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DIR Information Network >> Scout light

What is the difference between the Scout and other c-cell lights on the Market?

What makes the Scout so unique in the marketplace is the attention detail and to purpose in it's design. The Scout is designed to be the ideal combination of requirements in a dive light; bright, small, dependable, easy to use, low maintenance, and rugged. Many of the other lights on the market are designed to be small and bright while putting the other characteristics as secondary.

Battery voltage matches the bulb voltage specifications: The Scout has a 4.5 volt bulb combined with a 4.5 volt battery pack. This helps prevent bulb failures and lengthens the life span of the bulb overall. Compared to other lights, where it is commonplace to "overdrive" the bulb with excess voltage to make the light appear brighter, which causes failures and shortens bulb life.

Twist Activation: The Scout light is turned on by twisting the light head. This method eliminates the traditional "switch" found on some lights. A switch needs an o-ring to maintain a water tight seal and thus introduces another point of potential leakage. Additionally, switches can be bumped into the "On" position accidently, reducing the effective burn time and brightness which are critical when the light is used as a backup light. The Scout light has only one o-ring in it's design sealing the only opening in the light body, thus only one potential point of leakage. Fewer points of failure and leakage reduce the possibility of failure and flooding.

Solid Body Construction: The body of the Scout light is machined from a solid rod of delrin. Delrin is a strong and durable material and not subject to some of the weaknesses of other materials. The pressure exerted on the body of a light while at extreme depths has caused many lights to implode, crack, and in some cases to activate the light at depth yet the light turns back off when returning to shallower depths.

The body is machined from a cylindrical piece of delrin to ensure dependability. Its use is appropriate for diving under extreme conditions. Some lights on the market have flat-sided oval body designs which are not as resistant to the pressures at deeper depths. This can lead to imploded lights, cracked bodies, and less obviously squeezed/crushed batteries with compromised burn times.

Some other light designs add a check valve to the body. The purpose of the check valve is to allow excess gas inside the body to escape to the outside. These check valves are notorious for allowing very small amounts of water, usually not even noticed by the owner, back into the housing of the light and slowly causing harm to the lights internal workings, which eventually leads to light failures.

Simple Maintenance: The Scout light is the easiest light to maintain and repair, by far. The Scout has a total of 5 parts (excluding the three batteries). Maintenance is simple: Replace the batteries as needed and lube the single o-ring (rarely needed). In the case of a flooded light, the Scout is the easiest in the industry. Replace the batteries (if needed), replace the bulb (if needed), and clean the battery tray. The battery tray in the Scout is removable and easily cleaned by hand or in a cleaning solution. In other lights, the battery tray is either not accessible at all or needs to be returned to the manufacturer.

In-Line Design: The in-line design of the Scout light allows the light to be stowed easily and comfortably on a harness d-ring or any number of other locations. This design also makes it easier to hold as well. In some lights the batteries are offset from one another making stowage a bit more clumsy and awkward. The wide body necessary for the offset battery layout can make it difficult to hold for divers with small hands covered by thick gloves.

Overall: The Scout light is the most dependable, rugged, easily maintained light on the market. From its inception, the Scout light was designed with these exact qualities in mind, producing the best light available for a wide variety of diving applications.

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