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When you're diving deep wrecks at 80 odd
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meters, it's pretty much always pitch
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black. Your torch isn't just a piece of
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kit. It's absolutely essential to seeing
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what you're doing down there. Frankly,
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without a decent torch, there's no point
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being there. I've been sent the Xtar D40
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to put through its paces. As you'd
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expect, I've taken it on a load of deep
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dives, and I've also even done some
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recreational ones with it as well. It's
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got a claimed output of 1,600 lumens and
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a spot that is adjustable from a super
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tight 4° all the way out to a 77° flood.
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Those of course are great specs, but the
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real question is how does it actually
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perform when you're task loaded on a
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deep wreck dive? And the answer is it's
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actually performed really well. It's
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incredible to think that for about £90
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you can buy one of these. I've had it
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down to 90 m. I've used it in the pitch
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black. You've already seen that video
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already. Uh that was on a wreck called
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the Afreak in about 80 mters. And you
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know, frankly, I have nothing bad to say
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about this. It does exactly what it says
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on the tin and it does it at a really
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nice price. So, what's not to like? And
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you can see Brian here, he's a big fan.
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So, let's have a look at what you get
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for your money. Well, to start with,
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there is the box. And these things are
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pretty common with stuff that comes from
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China. It's quite nicely made. Inside,
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obviously, you've got the Xtar D40
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itself, and we're going to come back to
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that in a minute. What else is there?
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Well, first thing is the battery.
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Obviously, really important. Comes with
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this nice little plastic case, which I
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guess is good if it's coming by post.
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It's a fairly standard 21700 battery,
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5,000 milliamp, as you can see there.
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It's got the USBC charging port and
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obviously a USBC charging lead that
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plugs into there. Other end goes into
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the wall and and once you've charged up
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and you want to put it in, really
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straightforward. Unscrew the end cap. Uh
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eventually, if you're not a piff like
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me, shove it in, screw in the end cap,
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and there you go. That torch is now
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ready to dive. And this piece of video
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gives you an indication of exactly how
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strong that beam is when you've got it
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in the super tight mode. One of the nice
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things is this little switch, which
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prevents it accidentally being turned
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on. Once you've got it in the on
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position, there are two levels of
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brightness, 1,600 and 800 lumens.
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Battery life is just over 2 hours and
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just over 3 hours, respectively. There's
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also this strobe mode, which is kind of
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nice. Something I really like is this
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green battery indicator that will go red
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when you've got less than 30 minutes of
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battery life and will start flashing red
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when you've got less than 10 minutes,
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which I think is a really nice feature.
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And here you can see Brian demonstrating
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how you change the angle of the beam.
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You see it's relatively tight there.
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He's undoes the head and you can see it
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gets a much bigger beam there. And you
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know, I'm not saying that's something
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you're going to do on every dive, but it
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may well be handy. So, let's have a look
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at what you get in the box. Well, first
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of all, a set of instructions, and
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they're in English. They're really
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simple, really straightforward, have
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everything you need there. So, that's
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not always a given, but it is in this
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case. And lastly, we have a lanyard.
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Once again, not something I'm probably
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going to use, but I'm sure there are
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people who will. One other thing I
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should point out is that you can attach
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a ball to it. So, if you want to use it
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as a video light, that is definitely an
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option. Not something I've done, but it
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is there for those who want it. In
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summary, Xtar D40, really nice torch,
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rugged, can be used for all sorts of
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different things. You can use it as a
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video light. You could use it as a
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primary light. You could use it even as
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a backup. And obviously, it's extremely
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keenly priced. So, I think that will be
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attractive to an awful lot of people. If
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you want to buy one, I've put a link
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down in the description and you you can
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find you can buy it online and get it
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delivered to you pretty much wherever
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you are in the world. I think if you're
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interested in some of my other torch uh
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videos, then I've also going to put a
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link to this somewhere up here as well.
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And uh I hope you enjoy them. I hope you
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find them interesting. And I will look
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forward to seeing you on the next one.
