Light Monkey 35 Watt HID Canister Light - Gear Highlight

I've been needing a brighter dive light for awhile now since my present light is completely inadequate for signaling in the dark waters of the Puget Sound. So my present primary light is being retired to backup status. I'd do a side by side comparison of the new and old dive lights underwater, but I have a feeling you won't even be able to see the old one with the camera I use underwater. I'll see what I can do though when I dive this weekend. The Light Monkey 35 Watt HID is 25 times brighter than my current fixed beam 125 lumen UK SL3 light. With this new light having a 3000 lumen HID output and focusable beam. I should have no problems seeing under most conditions.

The other reason for buying the light is some of the training I plan on entering into this summer requires a remote canister light for operating reels and such, and I don't have time at the moment to finish assembling my other canister light. I'll do that when I'm out of school so that I have a backup can light for my dive buddies and when this light goes in for service. In my search for which canister light to purchase I found a very competitive price coupled with excellent and personalized customer service from Scott at Sound Aquatics in Kenmore. After the customer service I just received, and learning more about the diving out of Sound Aquatics, I would feel very confident to purchase from Scott again. The other bonus of this particular light is that I was needing to use 3lbs of lead to be neutral in the water at 10' with 500psi in the tanks and the light is negative 3lbs in the water. There goes the rest of the weight belt.

Manufacturers Specs:

Focusable Lighthead

Different design than other HID's with the main ballast in the canister with the ignitor in a small housing at the head

Switch is recessed into the lid for additional protection

Powered by a 20 Amp Li-Po Battery Providing 330 Mins.(5.5 hours) of Burntime

35 Watt HID with 3000 Lumen Output @ 6000 Kelvin

New Dry Lid is completely sealed providing protection from water intrusion due to a cut cord or switch boot

Battery Canister is completely sealed preventing water intrusion due to improperly latched lid or forgotten o-ring

Dry Weight 7 lbs.(3.2kg) 3 lbs(1.36 kg) Negitive

Recharge Time from Complete Discharge 12 hours

Universal Input Charger. US Input Cord Provided, UK and European Input Cord Available

Canister and Head Machined from Solid Rod Delrin

11.5"(291mm) Length, 3.5"(88mm) Diameter

The huge canister and goodman handle light head.
The "hear no evil, see no evil" monkey logo that Light Monkey uses. It's pretty big, but unlike most large HID can lights the ballast is in the can and not on the light head. So there is less bulkiness on the actual light head comparatively to other models.