Tektite EX 600 w/60 LEDs

[Doug Meister]

Has anyone heard of the Tektite EX 600 which has 60 LEDs ??? A friend told me about this but didnt send a link.
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[hotfoot]

Goto the LED musuem. Craig has it on review there:
http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/ex60.htm

 

[The_LED_Museum]

Several of use have one of those. www.ledmuseum.org/ex60.htm

And here is the manufacturer's site. www.tek-tite.com

 

[The_LED_Museum]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by hotfoot:
Goto the LED musuem. Craig has it on review there:
http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/ex60.htm<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You beat me to this by less than a minute.

 

[hotfoot]

The EX60 looks very nice and is touted as a video light, but which would you prefer to have underwater with you, Craig - the EX60 or the LC100?

Methinks both! LC100 as a primary and the EX60 as a backup....

 

[Size15's]

We have an forum for LED lights.

I'll move this thread there. Hopefully, you'll get more replies.

Al

 

[Doug Meister]

Sorry Al, I didnt quite know where to put this topic after I saw "Electrolumenescent and Lasers". But ya its got LED in there too.
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[Doug Meister]

Hotfoot, what is the LC100 ?

Oh, and thankx for the links. 300 bucks = OUCH. What do I use for money when I was sweating 130 or so for a 19 LED light?!!!

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[sunspot]

Doug. The LC100 can be had for about $150 USD. Hope this helps your wallet.

 

[Doug Meister]

Dana, thankx, but what is it - an LED light, a regular flashlight, dive light???? And where can I get one?
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[Chris M.]

LC100 is otherwise known as the Underwater Kinetics "Light Cannon" and is a short-arc metal halide dive light (though just as home above the water). Very powerful indeed, the 10 watt lamp emits a cold blue-white light that`s as bright as a 25 watt incandewcent bulb, but takes about 20-30 seconds to warm up and reach its full dazzling brightness, unlike LED or incandescent lamps.

As to where to get one- I hear Texas Tactical Supply has a good deal on them.

 

[sunspot]

Doug. Look on ebay. There is a guy there that has a dive shop that sells them at the 140-160 range depending on how high you want to bid. Sorry for the delay in my answer, I did'nt see you post till now.

 

[hotfoot]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Doug Meister:
Hotfoot, what is the LC100 ?

Oh, and thankx for the links. 300 bucks = OUCH. What do I use for money when I was sweating 130 or so for a 19 LED light?!!!

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Mah pleasure, Doug Meister! IMHO, I guess there comes a point when it becomes increasingly difficult to justify spending good money on really big LED flashlights as a primary light(where I am concerned anyway). I have played with 96-LED clusters and a few other multi-LED array monsters, but for all that cost and trouble - none yet can beat the simplicity or the output of a good incandescent, or for that matter a HID light. That's why I put up the LC100 as a comparative item.

The LC100 is heavier, more fragile and battery-hungrier than the Tek60 - but its output power (not consumption power) stomps probably every equivalent incandescent into the ground, while 5mm-based LED lights are still chasing traditional incandescents. Switch on the LC100 and you'll know that even an array of Luxeon stars that would fit in something the same size as the LC100 won't be able to give you the same lighting power for the same runtime and size.

Let me describe it the way one diver put it to me: He brought a team of younger divers out for some night-dives and these guys were using their regular UWK SL6s and Princeton Tecs (all excellent lights in themselves, but no LEDs), shining "little orange dots" on wherever they pointed them. My diver friend switched on his LC100 last and it simply lit up the entire field of view with white light, swallowing up all those "little orange dots" - promptly causing all the other divers to realize that they might as well switch off their own lights!

That was the story that pushed me over and made me go get one - 'cos I still dunno which LED light can boast something like that reliabily while 12-meters underwater!