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Kent, I have been using the Tektite for the past 8 mos or so .... its ok but nothing special other than its size. Now I just bought last week at the BTS show the new knurled handle Extreme Exposure Scout back up lite. Im in Key Largo this week doing weenie dives and had a chance to use it last night on a weenie night dive. The damn thing has to be the absolute best back-up lite i ever had. I will order some more when i get home. So i was thinking if they could make a delrin tube for the Tektite Strobe head it would be perfect. I will send a note to JJ on it. That would make a great strobe that can be carried DIR. Regards, JDS At 02:43 PM 3/31/00 AKST, Kent Lind wrote: >So what is the preferred marker strobe these days? > >I'm looking for a decent reliable strobe that I can rig DIR style on my >harness to use occasionally for marking anchor lines, but more importantly >for rescue purposes. It gets dark up here FAST in winter. > >Every strobe I've tried has turned out to be a piece or shit. Or, maybe I'm >just hard on gear. I have a box of junk gear in the garage and nothing >works. I've tried.... > >Tektite 200; dead, flooded after 5 dives >Princeton Tech; dead, flooded >something called a Firefly; dead (smashed) > >In fact, the only strobe I've ever bought that is still working is some >little Chinese-made Xenon strobe with a rotating switch in the end. It's >probably only still alive because it doesn't get wet. It stays in my >backcountry ski kit. > >So what are you guys using? I've heard the Joltron strobes from Norway are >reliable but no one seems to sell them in the US. The Tektite strobes >"look" like they should be decent, but danged if I can make one last more >than 5 dives. Is it just me? > >Kent Lind >Juneau, Alaska >klind@al*.ne* >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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