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Old 30-11-04, 01:22 PM
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Hi all
I was wondering what people's opinions were on the Ikelite SPD umbilical torch

http://www.ikelite.com/web_pages/spdlite.html

Have access to a second hand one and considering buying it. Any opinions re: performance and price?

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..or do people rate the JMD 50 watt Halogen torch more?
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not heard of the first

never had a JMD but I don't like them on:
Squareness and large size of battery
pants burn time for the size and money

something like £360 ish? you can get HIDs for that
with more than 70 min burn times
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not heard of the first

never had a JMD but I don't like them on:
Squareness and large size of battery
pants burn time for the size and money

something like £360 ish? you can get HIDs for that
with more than 70 min burn times
You can get them for £289, they were state of the art a few years ago! How much is a replacement bulb for a HID?

& my JMD looks like a torch (big, heavy & ever so butch), not like an Xmas vibrator!!!!
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You can get them for £289, they were state of the art a few years ago! How much is a replacement bulb for a HID?

& my JMD looks like a torch (big, heavy & ever so butch), not like an Xmas vibrator!!!!
hmm anodised ali which comes off vs something hewn from stainless steel

big heavy and bugger all burn time

4hrs or 70 mins don't make me laugh

not to mention thecharge time what 14-16 hrs nah 4 mate its the way forward

oh yeah and ease of mounting zip under should on backplate out of way or off one side making me wider
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So, getting back to the Ikelite SPD...anyone got one? used one? heard of them?
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Nearly bought one off eBay. IIRC you can replace the nicads in the battery packs. The one I was after had two packs, curved to fit the tins.

How much? If it's not too dear, try it. If you don't get on with it, I may be interested. Or there's always eBay...
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Nearly bought one off eBay. IIRC you can replace the nicads in the battery packs. The one I was after had two packs, curved to fit the tins.

How much? If it's not too dear, try it. If you don't get on with it, I may be interested. Or there's always eBay...
This ones going for £150, with spare bulbs 20w, 50w and 100w, one battery pack.
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This ones going for £150, with spare bulbs 20w, 50w and 100w, one battery pack.
OK, bearing in mind it was eBay, the one I saw had all that + charger + second pack for £80-ish. That said, £150 for a decent dive torch (if the batteries work) wouldn't be outrageous, but bear in mind you may have to chuck all the batteries away and start again - that could cost from £35 to £100 depending on what you get...

...and I haven't used one, so can't tell you if it's a decent torch or not!
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Ok, many thanks for that. Think I'll have to try it out and see if it's worth the cash.

Thank all

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