Looking for a light....

[Brad66]

Ordered one of the DRIS shorties and have taken it on 2 dives, a shallow river dive and a deep lake dive. Awesome light I would like to find some rechargeable batteries for it though, do you use any?

 

[MRTdiver]

Ordered one of the DRIS shorties and have taken it on 2 dives, a shallow river dive and a deep lake dive. Awesome light I would like to find some rechargeable batteries for it though, do you use any?

Some rechargeable Ni-MH batteries may not fit in the battery carrier. My XX Eneloops don't work. But there are mix results with this. I think most cells work fine.

I like to use a single Li-ion battery rather than AA cells. 26500 Li-ion. see BLF review.

 

[Seven007]

You can try this one
HL2400 TECHNICAL HAND LIGHT-Technical-A Lighter Ocean with Ano Diving Torches

 

[Hatul]

My favorite dive lights are made by XTAR.
Diving Series
I use the D01, D02 and I just ordered a D06. They are all powered by Li-ion rechargeable battery (18650 or 18700) and controlled by a continuous brightness slider and twisty on/off. Compact and fit nicely into the Oxycheq dive sock. I can turn them on and off or in-between with one hand underwater with the slider control. The latest, D06, has a 900 lumen max brightness and costs about $70. The company is based in Hong Kong but has a distributor in Huntington Beach. They also sell first rate batteries and chargers. They beat many of the lights on the market at a fraction of the cost.

I just wish they made a photo or video light.

 

[scubastingray]

Aren't the Xtar lights the same as the Archon lights?

 

[Hatul]

Aren't the Xtar lights the same as the Archon lights?

I'm not familiar with Archon, but they look quite different, and XTAR makes no dive video lights, as far as I know.

 

[TONY CHANEY]

Mistake! sorry