I was running a 50w on my AUL 14 in these conditions, I have upped it to 
75w to cut through the murk better. Backscatter is only a problem if your 
light is helmet mounted. The AUL is totally focusable and you will kick 
yourself for diving with a piddly 14w light for so long.

The good news is that you can revisit your favorite wrecks and see them 
in a whole new light, so to speak. It's amazing what you miss. I am 
really annoyed when I think about those "once-in-a-lifetime" dives I 
wasted with my pelican light.

   Jim
>
>For those of you not diving in 300' vis, like me, I'm looking at getting a
>"real" primary light, probably the AUL 14.  I admittedly haven't used a
>light bigger than 15W...
>
> My question is, does the back scatter from, say, 15-20' vis become really
>bad with a 50W light, and if so, is it better to go with a lower wattage
>bulb?  If not, is the AUL 14 "focusable" enough to cut through bad vis
>rather than create a white wall of light?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
>
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