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If you want to look at High Intensity Discharge Arc Lamps (HID), the folks at Sartek Industries were showing a whole series of them at DEMA. Looked awfully impressive - very bright white light, long burn times, etc. These are "real" and ready to ship. They will also convert your existing cannister lights to use the HID heads It it, however, not cheap. Their web site is www.sarind.com Garrett Weinberg Randylabel@ao*.co* wrote: > Sorry I missed most of the conversation on this, but, I was diving Madison > last weekend; heard about the new HID light from dive-rite; so I wrote them > and asked about it. Look at there web page and consider it. The info I got > back sugests they are still in the experimental stage; not sure if or when it > is available. > I too am in the market for another primary. Presently I have two scouts > and an old dive rite ( the square one ). Once the primary gave me trouble, > and that was when I took lessons on how to cave dive. > Consider this; carrying a single 12 volt battery and a ballest ( I hope > this weighs about the same as a two 12 volt battery canister), having the > light of the sun with you and it lasting longer than the currently available > primarys of the same size. > I am not saying this is the light for you as I don't know what you need: a > light NOW, or take a chance on a light that is new in design (this of course > means there may be improvements after the first year, although, I'm know dive- > rite stands behind there gear). I KNOW I'm going to wait and see when the > light becomes available as to the price and specs. of this new light, and then > I'll buy a new primary; Which will be either an AUL, Explorer Pro 14, or the > new HID from dive-rite. > > The furture looks bright, from dive-rite, > NO, I'm not a salesman for Lamar, but it a good sale pitch, eh? > > Randy LaBelle
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