Jim,

Have you tried or seen the HID lights.  I bought one in Florida, and boy, I
cannot
wait to get back and do some our dives here again.  The light is so "white"
that it
really illuminates the cave, reef etc.

Best toy I've bought in a while.

Regards

Dave.

Jim Cobb wrote:

> Oh the lucky diver below me, should I feel the need to drop my light. (hey,
> after losing the scooter, what the fuck's a light?) I have to tell you
> pelican enthusiasts that the dive I fired up my 50watt light was the dive
> that I cursed all the previous dives I wasted groping around with my stupid
> 14 watt dimbulb. I had fun going back to all the in shore wrecks just to see
> what they really looked like.
>
> Spectacular hallmarks in my diving career (in order):
>
> Going from pony to doubles.
> Getting rid of the weightbelt.
> Getting a drysuit.
> Getting rid of the stuporwings.
> Getting a canister light.
> Utilizing staged deco and doing a working 1.2 PP02 limit.
> Getting a scooter (boooo hoo hoo).
>
> Each one of these events doubled or tripled my joy of diving and I regret
> all the dives I did without.
>
>    Jim
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>
> > From: "Mcinnis, Don" <Don.Mcinnis@in*.co*>
> > Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:06:16 -0500
> > To: "'TGunther@co*.co*'" <TGunther@co*.co*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com
> > Subject: RE: Making sure this dead horse is thoroughly beaten (wasRe:
> >
> > I hear that Jim Cobb has one he will donate. That is if he can find it...
> >
> > Don
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TGunther@co*.co* [mailto:TGunther@co*.co*]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 1:24 PM
> > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> > Subject: Re: Making sure this dead horse is thoroughly beaten (wasRe:
> >
> >
> > <<  Canister lights are great, but again if we are discussing the
open water
> > diver we are most likely not discussing a canister lite,  >>
> >
> > On the contrary, this is in fact what I and my good friend Nick Foster are
> > doing
> > here in the Northwest.    When we talk to open water divers about DIR we
> > mention
> > a canister light as an integral part of that system.    More often than not
> > we
> > mention the EE Bud Lite or Pro 6 as much smarter alternatives to the UK or
> > other
> > pistol grips.     DIR is going to do very well here in the Northwest over
> > the
> > next couple years.    Now if we could only get EE to send us a couple
> > scooters
> > in appreciation  :-)
> >
> > Tod
> >
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