Hi guys,
Don't want to argue, just my experience:
bought U-15 and U-04 as a backup, got about 25 dives since, about 10 night ones.
The lights are just awesome:bow:, can't wish for anything else, they really are more then I hoped for. And trust me there was a bit of bad feeling after the order was made - I never tried them in the water before and you know the price...
Penetration of the beam is very nice, the colour is very similar to the sunlight and if you dont want to blind your fish (or buddy) you've got options: use less bright U-04 (which is a bit brighter, than some of my dive buddies primaries anyway :devil
or don't flash it directly in the eyes.
It might be an overkill to use U-15 in clean waters, which I will check out in Vanuatu in November. But you can't go wrong with the U-04.
The U-04 is brighter, than UK Sunlight C4/C8 eLED, but 10 times smaller, not bad for travelling. The U-15 is compareable with the UK Lightcannon 100, to me it looks even a bit brighter, but it's somewhere close. Weight and size wise Barbolight wins hands down, not to mention that a drop from a hight of 10 inches or so might cost you a missed dive plus (or to be precise, minus) 200 bucks. These two are most commonly used by the guys I'm diving with, hence the comparison. Can also mention 50 and 100w incandescents - the brightness is up there somewhere, give or take, but they can't even run an hour full power, say nothing about the size and inconvenience of changing the bulb.
Shortly said, I'm a poor but very happy diver now. If only I didn't buy all my previous "primary" lights, batteries and chargers for them...
The only thing concerns me at the moment is that I am about to change my second linyard on the U-15 (U-04 has different system) and noticed the first was about to break by a lucky coincidence.
If anyone can tell me how to attach pics, will do.
Where to get a Goodman handle from?
Good luck.
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