Hans and the Handy HID Lights. Part II

Yesterday Allie and I went to Naharon to complete her full cave class. Those of you have been down there know how unbelievably dark this cave is. We went with two Dive Rite MR11's and three battery packs. Again I was very proud of myself having charged the batteries per Dive Rite's recommendations.

The first dive went as planned. We spent 87 minutes in the water and did the three jumps that lead to The Road to Mayan Blue and then turned the dive. We did our surface interval and planned a significantly shorter dive with a run time of about 54 minutes. As soon as we hit the darkness there was trouble in the wind. Allie's light's color was a little blue but not that bad. My light was in great shape. At about the 25 minute mark my light crapped out, well it flickered and I switched it off. At this point Allie's HID was dimmer then my Photon Torpedeo. We exited safely on my backup light and her HID.

I have concluded the light gremlins are out to get me right now and that I should be careful and take extra lights. I also started to play with my chargers and compare the results of charging and I think I have a bad charger. The two new lights came with two new chargers. One charger seems to charge the batteries and leave them feeling warm. The other charger reports a full charge after 20 minutes and the battery is cold. I have checked this a couple of times with some consistency. I will get a hold of the shop and get an opinion on this issue and report back to you later.

I have to say this is complete load of cow dung and I guess you get what you pay for. In 4-5 years traveling to Asia, Mexico, Australia and in the states I have never had this much trouble with my Sartek batteries or chargers. It is infinitely frustrating and I am regretful that I didn't lay down the bucks (Or have access to.) and get two more Sarteks. I can't believe a major dive company produces a product like HID lights that has some many caveats about how to use it. End rant.