get good backup lights for $50 or so, but this comes with two very good batteries, and a very good charger, which you can't say about any of the other "packages" that you can find. $125 and you get 2 lights, 2 batteries, and good charger, which is a good deal overall

thanks again. I ended up ordering this light. I currently also have a DGX 600 and a plastic Princeton tec small light. The Princeton tec will now take a back seat while the DGX600 will become a backup light to the light you suggested above. I also ordered one of those soft goodman type handles to use for now until I get a canister light(if I ever end up needing one)

 

[tbone1004]

unless you start doing dives where you either need an hour of burn time from a 3000+ lumen light, or you start doing long cave dives, it is unlikely you will ever need or be able to justify a canister.

 

[sheeper]

i am a big fan of Big Blue Dive lights (www.bigbluedivelights.com)

 

[Patoux01]

unless you start doing dives where you either need an hour of burn time from a 3000+ lumen light, or you start doing long cave dives, it is unlikely you will ever need or be able to justify a canister.

Imo, there's more to canisters than just burn-time or power output. (as previously stated)

 

[tbone1004]

like what?

 

[Doby45]

i am a big fan of Big Blue Dive lights (www.bigbluedivelights.com)

Agreed..

Cave Adventurers - bigblue AL100NP - Marianna, Florida USA - Never Undersold! 2hr of 1100 Lumen, works for me..

 

[Patoux01]

The weight is a major factor when it's at the end of your arm. If you do long-ish or multiple dives a day, it quickly becomes noticeable (to me at least).

 

[Bennno]

The weight is a major factor when it's at the end of your arm. If you do long-ish or multiple dives a day, it quickly becomes noticeable (to me at least).

I used to have a gigantic halogen hand held light. Lot's of people used them 15 plus years ago. I never once heard anyone complain about them being too heavy under water.
The modern hand helds are tiny compared to the old once.

 

[KevinNM]

Uphill both ways!