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I have not used the specific light you mentioned. I have tried several LED lights. Some put out a lot of light. Very few LED lights have a very tight beam. I generally prefer a tighter beam (for a dive light) than LEDs offer. Virtually all of my lights used on the surface (camping or...

I own several Princeton Tec lights. (I keep one of their Attitude lights in an outside pocket of each of my duffel bags. I have a Sea Strobe, sport flare, headlight, Impact XL, and a Shockwave LED.) I'm happy with how each of them perform. When the lights have failed, Princeton Tec has...

I think the light on the left is the Darbuster Jr. I think that's a 10 watt light. The light on the right may be the 3 watt LED. The 21 and 24 watt versions of the Darkbuster would be pretty big to wrap your hand around, without a handle. I think they're a bit larger than the (8 "C" cell)...

I went over to MBT SCUBA, and Josh told me about a night dive at the Fort Pickens Jetty. (Kathy had an Advanced Open Water class.) Kathy said I could tag along with her students. We had a nice dive, and I got a chance to see that site. The dive boats to the Oriskany seem to be stormed out...

Is anyone in the area interested in meeting up with a California diver this week? I'm be in Navarre Beach until Tuesday October 20th. I brought most of my gear, and should be able to rent tanks and weight in Pensacola. I brought lights, so I'd be interested in a night dive, on any day dives...

I suppose I would have been smart to post this a week or more ago. Then again, I ran into travel issues, so I'm glad I didn't arrange a bunch of dives for the first few days that I thought I'd be in Florida. In any case, I'm now in Florida, and hope to do some diving. None of my buddies from...

I have not heard anything further from Karen, or anyone else from Ambergris Divers. It seems she joined the forum to make one post. From the tone of her post, you could deduce that she is not interested in trying to satisfy me, or my brother's family over what was truely a petty sum of money...

One of the posters in the Roatan forum (I think it's Doc Roatan) is a strong advocate of using a 10x magnafying lens (as can be found at most swap meets or flea markets). As Uncle Pug mentioned, the refractive index of water is quite different from air. I understand that a plastic lens will...

I also bought a couple pairs of Xshorts on eBay. People have teased me about how silly they look, but they are certainly handy to access while diving. The velcro to hold the posckts closed, came loose after a few dives. You can expect to re-stitch the velcro back onto the pocket. I am very...

I have a PT Impact, and like it quite well for night dives in Tropical clear water. If you want a small light that is bright enough to be an adequate light for daytime dives (looking under ledges, etc.), consider an Ikelight PC-A. It uses up 6 AA batteries in a few hours. It has a rather...

I've had no luck with electronic contact to them. I've had good luck with dealing with them on the phone. I think Underwater Kinetics' number is 800.852.7483

The Yahoo version of this story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_re_us/treasure_ship

The UK website gives external specs. http://www.ukinternational.com/products/detail.php?ProductID=8 What measurement did you want? The bulb and relector assembly of my SL4 is 1 11/32" across.

Although I haven't used any of those 3, I'd imagine the main difference between the D8 and C8 is how heavy it is (mainly above water), and which size batteries it uses. C and D batteries are often the same price each, but a D has more power inside. The 8 D is likely to last about 30% longer...

Charlie99 is giving you great information. I use an XL LED as a backup. It's bright enough for night diving, that if I have a small "bailout" light... I wouldn't abort an open water dive if my primary failed, and the XL became my active light. For daytime diving, all the LED lights I've...

My "8 C cell" lights are nearly neutrally buoyant underwater... if I wrap them in neoprene. A neoprene "beer can cozy" can be pulled over the rear battery compartment, and with effort, you can tug one over the front lens assembly. (You need to fold the one in front over double, or cut it to...

There are plenty of posts about Darkbuster lights (mostly about the larger one.) I'm still interested in the larger Darkbuster, but do not have any experience with either light. Many of the post were from people who say they've used the lights.

Personally, I think "uglier is better" if you dive on a group boat, or share a resort locker shack. For my wetsuit and fins, I used white silicone from a caulking gun (like a cake icing decorator). The results are very permanent, and ugly. For flashlights, I used a silver Sharpie marker. Not...

I imagine you already did a simple Google search. What kind of signals did you want? I found plenty of sites that sell "diver down" patches. (Here's one.) ...and if money were no object (which rarely seems the case), you could have them custom made. This site caters to embroidery on...

I posted one of the Leisure Pro flood reviews. I understand that if you screw the front down too tight, you can distort the O-ring and it floods. Not tight enough, and it doesn't get a good seal on the ring, and it floods. I have about 30 dives with mine since the last flood. Perhaps I got...