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This is 60 m down in the middle of the
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English Channel. I'm diving using an Orc
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Torch DC710 with this lovely little soft
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Goodman handle on my wrist. The bottom
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line is this is a really nice torch.
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I've dived with it as my primary torch
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for quite a bit of this dive and another
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one and I can thoroughly recommend it. I
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like everything about it. So, if you're
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in the the market for a new torch and
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this one hits your price point, I would
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say it should be pretty close to the top
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of your list. So, that's a summary done,
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but I hope you're going to stay around
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for the rest of my review cuz I'm going
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to talk about a whole load of other
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stuff as well. I'm going to show you
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what you get inside the box. I'm going
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to talk about how it works. I'm going to
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show you how to fit that Goodman handle.
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And perhaps most importantly of all, I'm
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going to tell you how to buy one of
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these things and also how to win one as
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well. So, I hope that all sounds good to
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you. Now, as always with my videos, if
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you give us a like, that would be really
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appreciated. But on with the main issue,
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which is the unboxing. So, what do you
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get? Well, the first thing is the box.
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And these are lovely. This one, this
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slightly oddly, the zip goes the other
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way around, but hey, that's just the way
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it is. The Goodman handle is an optional
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extra, but I would really suggest it's
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worth buying. What else have we got?
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Well, a few bits and pieces. This are
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the screws and stuff for how you attach
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the handle to the torch. We've got some
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O-rings, of course, which are useful um
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to replace every now and again. We've
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got a charging cable. And one of the
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great things about this torch is that
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you can actually charge through the
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case. We've got a lanyard, of course,
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and then onto the paperwork. This is the
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quick tips for what to do if you dive
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with the USB port open, and I'll show
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you a bit more about that later on.
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Warranty, 12 months. Obviously, that is
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great for a bit of peace of mind. We
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have some instructions. Now, it's not
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particularly complex, but they're there
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if you need them. And then we've got
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some blurb showing all the other great
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products that Orca Torch do. And as you
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know, I'm a huge fan of them and use
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loads of their torches. So, that's all
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the information in there. Right onto the
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torch itself. It's another really
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well-made item. 150 m depth rated, which
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is ideal for me. And that there is how
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you attach it to the Goodman handle.
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That's the charging slot. So, you can
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open that up as you can see there. And
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then that's where you plug in the USBC
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cable. The button to turn it on is just
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to the left of that. And if you need to
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get to the batteries, and potentially
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you don't with this one cuz you just
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charge it through the case. You unscrew
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that. There's a lovely double O-ring.
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And then in there is where you pop the
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battery. You do get two batteries with
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this one, so that's really useful.
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They're 5,000 milliamp hours, so really
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powerful batteries. and you're going to
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get a lot of uh light out of those. On
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the lowest power setting, it will last
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for 7 hours. An hour 40 on the highest
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power setting, which is still pretty
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decent. So, to turn it on, it's just a
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case of pressing the button. Three
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settings on this, 1,700 at high, 800 at
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medium, and 400 low. If you press and
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hold the button, you get turbo mode,
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which lasts for a minute and is 3,000
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lumens. So, that's really nice. And
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there you go. That's what does the
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business, the LED there. So, the other
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torch that I've reviewed recently is
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it's kind of sister, I guess, the uh
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D710. And you can see there, that's a
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comparison. You can see that that
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they're about the same size. The DC710
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is a bit longer, which is obviously to
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accommodate that uh charging port, but
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they're both fabulous torches. I love
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them to bits. So, let's have a look at
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the Goodman handle. You can see there,
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that's how it goes on your wrist. It's
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pretty straightforward, and the nice
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thing about it is it is really, really
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secure. and puts the torch exactly where
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you need it. Um, good med handles are
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just great and this is a really good
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example of of how to do it right. So,
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you've seen me diving with it.
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Brilliant. I love that as well. Now, the
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other thing I would like to talk about
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is the charging port. So, I've already
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mentioned it. There it is. You just
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unscrew it and you gain access to it and
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that allows you to charge your torch
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without taking it apart. So, that's a
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lovely feature, but I think something
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people might be concerned about is what
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happens if you go diving with that open.
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Well, I've actually done that on two
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dives. And you can see there on on this
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dive, you can see that the the charging
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cover is open. And I've taken it down.
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I've done two dives with it, 60 odd
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meters dives. I've brought it back up.
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I've followed the instructions and
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washed it out and it's continued to work
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absolutely perfectly. So, I don't think
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that is something you need to be worried
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about. It's a great feature on what is a
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fantastic torch. So, I guess what you
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want to know now is how do you win one
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of these? Well, it's the same as my
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previous competition. So, all you need
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to do is go onto my Facebook group. You
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have to become a member and then I will
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enter you into the draw and I will draw
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the winner of this torch by the end of
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June. And wherever you are in the world,
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I will stick it in the post to you.
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Apologies to those of you who don't like
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Facebook. It's just far easier for me to
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do it this way. I've looked into
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alternative things and and they're just
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uh a bit more complex. So, sorry about
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that. That's what I'm going to go with.
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So, good luck to everyone. And if you
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don't win, remember there's a link in
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the description to buy one. Well, I hope
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you've all enjoyed another one of my
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review videos and I look forward to
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seeing you on the next one.
