My new dive light almost cost me a job in Mobile last week

I dropped about $400 on a fancy 2000 lumen light for a night job inspecting a dock. The first hour was great, but then it just cut out. I had to finish the inspection using my backup, which was not strong enough. I found out later the battery pack seal failed and let water in. Has anyone else had a good light go bad like that? What do you use for reliable backup lighting?

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rubyw705mo ago

Used to think expensive lights were overkill until that happened to me.

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hollym125mo ago

Oh man, what happened? Did a cheap one fail at the worst time?

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tarak174mo ago

rubyw70 hit it on the head - I used to think the same way about expensive gear until my OWN expensive light let me down. I switched to a two-light system now. I keep a good 500 lumen handheld as my main and a cheap but reliable 200 lumen headlamp as backup. The headlamp stays strapped to my belt so it's always there. That way if the main fails I can still work without juggling stuff.

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