[drunkdiver]

Took my loverly new Salvo LED torch for a dive today at NDAC.

Dive 1: 60m, torch functioned superbly. Very bright, great light with a nice spot. Not very bright in the shallows but anywhere dark and it was fantastic. Certainly better than a 10 watt HID I reckon. Nice and compact and seemingly very well built unit.

Dive 2: Go back down to the pontoon where I left my kit. Check through gear, turn torch on and get nothing. Not ammused. Was hoping to compare it to my buddys 10watt greenforce. Im bloody sure I turned it off before stowing my gear, however I assumed that I havent and the battery had gone flat. Even if this was the case, this was only 3 hours after the start of dive 1 so the torch should have 2 hours battery left. Plus after 5 mins operating out of water it should go to a low power mode to stop it getting to hot, therefore battery should last even longer.

However this appears not to be the case. Got it home, put the battery on charge for a bit. Seems to be taking charge ok. Put head back on battery and still nothing. Looks like the heads fcuked. Now im most pissed off.

So its going back on Monday. I just hope I dont have to wait long for a replacement as got a lot of diving coming up and really need it. I also hope this is not a problem with all the torches and just mine as when it was working it was amazing and pretty much my perfect dive light. GRRRR