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Dwight wrote:Adam Craig wrote:No I haven't... Would you care to elaborate or do I have to read the book?
Oh, but do read the book! Among the two or three best books about a cave trip. Maybe the best.
Dwight
Dwight wrote:Adam Craig wrote:No I haven't... Would you care to elaborate or do I have to read the book?
Oh, but do read the book! Among the two or three best books about a cave trip. Maybe the best.
Dwight
fuzzy-hair-man wrote:The only headlamps I found on flashlight reviews that is waterproof to the depth you require are the Princeton Tec Matrix 2(-100), Nova 3(-50) Stenlight(20ft), I think that's it.
The Matrix2 seems a pretty simple headlamp (hopefully cheap too) and uses a single side emitting luxeon LED so the light is focusable, so you're probably able to focus so you have a wider beam for a more area lighting.
Other than that the Princeton Tec Apex, Yukon(?) Corona, EOS, Quad are waterproof but only to one metre. so for diving wouldn't be much use.
fuzzy-hair-man wrote:The Matrix2 seems a pretty simple headlamp (hopefully cheap too) and uses a single side emitting luxeon LED so the light is focusable, so you're probably able to focus so you have a wider beam for a more area lighting.
Isn't the Apex notoriously NOT waterproof? Or did they fix it? I'm pretty sure mine is "old" enough to not be safe near water.fuzzy-hair-man wrote:Other than that the Princeton Tec Apex, Yukon(?) Corona, EOS, Quad are waterproof but only to one metre. so for diving wouldn't be much use.
Squirrel Girl wrote:Well, the light I posted up asking about doesn't have to function as a dive light.
Squirrel Girl wrote:I'm not sure how deep it'll go, but this is waterproof and I want one. It won't happen real soon though:
http://www.scurion.ch/ms/index.php?lamp
Squirrel Girl wrote:Lemme ask you geeks though. A long time ago when I got my first LED lamp, it was from Europe and it came with batteries in a pouch. I made a waterproof case and I was later told I didn't have to. I was told it's OK for batteries to get wet. You don't want to store batteries wet, but it's OK if they get wet during use. The, halogen bulbs probably aren't happy wet, but wouldn't LEDs be OK?
Squirrel Girl wrote:Isn't the Apex notoriously NOT waterproof? Or did they fix it? I'm pretty sure mine is "old" enough to not be safe near water.fuzzy-hair-man wrote:Other than that the Princeton Tec Apex, Yukon(?) Corona, EOS, Quad are waterproof but only to one metre. so for diving wouldn't be much use.
Squirrel Girl wrote:Hi DeWayne--Too bad those OMS folks didn't build a dimmer into that light. Sure the divers wouldn't use it, but everyone else in the world would. Then they could market that baby to a LOT of others and sell a ton more of those lights. Not to mention, if I could get rechargables for those 123s I could use that baby for bicycling. But the way they've got it, it's just slightly imperfect enough to NOT be useful for caving or diving. It's too strong without dimming and too short of life for normal caving.
Otherwise, they could make a bundle on that baby.
Squirrel Girl wrote:I agree that the 123s are not the horror they used to be. But the 3 hour burn time sux. OK, so we were FRITZING with my set up, but we spent a LOT of time in the spring pool last weekend. And presumably the worst of it is over and this weekend and we'll get more into diving and less configuring. But I could see using up the batteries during the staging/kitting. Then you have to stop, open up the cave and change batteries? Urk. Not what I want to have to mess with. I guess it's no worse than carbide cap lamps, though (to get back to an early suggestion in this thread )
OMS. Don't know too much about them. Since I had that hiatus from cave diving for a while, I know they exist, but not too much more. It used to just be Dive Rite. And with my new dive buddy, Jerry, from Dive Rite; he's done nothing be re-confirm my warm fuzzy feelings towards them. YAY Dive Rite! They don't seem to make this kind of light, and I have no desire to dis other companies. But I will certainly lean to supporting Dive Rite every chance I get!
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