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LIGHT MB SUB PHOTON LAMP
MICHAEL BIENHAUS FIRST CROSSED MY PATH when I encountered him taking on the Internet warriors on a British diving forum.
He had taken issue in a very German way with someone who failed to get his facts absolutely correct regarding a lamp battery. more...
He had taken issue in a very German way with someone who failed to get his facts absolutely correct regarding a lamp battery. more...
Appeared in DIVER May 2009
Diver Tests
LIGHT TEKTITE EXPEDITION L5S
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS, British divers would often enter the water without a weightbelt. How come? Because they didn't need extra weight, with all the wrecking tools they carried. more...
Appeared in DIVER April 2009
Diver Tests
LIGHT FA & MI POCKET 50
WHAT A LOVELY LITTLE LAMP! At only 16cm long, this anodised aluminium diver's lamp easily fits into a BC pocket, yet it has the punch of a heavyweight. more...
Appeared in DIVER December 2008
Diver Tests
LIGHT OCEANIC OP33 LED
IT'S SEXY, IT'S SILVER AND IT'S VERY BRIGHT. No, I'm not talking about Jane Fonda in Barbarella. This is the new aluminium underwater lamp from Oceanic. Its smooth contours allow it to sit in the hand really comfortably, and it's very nicely balanced. more...
Appeared in DIVER October 2008
Diver Tests
LIGHT UK VIZION HEADLAMP
IF YOU HAVE EVER SHORE-DIVED in a sandy tropical place, or somewhere that requires you to swim through the surf from the boat to get ashore after each dive, you'll appreciate how unfriendly such places are towards any piece of kit that contains an airspace protected from flooding by O-rings. more...
Appeared in DIVER August 2008
Diver Tests
LIGHT WISELED ADAPT DIVER KIT
Not only was my lamp brighter than Wolfgang's, but its beam seemed to penetrate the water much further, thanks to its high colour temperature. more...
Appeared in DIVER August 2008
Diver Tests
LIGHT UNDERWATER KINETICS SUNLIGHT SL4 ELED
The latest offering from Underwater Kinetics is the updated version of the UK SL4, a lamp that did exceedingly well in our test. more...
Diver Tests
LIGHT EFFESUB PHARO 330 LED LAMP
IT MAY LOOK LIKE A TOY, but I found that this little Pharo 330 LED lamp from the Italian manu-packer Effesub packs a big punch. more...
Diver Tests
LIGHT DIVE RITE 300 LED
In the dark recesses of the engine-room and galley area of the Umbria wreck, the Dive Rite 300 LED proved exceedingly effective. Its beam cut through water filled with tiny rust particles that gave it the consistency of a thin Brown Windsor soup. more...
Diver Tests
LIGHT KOWALSKI 620 MAXUM
The beam is a tightly focused yet evenly delivered spot of the type we now expect from Kowalski. It also has a wide peripheral halo to give warning of obstructions, or animals just outside the main area of illumination. more...
Diver Tests
LIGHT S-SUN LED HEADLAMP
This lamp works well as a beacon in that its light is very visible from afar. However, as a useful beam it has only a short range. more...
Diver Tests
LIGHT SALVO HID
About the size of a policeman's torch, it is machined from a lump of Delrin and its chassis is very high-quality. It has considerable shop-counter appeal, but is also extremely light in weight. more...
Diver Tests
LIGHT METALSUB HID 126
IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE who want the best and are prepared to pay for it, a Dutch-made MetalSub lamp is for you. This range of products is made to a military specification at a military procurement price. more...
Diver Tests
LIGHT LENSER FROGMAN
I RATTLED ON ABOUT THE FROGMAN LED lamp when it first came out. It was one of the first to use a super-bright LED with masses of burntime from one set of batteries and I was immediately enamoured of it. more...
Appeared in DIVER September 2007
Diver Tests
LIGHT FA&MI SPECIAL 150
LAMPS HAVE TENDED TO GET BIGGER and heavier as airline baggage allowances have shrunk. more...
Appeared in DIVER August 2007
Diver Tests
LIGHT OMS PHANTOM CANISTER
THE AMERICAN-MADE OMS Phantom HID Flashlight torch had a good write-up in this magazine, but it was expensive to buy and cost a lot to run with use-once-only lithium batteries. more...
Appeared in DIVER August 2007
Diver Tests
LIGHT JMD B5060 UMBILICAL
THE BRITISH-MADE JMD TECHNOLOGIES B5060 Umbilical Torch is constructed from robust military-spec anodised aluminium. Though only a little more than half the price of some rivals, it's the sort of attractive-looking item of equipment you can take delight in owning. more...
Appeared in DIVER June 2007
Diver Tests
LIGHT OMS Ultra Bright Head Lamp
The Ultra Bright Head Lamp uses the 3W 80 lumen-output LED and is powered by two CR123A lithium cells. more...
Appeared in DIVER May 2007
Diver Tests
LAMP GreenForce Impact 100 HID
Bang! Bang! Bang! The noise startled everyone. It was Wally Lumb, GreenForce UK distributor, demonstrating the resilience of the Belgian-made Impact 100 HID umbilical diving light by repeatedly smashing it on to a wooden block. more...
Diver Tests
LIGHT Fa & Mi Power LED 60-80
The Power LED 60-18 is a solidly made item of kit that is just about small enough to fit into an average BC pocket. more...
Appeared in DIVER April 2007
Diver Tests
LIGHTÂ Scubapro Module
IF YOU THINK THIS NEW PRODUCT from Scubapro looks very much like a GreenForce lamp, don't be surprised that both are made in Belgium. I'll say no more than that. more...
Appeared in DIVER February 2007
Diver Tests
LIGHTS OMS Phantom HID/Vega LED
IT'S OVER-ENGINEERED, IT'S OVER-BRIGHT, it's over-priced, and it's over here! more...
Appeared in DIVER January 2007
Diver Tests
LIGHT Seacsub X-LED
The Seacsub X-LED is hardly bigger than the lamphead of some umbilical lights, but it is quite heavy. more...
Diver Tests
LIGHT Treble-Light Blackline D1c 4.0
HID lamps have a reputation for being expensive, and the bulbs are fragile, too. more...
Appeared in DIVER April 2006
Diver Tests
LIGHT Aquatec LED Constant
The Aquatec LED is a little, coloured, high-intensity LED powered by three LR44 shirt-button batteries, double O-ring-protected, and mounted inside a length of solid Perspex-style acrylic rod. more...
Appeared in DIVER May 2006