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In article <951119211032_111238840@ma*.ma*.ao*.co*> <PHKukver@ao*.co*> writes: >What's with the negative stuff about Dive Rite equipment. I been using some >of it for five years now and it works fine. I like the lights that everybody >is down on. What's the deal. Somebody said that Gary Gentile liked them and >everybody says he's a great diver. Seems like some of the rude people on this >list needs to go back and read some ettiquette books. If the Dive Rite lights >are not working out it's because the cheap college kids that are using them >don't know how. If they quit spending daddy's money on cave diving and spent >more time getting educated maybe they could learn how to use them right. Dive >Rite means dive right! Mike Gladso. Mike, thanks for the ad. It was refreshing to realize there are still people like you out there. A friend of mine put himself through college. He didn't have daddy's money putting him through. He was a cave diver. He saved up $525 and bought a Neutralite because John Jay informed him it was the best light he could get and all the "serious cave divers use them". John's a nice guy, I like him, but he's a salesman. My friend, saved up for 6 months to buy that light with his own money. When the Tally caves cleared up, he started diving them. They were a little deeper then Ginnie Springs, around 220' or so at the bottom. His nice $525 light that would do all he wanted compressed the batteries. This caused the gel acid to leak out of them and eat through the insulation on the wiring of his light and ruin the wiring and batteries. He confronted Larry Green about the imploding light case, you know, the one that imploded at 150' because there were no batteries in it to be used as bulkheads? He said, "Larry, this light is garbage, why do they make it?" And Larry responded, "Well, it says on your NSS-CDS card that you shouldn't dive past 130' anyway, so the light is fine as long as you don't go beyond standards". Excuse me. Excuse me. Hello? Now I don't know about you, but when my "butt's on the line", like the ad says, I want a light that doesn't have the batteries eating out all the wiring. So please, before you obviously open your mouth and speak about that which you know naught, listen, read, and do some research. On another note, I hear that Dive Rite is replacing the batteries and fixing the wiring as part of the warranty. Major Kudos to the folks in Lake City for doing that. I hope when they come out with a new cylindrical light they offer a minimal upgrade cost (or maybe free?). Ken
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