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Greg, now you are being a smart ass and I do not like that. The fact is you have no more cave dives than what it took you to complete a "resort course" in Mexico, and we both know that to be true, yet you have no reservations about getting on here and passing out worthless "advice". Another fact of life is that I have many cave lights, some by Lamar English, some by Bill Gavin, some by Arnold, Alex Varouxis, Barry Miller, and some that I made myself. Along with that fact of life goes the fact of life that I can make , buy or build anything I want, and do so from the vantage point of extreme use. In all cases, the lights have certain things in common that are necessary but are missing from the hood light. 1) the canister is recessed at the bottom or otherwise made by another trick which we will not mention 2) in the case of the Barry lights, the canister is unbreakable 3) the length of the canister is such that the battery fits exctly when compressed 4) the light is negative by the correct amount 5) there is no slop in the battery 6) there are no switches hanging down or other baloney in the lid to break 7) there are no circuits or fuses in the light canister to fail ( the hid versions have a circuit in the head, but we carry replacement slugs with those) 8) there are no crappy connectors in the light 9) the cord runs through the lid with a proper compression fitting, and not some plastic insanity ( like the hood) or other insecure arrangement that would allow the cord to slide and hence leak 10) the other end of the cord is equally secure 11) the slug fits exactly to the head 12) the head has exactly the correct reflector ( which is replaceable) for the perfect focus 13) the batteries plug in with no moving wires by putting the lid on in the correct oreintation 14) the pivot point is selectable for the belt loop 15) the o-rings are surface blowouts only , no embedded stupidity 16) there are other wiring issues in the head, but we will skip that for now 17) the overall lngth of even the nicad version of my lights is shorter than anything made elasewhere for the same power, and hence fits more easily along the side of the diver with no discomfort or clustery 18) only a braindead stroke would buy some has-been verion of nothing made by noboyd when the real thing is available from the pros. 19) you are a known rookie at this, and your attraction to this light alone makes it suspect. 20) I have more, but I will let somebodly else finish this one off for real. Kuiper, Greg wrote: > > George Irvine, > By all means tell me why you think the Ralph Hood light is a pathetic > compromise for the real thing. Also are saying that if it isn't made > by Barry Miller then it is not sufficient? If this is not the case > then what other light brands do you recommend. > > Greg Kuiper > > -----Original Message----- > From: kirvine@sa*.ne* [mailto:kirvine@sa*.ne*] > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 9:28 AM > To: Kuiper, Greg > Cc: 'Elly & Matt'; techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Re: Ralph Hood - Cannister Lights > > Greg, like your Pelican backup light ( an oxymoron in this case) , the > > Hood light is a pathetic compromise for the real thing. > > Do you want to know why, or do you just want to stay in the dark. > > Let me know . -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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