WalMart Divers Light?

[Former FLL Now MSP Diver]

I was in a WalMart up here over the weekend looking for a kid's life jacket and in the boating section I come across what looks exactly like a Pelican Super SabreLite, except it says North 49 on it. The packaging is pretty plain, typical Made In China but it does say summersible divers light good to 100m. It was $8.97. For the price I figure what the heck thinking it might make a good daytime light and grabbed one.

Has anyone actually tried these lights out? Do these things actually work? I thought maybe they were the real thing, just distributed by the offshore manuafacturer under their own name. If so, I'm going to start bringing them down to Florida and I'll make a a fortune selling them.

Marc

 

[Boogie711]

They flood like the dickens. It's been done before... I think Scuba Junkie or Axeman or someone?

 

[simcoediver]

I bought 2 of them from walmart took them down to 110 ft. One of the lights leaked the other was fine. I think what I needed to do was turn them on before going in the water,turning it on during the dive caused it to leak.Good price for a backup light though!

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

ummmm, get what ya pay for.

I've seen dive masks for 8 bucks at walmart too.

 

[mempilot]

Oh please no! Walmart has no place in the scuba equip retail market.

Those lights probably work pretty good in a pool at night though. Seems like more of a toy for the tods than a tool for the rents.

 

[Don Burke]

I was in a WalMart up here over the weekend looking for a kid's life jacket and in the boating section I come across what looks exactly like a Pelican Super SabreLite, except it says North 49 on it. The packaging is pretty plain, typical Made In China but it does say summersible divers light good to 100m. It was $8.97. For the price I figure what the heck thinking it might make a good daytime light and grabbed one.

Has anyone actually tried these lights out? Do these things actually work? I thought maybe they were the real thing, just distrubuted by the offshore manuafacturer under their own name. If so, I'm going to start bringing them down to Florida and I'll make a a fortune selling them.

Marc

I had one that gave up on me at about one hundred feet.

If you set the two lights side-by-side, there are some little differences. Perhaps they are made at the same plants to different specifications.

I would not go diving with one again, but the replacement bulb modules do fit and are much cheaper at Wallyworld.

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

I would not go diving with one again, but the replacement bulb modules do fit and are much cheaper at Wallyworld.

That would be worth trying, I think. maybe???

 

[Don Burke]

That would be worth trying, I think. maybe???

The cheap lights are dumpster food. The Wallyworld bulb modules seem to be the same thing as the dive light modules.

I use them.

 

[ShakaZulu]

I personally am very impressed with my BP/W setup I got from Wall*Mart. Just don't go deeper than 2ft with it.

 

[Tom R]

Right on your 100 feet in a wreck, your primary decides to not cooperate for you, good thing you have your cheap back up light to save your life. Just by 2cents