HID or LED which do you prefer more for cave diving and why ??

[Bobby]

Yes, Edd has a demo in the shop. We have not formally announced the LD-35 yet however word has gotten out so we posted the commercial last night on You Tube. We had planned on getting units to the dealers before making the announcement. We all know how well secret information is kept in the diving community. We are in the process of building them now to fill the orders we already have. From the response even before we put the word out it looks like we will be very busy for a while.

I had the LD-35 in JB this past weekend when the viz was rather hazy. It has some serious punch even with a good bit of particulate in the water.

[Xenia]

Yes, Edd has a demo in the shop. We have not formally announced the LD-35 yet however word has gotten out so we posted the commercial last night on You Tube. We had planned on getting units to the dealers before making the announcement. We all know how well secret information is kept in the diving community.

I swear it wasn't me. I didn't say a word...

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[nakatomi]

21w HID for me. Thus far, all the LEDs I've seen play 2nd fiddle.

Clearly you haven't seen very many potent LED lights.

[hunabku]

I like my 21w led a lot. It's really bright and I like the color temp and signal spot.

I overheard somebody talking about permanent eye damage being possible from looking into one of the next generation of super bright lights for even moment.

Hopefully that's not going to be something to worry about when passing another team. Of all the dangers involved will we need to add blindness to the list?

Pretty soon we will need diving masks with the same auto darkening lenses as welding masks.

[Bobby]

I overheard somebody talking about permanent eye damage being possible from looking into one of the next generation of super bright lights for even moment.

That is possibly from people that have had a chance to look at our 6000 Lumen video light that will be released very soon. The head is the same size as our primary lights. We started warning people to be careful when turning it on with where it is pointing. If they have it pointed directly at their eyes it can cause damage. In the water with a couple of feet of distance it won't be a problem.



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[deepdiverbob]

I like my HID as well. A lot of the light comparisons I see online between HID and LED is done in the clear Florida caves. Here in our murky caves, I like the punch of my HID.

[MacLeod]

That is possibly from people that have had a chance to look at our 6000 Lumen video light that will be released very soon. The head is the same size as our primary lights. We started warning people to be careful when turning it on with where it is pointing. If they have it pointed directly at their eyes it can cause damage. In the water with a couple of feet of distance it won't be a problem.



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Bobby, that video light is truly awesome. I can't wait to see it in the water. Hopefully I can convince my wife that I need one for Christmas!

[victorzamora]

I would have agreed with you before we created the LD-35 with 3500 Lumen of light output and only 30 watts of power consumption. 4.5 hours on our tall (144wh) canister and 3 hours on our short (96wh). Brohahaha

You're a sick man, Bobby. Can't you leave my poor wallet alone? I was about to buy your small light and long canister before this post. Now I'm torn and my wallet is screaming at me.

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[PfcAJ]

Clearly you haven't seen very many potent LED lights.

Well...yeah. That's my point

[nakatomi]

Well...yeah. That's my point