Cavern Diving Light

[NitroxWarrior]

I need a good light, but within the range of an all in one unit, no seperate battery housing and such.
I mostly just want to use if for diving within the Cavern zone, so its nothing more than what is considers a good backup.
I've had serious bad luck with lights, so I decided to get some advice.

[jammer]

Try the Sl6 from UK (underwater kinetics) that is what I use a back up light and it is a very good cavern light with good burn time.

[sdenney]

I used a UK D4 for Cavern. It's a flood light, which is very nice for cavern dives as it illuminates a lot of area. It's small enough to be used along with your reel and with a set of 4 D batteries, can last for hours.

[mswicord]

UK Light Cannon...excellent hand held HID for about $175. I used on for several years and still use it for OW night dives.

Mark

[Deep-Thief]

Ditto on the SL6 for a good cavern light. One thing to keep in mind when choosing a light is Can you still use a reel? With a light that has a pistol grip the answer is a definate NO. So that leaves either a flat light or one with a lantern grip. After you decide to get a big light the SL6 makes for a great backup, I personally then use a SL4 as my third and a Princeton Tec 40 as my 4th. Just my opinion and way of doing things.
PS UK has one hell of a good warrenty. If anything happens to it take it to your nearest dive shop and they will give you a new one. This is the way it used to be atleast. Check on that one first before taking it as gospel.

UK Light Cannon...excellent hand held HID for about $175. I used on for several years and still use it for OW night dives.

Mark

It is a nice light, if a bit expensive. The dive rite LED light (or maybe any led light) also make for nice cavern lights, as they have more of a white light.

[JDR]

Out of curiosity, why do you need an all-in-one unit?

[OFG-1]

Invest wisely. Buy a canister light and be done with it. I would rather see someone spend $200 on a good used quartz light than the handheld.

[Deep-Thief]

As I mentioned in another post, There are plans for quartz lights for about $100. That is if you are any good with tools and you have minimal tools available to you. That $100 is all you need. The plans are free. Let me know if you are interested. Leave a post if you are interested there are a bunch of people on here with old quartz lights in the garages they would probably sell for pretty cheap. Just a thought. BTW if you plan to ever go to a can light you might as well start now and get used to it.

[NitroxWarrior]

Well, actually now that you bring it up. A canister light would be ideal, but they seem too expensive, I always have to borrow somebodys or rent one.
I've been looking at the dive lights made by halcyon, and good?