Lifejacket lights?

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I am servicing my lifejackets at the moment, and 4 of my lights are due for replacement.
These are all self contained units which operate on dunking, and are throwaway when they are out of date, which strikes me as being a lot wasteful
Not to mention being around 16-30 quid a pop. Ouch.

So, I have found the ACR C Light which has replaceable batteries and an 8 hour operation life at 2 miles, but is not a strobe. Around 12 quid and uses 2 AA Lithium batteries.

What does the panel think?
 
Adec Marine

We got these a couple of years ago,slightly cheaper than prev posts inc vat, but £12 per light looks hard to beat, especially with replaceable batteries

http://www.adecmarine.co.uk/product_details.asp?d=2&c=116&p={23592278-DC79-4A82-8B60-EA5E8348AE6E}
 
No battery is sealed, but they are a really neat size compared with some of the monsters around and can't easily be left on accidentally. Also carriage is free for orders over £50.
CJ
 
LJ light

I needed LJ lights for a compliance thing for racing at night. The option was for LJ auto lights or a flashlight carried. Our local hardware store had a special of 8 LED torches for $12 that is about 1 pound each. I give each crew a flashlight on a lanyard around the neck. They are good for all sorts of things at night and presumably if victim can direct the light at the rescuers would give a very bright light. So consider water proof flashlight/torch for crew in lieu of LJ auto light. maybe not good enough for you however... olewill
 
Northern Europe, in the water?

Seajet said:
8 hours sounds a bit minimal ?
Click to expand...

You're gone in 3/4 hrs max under normal circs, unless in v gd survival/exposure suit, unless in raft/dinghy.
Vide 'Compass Rose' final chapters, Air Sea Rescue reports.

From personal experience, 15 minutes+ in a dry suit, etc on an winter inland deep reservoir, as mob for a course, while the helms f£$%ked it up, you feel it.
 
Thanks all. I expected 8 hours to be OK, as that seems to be the norm whether strobe or not.

The ACR C-Light seems to offer the option of being usable as a torch as well, and can be used for directional signalling.

Fox's online have them at £10.69 inc VAT which is a really good price.

I will buy one and trial it against the strobe lights I already have, and let you know how it goes.
 
We use the ACR-C Strobes.

It is a few years since I looked at them but the ACR-C Lights seemed not nearly so visible as best as I can recall - if you haven't done so already I would suggest getting one to test before buying.
 
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