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Scuba Forum / UK Scuba / September 2005Recommend a torch
Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too expensive!!! Is rechargeable the way to go? > Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too expensive!!! > > Is rechargeable the way to go? Get yourself a subscription to Diver magazine. They're giving away a torch when you do. Reasonable enough for the price you pay. It takes C cells (6 of them) and I can't see why you can't put rechargeables in it, and charge them externally if that's what you prefer rather than alkalines every time. Ken >> Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too expensive!!! >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Ken No too bad a suggestion that!! I've been using the freebie torch for nearly a year now and it is pretty bright (good enough for night diving...) and very robust (it has been bounced several times and still works.). CAS >Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too expensive!!! I think you need to define "not too expensive", there are good dive torches out there from about £20 to about £1,000 - your idea of not two expensive is likely to be difference to others. >Is rechargeable the way to go? Probably but it depends how much you are going to use it -- Pete diving 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk > Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too expensive!!! > > Is rechargeable the way to go? Depends how much you dive, and will dive in future. You could spend 150 quid now and get something that will do you for a while but then in 12 months you'll be wanting to buy a full blown HID tank lamp. If you're certain you'll keep diving for a long time I recommend saving for a really good lamp now. Trust me, I'm someone with a 150 quid xenon lamp sitting around doing nothing since I bought the HID :-)  Signature"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson > > Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too expensive!!! > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas > Jefferson Or even more probably a LED! - fantastic invention >>>Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too expensive!!! >>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Or even more probably a LED! - fantastic invention Dunno, the LEDs are getting a lot better but they just aren't putting out the same amount of light as a HID yet. I saw the Greenforce LED and HID lights together in the shop and there is no comparison. LEDs at the moment are only really suitable for clear water, not UK diving. Signature"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson jIM, I'd recommend the UK C8 eLED. I've had mine a year and just changed the batteries for the first time, after about 100 dives, (It was a bit dim towards the end). I agree the HID etc are much better but also much more expensive. I previously had a more expensive rechargeable torch but I flooded it and was left with a pile of useless bits. At least if I loose this one it's only £60. I guess that in torches you do get what you pay for, more or less. As someone else said "It depends what you call expensive". Ron. > jIM, wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too >> expensive!!! >> >> Is rechargeable the way to go? >>>> Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too >>>> expensive!!! [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > HID lights together in the shop and there is no comparison. LEDs at the > moment are only really suitable for clear water, not UK diving. Was the shop at 30m?? I got the Tristar 15 LED and my mate's got the 50w HID - underwater, the only difference sems to that the HID has a slightly narrower beam. DaveT2 >Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too expensive!!! > >Is rechargeable the way to go? Off all the ones that I've been lent by dive shops abroad when doing a night dive, the Greenforce one was by far the best. No idea of the price though. SignatureDavid Mahon >> Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? Decent, but not too expensive!!! >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > night dive, the Greenforce one was by far the best. No idea of the price > though. For a HID Pro50 and Flexi-II you're probably looking around 500 quid. Signature"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in Knowledge always pays the best Interest." - Benjamin Franklin [snipped] > For a HID Pro50 and Flexi-II you're probably looking around 500 quid. I think someone else has said it, but if you're serious about diving in situations that require a torch, it's best to get a decent one. I have arsed around with varying torches over the last few years, but the best one I have had would have to be the Salvo I have now. 21w HID with a 9Ah battery which means it has a 4 hour runtime. Being an umbilical means it lives attached to my cylinders via it's own camband. Also, the head's got a nice clip I've added which allows me to use it and just let go of it when I don't need it, and it keeps it nice and neat. Was expensive (£650 from divingniknaks) but it is the old adage - you get what you pay for. Mark. > [snipped] >> For a HID Pro50 and Flexi-II you're probably looking around 500 quid. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Was expensive (£650 from divingniknaks) but it is the old adage - you get > what you pay for. Yes - but be careful you don't pay for something you neither need nor want. At some point some compromise is likely. If you use the best and more powerful torch with its attendant batteries, the biggest reel(s) with a couple of large SMBs, carry a spare fin strap and a spare mask and a couple of knives and a flag and crikey knows what else you'll resemble a tinker's caravan on your way to the water's edge. You'll barely be able to stand, and what with the extra effort required to move yourself through the water your air consumption will rise. Your very well equipped dives will be short ones. Oh I forgot - you'll be using twin 15s! Before I get flamed, this is written in jest. Look - :)) Ken > Your very well equipped dives will be short ones. > Oh I forgot - you'll be using twin 15s! > > Before I get flamed, this is written in jest. Look - :)) Hehe. Twin 12's actually ;) > Can anyone recommend a resonable torch? > Decent, but not too expensive!!! I have been diving quite happily for 3+ years with a UK D4R. You can pick them up for < £100, they put out enough (IMHO) light and appear to be nigh indestructable with minimal care required. I have yet to do a dive where it was not bright enough for me. It's not LED, HID or anything else fancy and it takes a while to recharge, but for the money it's hard to beat. > Is rechargeable the way to go? Almost certainly. Marc UK C8 is perhaps the best budget buy at £80 or so (recharchable version). Though I've now replaced mine with an (umbilical) greenforce, which, to tell the truth, it isn't much brighter even with a 50W Halogen in it. I decided not to buy a HID as they are very expensive, (aledgedly?) easily broken, and the extra burn-time for a given battery isn't a concern for my sort of dives - after all there's plenty of electric in the socket to charge the thing up again That said, I'm v. pleased with my £300 greenforce halogen but the benefit is being less in-the-way, rather than being a better light. I'm tempted by an LED backup light,.as favourably reviewd in recent magazine, but haven't tried one yet. Hywel |
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