UK C8 eLED vs. Light Cannon

Looking for a dive light? Underwater Kinetics has been making some of the best torches on the market for recreational divers. Two models stand out head and shoulders above the rest: the Sunlight C8 eLED and the Light Cannon.

The Light Cannon has long been touted as the brightest, whitest HID torch on the market (within a reasonable price range). When I first started night diving with the Light Cannon, a whole new world opened up. Instead of fumbling around in the dark, trying to get a glimpse at anything more than that yellowy glow your traditional dive light can offer, the Light Cannon blasts a huge swath of ultra-white light that penetrates all but the worst visibility. Its as if you took a Xenon headlamp out of a car and strapped it to 8 C cell batteries and made it submersible. This is truly one of the brightest lights available and does an amazing job of illuminating even the darkest depths. Fish and other animals are paralyzed into a stupor when confronted with its fiery photons and will sometimes literally lay there as if dead, even as you approach to within inches of them.

Continue Reading September 27th, 2005