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Just got back from the Maldives :shade:
Run a Fa & Mi Multi LED 50 umbilical and Multistar Hid12 umbilical on the same dive, I had the HID and SWMBO had the LED.
The LED is good, very bright and a cool white light, but the HID is brighther and can penertrate better. burn time for the HID was about 120mins, at this point I recharged it just to be on the safe side, The LED never got recharged
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This is the realy good thing about the LED. Not sure what the total runtime is on either but two dives on the HID then a recharge and four on the LED would seem about right.
Both were run with Goodman handles, what a difference that makes. However be warned, connecting a Fa & Mi hande to the head is a major DIY Job :angry:
The handle does not have a counter sunk hole in the middle, only a tapped one. I drilled a new hole on the other side and counter sunk it to take the machine screw supplied with a rubber tap washer between to stop the two aluminim surfaces grinding together. With the tap washer it all locks up nicely and is centered and compact :star:
We also had two Power LED 18's with us for back up, these are great little back ups, fits easly in a pocket, I ran mine using it day and night over 12 dives (Not continusely) but also for spotting from the shore and jetty in the evenings and did'nt need to change the Batts :teeth:
The LED 50 comes with a Worldwide Switch mode charger, but be warned the HID comes with a 240V UK charger, check this if you buy a HID they may change it, In our case it is not a problem as I use the charger from the LED (Same Battery packs).
In all both are very good, The complete shock on the boat when we came back from the first night dive
The Germans were gobsmacked
one of them had a D9 but everybody was talking about the lamps
But beware................ Navigating customs at both Heathrow and Male was a lot of fun, They took swabs at Heathrow (sniffing for explosives), I transported them in a aluminim flight case (The boxes they come in are poor, One had to be sent back to DW as it had broken in tranit.)
When the case went thru the X-ray it did look a bit suspect.................
Got ours from DW, got a excellent deal at LIDS. and the customer service from DW was fantastic as ever.
If anybody wants to know more post again and I,ll try to help