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| Originally Posted by purple vonny That's helpful, thanks. My diving in the UK is limited to relatively shallow dives (not more than 35 metres). I have an old Beaver LED rechargable. It seemed to cost a fortune at £180 8 years ago! It only has a burn time of an hour with a 50w bulb and it has seen better days. I've read as many reviews as I can find on the Funstar and it seems OK fr the kind of diving I do. Really just wanted some confirmation that it was OK because it is a good price and has a long burn time. |
The long burntime is another reason i purchased it for holiday diving...no charger needed for week long red sea trips
sum ut mad like 900mins with my FII battery pack.
As i said it is good enough, ive used it in dotty at 50m before now a few times. And at first i thought shit this is no good (as any one who dives dotty knows 50m is a dark place) but the time your eyes adjust etc it was fine. It's bright the only down side is the spot is small compared to the monster torches out there nowadays. But i am happy with it for shallow stuff or gas dives abroad as these big HID's are over kill for that type off stuff.
I like it, the light head is small and neat and is plenty bright enough to read guages, to point things out with etc etc.
im off to Dahab next week to do sum gas dives in the 80-120m region, blue hole etc etc. The HID head will be staying at home and the star will be in my kit bag for that one. Im off in the garage in a bit to get my stuff ready for a splash tomorrow, ill take a pic of the spot size and brighness for you to give you an idea.
ATB
Gareth