Sofirn DF10, 18650 diving light with magnetic mode ring, my thoughts

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@nquinn

How are you reviewing a diving light as a non-diver?

You might realize that a very low mode you might want out of the water would be 100% useless in the water because it would simply be too dim.

@ggf31416

I don’t think divers care too much about their night vision unless they are special forces. Unless they dive at night, which sounds dangerous, there is no time to adapt to darkness anyway.

I have not reviewed this light as a diver flashlight but as a non-diver flashlight, because for a diving light it is very compact and handy so it has its merits as a normal flashlight too. I wonder if this light is even targeted at divers btw, the waterproofness looks better done than normal flashlights but the glass is not very thick for instance, and not all the o-rings were lubed.

I used to have a Sofirn SD03 diving light (my impression here Sofirn SD03 diving light, first thoughts ), that seems much more a serious diving light to me (everything very thick and sturdy and well-fitted and thickly lubed) and so I judged it like that. I have not posted about it there yet but (after a led swap to a 5000K 90CRI LH351D) I gave it to a collegue who is a diver for testing and after several dives with it he was so happy with the light that he asked to keep it, so I do not have it anymore.