John wrote: - >After having my third strobe fail, (two of them >were ACR Firefly's, an industry standard) I'm >interested to know if anyone has experience with >LED's used as strobes. G'Day John, My sympathies over your strobe failures I've also had two fail so far. On taking back a strobe designed for use with lifejackets the salesman looked puzzled as I showed him the corroded switch. He kept insisting it was water resistant. My point is such 'water resistant only' units have no business being on sale for use with lifejackets, they need to be waterproof. However, LED's would not have anything like the range of a strobe and many LED's are also very directional. Someone on Paddlewise did mention a laser LED torch that seemed as if it would be useful though. Can't remember the name. Paines-Wessex advertise a nice looking EPIRB/Strobe/reflective-tape combination (Mini Res-Q-Sat RB3 + Strobe Light). It looks as though it might be a reliable unit. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Nov 15 2002 - 21:23:12 PST
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