I'm so hacked off I can just spit.
I've been waiting for tonight's dive for weeks. I lobster dive 2 - 3 nights a week right now. Tonight was to be special - a very dark night, favorable tide, and I've been limiting out on my lobster dives the last couple of weeks - and tonight should be great.
I load up, drive to the site, gear up. Walking to the water (bugs on my mind) and I fire on the light (18W Halcyon, new BS conversion, EKPP head.) The light is kinda funky - its a big round disc on the sand....
I play with it a bit, and can't get the light saber I'm used to. I go into the surf, and we drop as I'm still futzing with it. I did 3 dives on Saturday with the light, no issues.
I can't get it to beam up. I look at it, and I see that the reflector has fallen out of the head someplace - so I have this black dish behind the bulb that is worthless. Its like high beams in the fog or snow....
I whip one of my brand new Photon Torpedos (just arrived today) - but after a minute, there's just no way I'm bug hunting with this thing. We thumb the dive.
My friggen EKPP.O.S. head. I have no idea where the reflector could be. I check everything before I go in - I'm kind of a nut about checking everything. But I'm telling you - in a million years, I would never have thought to check to see if the silver reflector fell out of my friggen light head.
Sux. I have less than 200 dives on this thing. Between the poor metal on delrin handle design (that keeps the handle just this side of wobbly all the time), the ever expanding nylon screws that get harder to turn month by month and now this reflector vanishing diver killer trick - I'm gonna punt this friggen thing.
Anyone else having issues with their EKPP, or am I just the lucky one?
Dammit I'm pissed. I want my 4 hours back tonight.
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Ken
I've been waiting for tonight's dive for weeks. I lobster dive 2 - 3 nights a week right now. Tonight was to be special - a very dark night, favorable tide, and I've been limiting out on my lobster dives the last couple of weeks - and tonight should be great.
I load up, drive to the site, gear up. Walking to the water (bugs on my mind) and I fire on the light (18W Halcyon, new BS conversion, EKPP head.) The light is kinda funky - its a big round disc on the sand....
I play with it a bit, and can't get the light saber I'm used to. I go into the surf, and we drop as I'm still futzing with it. I did 3 dives on Saturday with the light, no issues.
I can't get it to beam up. I look at it, and I see that the reflector has fallen out of the head someplace - so I have this black dish behind the bulb that is worthless. Its like high beams in the fog or snow....
I whip one of my brand new Photon Torpedos (just arrived today) - but after a minute, there's just no way I'm bug hunting with this thing. We thumb the dive.
My friggen EKPP.O.S. head. I have no idea where the reflector could be. I check everything before I go in - I'm kind of a nut about checking everything. But I'm telling you - in a million years, I would never have thought to check to see if the silver reflector fell out of my friggen light head.
Sux. I have less than 200 dives on this thing. Between the poor metal on delrin handle design (that keeps the handle just this side of wobbly all the time), the ever expanding nylon screws that get harder to turn month by month and now this reflector vanishing diver killer trick - I'm gonna punt this friggen thing.
Anyone else having issues with their EKPP, or am I just the lucky one?
Dammit I'm pissed. I want my 4 hours back tonight.
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Ken
