| NOW TWICE AS BRIGHT! 400 LUMENS OF LED LIGHT! The progress in LED dive lights has been fast and furious in the past couple of years. It seems that every manufacturer is attempting to capture the market in this important lighting category. Princeton Tec has recently released their latest LED entry, the Princeton Tec Shockwave LED. Built on the best-selling Shockwave housing, and drawing from Princeton Tec's extensive experience with underwater LED lighting, this new light offers a light beam not previously seen in LED dive lights. This light is bright! The light beam is provided by three concentrically-focused Maxbright LED modules, projected through a proprietary optic lens for perfect beam focus. The resulting beam provides pure white light at 340 lumens in the energy saver position and 400 lumens in the high powered setting. There is little change in light temperature (color) when switching from low to high power. With a burn time on 8 C cell batteries of 12+ hours at the high setting and 20+ hours at the energy saver setting, the economy of this light is simply amazing.
ShockWave LED Burn Time Projection Graph
Amatuer Light Comparison
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The images above represent two lights shined against an 18% (approximately) reflective gray wall, from a distance of approximately 6 feet. In each case, the Princeton Tec Shockwave LED is shown on the left with the comparison light shown on the right. For size reference, the beam created by the Shockwave LED lights in the pictures measured approximately 2 feet in diameter. In the photographs, the center of EACH light beam shows slightly "hotter" than it appeared in real life. We think this is probably due to direct reflection from the wall into the camera lens.
Top Image: This image compares the Shockwave LED on the left to the standard Shockwave II light. It is important to remember that the standard Shockwave II light is considered by many to be among the best and brightest in hand-held primary dive lights. Most interesting in this picture is the difference between the light "color" of the LED vs the standard incandescent bulb.
Middle Image: This image compares the Shockwave LED on the left to the Underwater Kinetics C8 eLED, previously viewed as the brightest in the LED offerings for primary 8C cell dive lights.
Bottom Image: This image compares the Shockwave LED on the left to the popular Princeton Tec 4 AA Cell Impact XL LED light.
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PRINCETON SHOCK WAVE LED LIGHT 
