Safety Lights / "Power Flares"

[robjoubert]

I am curious to know if anybody has used or seen these lights? And if they actually do match up to the claims?

PowerFlare Corporation - (be warned that there is an infomercial video that starts as soon as you link to the website)

There are some of these currently on EBay - the scuba version is selling for about $58 and the one color version for $47.

[comet24]

They suck underwater. One of our instructors had some from his day job. He brought them to a quarry where to play with. You could see them if you where close really close. A regular strobe is much brighter. Now maybe in the tropics they might have a use but I will stick with what works.

[CompuDude]

Originally Posted by comet24

They suck underwater. One of our instructors had some from his day job. He brought them to a quarry where to play with. You could see them if you where close really close. A regular strobe is much brighter. Now maybe in the tropics they might have a use but I will stick with what works.

Interesting.

Are you referring to trying to use one of those things in place of an actual strobe, or simply as a personal marker. Looks pretty interesting for use as a personal marker (aka tank marker). LED-based strobes, however, can't compete with a good Xenon strobe at this point, though. Not sure how you would mount/attach these, though, as a personal marker.

The site references the "professional dive model" as waterproof to 300', which is great, but then they don't seem to sell that model at their online store?

[comet24]

Originally Posted by CompuDude

Interesting.

Are you referring to trying to use one of those things in place of an actual strobe, or simply as a personal marker. Looks pretty interesting for use as a personal marker (aka tank marker). LED-based strobes, however, can't compete with a good Xenon strobe at this point, though. Not sure how you would mount/attach these, though, as a personal marker.

The site references the "professional dive model" as waterproof to 300', which is great, but then they don't seem to sell that model at their online store?

We only played with one briefly. As a personal marker it might work but they are negatively buoyant, as you said, not sure how you would want to use it. I like personal markers to be buoyant.

They are a neat design but not something I see improving ones dive kit.

[CompuDude]

Originally Posted by comet24

We only played with one briefly. As a personal marker it might work but they are negatively buoyant, as you said, not sure how you would want to use it. I like personal markers to be buoyant.

They are a neat design but not something I see improving ones dive kit.

Reading more of their literature, the Scuba-specific models are positively buoyant. They make a point of it being possible to release the marker so it floats up and marks the diver's position in an emergency situation.

Still not sure exactly how you attach it, but I guess a lanyard through the edge loop is not really worse than a strobe on a lanyard, looped around the valve.

[comet24]

Interesting. The ones we played with I think where just the regular ones and didn't float.

[CompuDude]

Originally Posted by comet24

Interesting. The ones we played with I think where just the regular ones and didn't float.

Perhaps those are the regular ones (waterproof to 80') instead of the special scuba ones (waterproof to 300').

[mitsuguy]

seems ok, maybe big???

double the price of a glo-toob...

[CompuDude]

Originally Posted by mitsuguy

seems ok, maybe big???

double the price of a glo-toob...

And yet, considering I've flooded 3 glo-toobs...

(they replace them cheerfully each time, but if I can't trust it, why bring it?)

[IrishSquid]

Originally Posted by mitsuguy

seems ok, maybe big???
...

I was thinking the same thing.