OMG - I want one....!

[Rob Dobson]

Originally Posted by Leg Of Salmon

Looks like Salvo have dumped NiMH too.

NiMh is getting harder and harder to get apparently so the shift to Li-ion has been on the cards for a while.

The X-scooter went up in price at the start of the year and that was primarily down to Rabbit Tools putting the price of the NiMh battery packs up.

[divingniknaks]

Originally Posted by Rob Dobson

NiMh is getting harder and harder to get apparently so the shift to Li-ion has been on the cards for a while.

The X-scooter went up in price at the start of the year and that was primarily down to Rabbit Tools putting the price of the NiMh battery packs up.

You're right Rob, with the increase in pack cost, it would have brought the two in line price wise, therefore most if not all people would have gone for the Li Ion anyway.

Can't believe no comments about the LED ?

Well I never.

Phill

[Leg Of Salmon]

I have comments!

Is it a bright and focused as the HID? Does it penetrate as well? Is it as good for communication?

[Rob Dobson]

Originally Posted by Leg Of Salmon

I have comments!

Is it a bright and focused as the HID? Does it penetrate as well? Is it as good for communication?

It should focus fine because it is a single emitter but we won't know for sure until someone gets one wet.

According to the spec sheet they are not quite up with the 21W HiDs (1100 lumens Vs 1500 for the HiD). Again we won't really know what they are like until someone jumps in and puts them through their paces.

[thermocad]

Originally Posted by Leg Of Salmon

I have comments!

Is it a bright and focused as the HID? Does it penetrate as well? Is it as good for communication?

SALVO LINK

[Leg Of Salmon]

I think Barry Salvo is putting some photos together but it would be good to see a proper in water test.

[neilh]

Originally Posted by Leg Of Salmon

I think Barry Salvo is putting some photos together but it would be good to see a proper in water test.

Clear the weed and dust off the heron Chasey - another pond test needed

[AlanP]

Put the Salvo out of my budget now Although I do like the idea of LED over HID if only for the bulb replacement costs.

Will wait with interest for reviews on these new lights

[thehappychappy]

Are the 35 watt and 50 watt HID's too bright?

I do a fair amount of UK diving when I can get in the water (not enough recently) and plan to do clear water caves in the future.

Should I be looking at two different lights?
What's wrong with the 18/21 watt versions?

Davie.

[Rob Dobson]

Originally Posted by thehappychappy

Are the 35 watt and 50 watt HID's too bright?

I do a fair amount of UK diving when I can get in the water (not enough recently) and plan to do clear water caves in the future.

Should I be looking at two different lights?
What's wrong with the 18/21 watt versions?

Davie.

Too bright...? Nah... I've never understood that POV personally. I have dived in uber shite vis with a 35W Salvo and never suffered from back scatter.

On a night dive in the Red Sea then sure, I'd leave the big guns on the boat and dive LED back/ups (or moonlight).

18/21W are superb lights and plenty good enough for pretty much every application. I own two 21W's at the moment and I am very happy with them - including scootering in poor vis. But the difference in beam projection between the 21W and the 35W seems be about 20%. So the difference between the 21W and the 50W could be around 40%. That could make a real difference in some situations. It's not going to be that relevant to that many divers but I would like to play with a 50W because I rather suspect I have a good use for it...

Clear water caves would be absolutely fine with the 21W's as long they don't start to silt out at which point you may wish you'd gone for a bigger one... Another factor will be burn time.

My 15.2ah 21W gives 8.5 hrs burn time. The 21ah 50W gives 4 hours. How long are your caves dives going to be? Will you be charging between dives? I'd rather have a working 21W than a flat 50W...