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Garret, tell us about the last cave you did, and then tell us about lights. Garrett Weinberg wrote: > > 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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