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Old 14-04-08, 07:01 PM
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i have a star LED lighthead that i use for shallow dives in the UK (upto 40m) and for use abroad. The fun is the battery pack and the star the lighthead.

I have it attached to my umbilical that i have a HID100 head that i use for deep gas diving in the UK, but is total over kill for shallow dives or abroad. So this is why i purchased and use the star head.

The star head is excatly what comes with the fun star, the only difference is that as i said i attach mine to the FII pack and umbilical as opposed to the fun pack that contains normal batteries.

I have used my star down to 100m abroad and also at 90m in some caves. it does the job ok, and for shallow UK stuff it is all you really need. It is quite bright (not far off my HID head in brightness terms) the only differnce is that the spot is small in comparison to my wopper of a HID, think sum ut like this size difference . .


It does the job, and for dives like UK sea at 30m or stoney etc etc it is fine. And again is fine for red sea night dives etc.

here is a pic of me coming out of a cave at 62m in the red sea using the star head, it will give you an idea of brighness and spot size:-



hope it helps

Gareth
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