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JoeyS wrote:Yes, Princeton Tec has a good warranty, but what good is that when you're two miles from the surface?
fuzzy-hair-man wrote:Other than that there are dive torches (LED or not) small enough to be zip tied to the side of your helmet and run off AA batteries.
bsignorelli wrote:Hank,
What seems to be the story about the 14LED DUO? I see a normal headlamp version is now available in the states but I can't find any reviews of it online. Is it like most Petzl headlamps and "almost great" or did they finally make a DUO that's waterproof?
hank moon wrote:fuzzy-hair-man wrote:Other than that there are dive torches (LED or not) small enough to be zip tied to the side of your helmet and run off AA batteries.
yep. that's a good practical solution...doesn't stroke my elegance nodes, but...works. lots of bomber waterproof flashlights out there by UK, Pelican, others...
xcathodex wrote:seeing as we had 2 "water resistant" Petzl lamps outperform the "waterproof" Apexes, i'm inclined to trust their 5M/IXP8 waterproof rating a bit more than PT's figures.
however, i'm a little put off by (A) the use of a halogen instead of a 3W LED and (B) the fact that it costs twice as much as the Apex.
It would be nice if someone made a reasonably efficient 3W version of this... but no sign of that on the market yet.
potholer wrote:It would be nice if someone made a reasonably efficient 3W version of this... but no sign of that on the market yet.
It'd be even nicer to have one using more cutting-edge LEDs which would be 2x or better in effieciency than regular 1Ws. I dare say that will happen at some point.
The specs on the new Cree LEDs are looking pretty good... even the *perfect* Stenlight could probably benefit from an LED upgrade.
NZcaver wrote:potholer wrote:It would be nice if someone made a reasonably efficient 3W version of this... but no sign of that on the market yet.
It'd be even nicer to have one using more cutting-edge LEDs which would be 2x or better in effieciency than regular 1Ws. I dare say that will happen at some point.
The specs on the new Cree LEDs are looking pretty good... even the *perfect* Stenlight could probably benefit from an LED upgrade.
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