Rebreather World - View Single Post - Here we go again,The Halcyon HID is dead again

Mark Chase · 9th October 2006, 08:08

Similar story with the Halcyon, but this time with flooding. Petes one flooded three times within a year from new and the last time was imediatly after coming back from repair and only at 30m.

He switched to the Matasub which he initialy liked but he now feels the battery pack is too heavy.

Personaly i have had a 10W halcyon for three years with the origional bulb and no problems apart from rusting stainles steel. It would apear all the problems are with the 18W product.

I now run a Salvo 18W bulb on a 21W balast and again it has never let me down. I keep the 10W as a back up torch.

ATB

Mark Chase

9th October 2006, 08:08	#25 (permalink)
Mark Chase RBW Member Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kent Posts: 2,904	Re: Here we go again,The Halcyon HID is dead again Similar story with the Halcyon, but this time with flooding. Petes one flooded three times within a year from new and the last time was imediatly after coming back from repair and only at 30m. He switched to the Matasub which he initialy liked but he now feels the battery pack is too heavy. Personaly i have had a 10W halcyon for three years with the origional bulb and no problems apart from rusting stainles steel. It would apear all the problems are with the 18W product. I now run a Salvo 18W bulb on a 21W balast and again it has never let me down. I keep the 10W as a back up torch. ATB Mark Chase __________________ See my "Doing It Chasey" video where I'm locked into a padded room, naked, with two ball bearings and within an Hour, I manage to lose one and break the other!!! Kevin Juergensen 16/11/08 [/quote]
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