Im selling a pair of Ikelite DS160 strobes. They have worked flawlessly since I got them. They come with two new battery packs that I purchased in 2022 but were only used on one dive trip.

Price: $350 each or $650 as a pair

Im also selling my ikelite Dual sync cord. Its Y-shaped sync cord that has ikelite style plugs on all ends and supports TTL functions.

Price: $40

Free shipping to CONUS

Payment options: Paypal F&F or Paypal Goods and Services (+3%) or Venmo

Hello Umiami05, I have a couple questions about the Ikelite strobes you are selling. Are you including chargers for the battery packs? I am also concerned that the strobes are at least a dozen years old and that battery packs lose capacity if unused for extended periods of time and you say no use except one dive trip after purchase in 2022? Can you provide more information about the age of the strobes and when that one dive trip was? I am looking to buy a used DS161 but maybe your DS160 might do. Divegypsy

@divegypsy
Sorry for the delayed response. I've been in Lembeh on a drive trip.

Yes, two chargers are included. Sorry, I forgot to include that information or the pics of the chargers, but yes, they are included.

The strobes are in great working condition. Originally purchased in 2012, but are well taken care of. I purchased the new battery packs in 2022 right before a trip to Tiger Beach. Right before listing I tested the battery packs on the strobes and they hold similar charge to when I first purchased them. So they are in good working condition.

Hello again umiami05,

I have a couple more questions about your Ikelite strobes. Thank you for your answers to my initial questions.

I am currently shooting with DS-161s and virtually always on TTL. Were you shooting with your DS-160s on TTL? You are not offering a digital converter with the strobes. But if your camera was in an Ikelite housing, then the digital converter might have been inside the housing. I have contacted Ikelite and asked if their digital TTL would work properly if a DS-160 is paired with a DS-161. They said that it should work, but that it could not be guaranteed. Your dual strobe sync cable has a blue ring on it which indicates that it be suitable for TTL. These are, for me, serious "maybe's.

Since these are serious questions, I am willing to offer you $600 for both DS-160 strobes with 2022 dated battery packs, the two Ikelite battery pack chargers, and the dual sync cable. I know this is not as much as you were asking for, but your offer to sell them has been on WaterPixels forum for almost a month and no one else has responded to your ad.

There is also time problem with this possible transaction. You wrote that you had been away, at Lembeh, which delayed your response to my initial query, which seems to say the strobes and their 2022 battery packs may have been used on a second dive trip. Not just Tiger Beach. That is of no real concern to me.

I am almost ready to take off for a month in Bali. I leave here on Tuesday, May 5th. I can make several suggestions on how we deal with this. Your WaterPixel name suggests that you may live in Miami, Florida. I live in Sarasota.

We could meet at some halfway point, like Naples, Florida and if the strobes and chargers and the dual sync cable is as you describe them. I make a few test shots with your strobes and my digital converters, and if they work as they should, then I hand you $600 in cash and the sale is final. No Paypal fees, no packaging for shipping, no shipping fees. A simple cash transaction. Since I am leaving on Tuesday, we would have to do this on either Saturday, May 2nd, or Sunday May 3rd.

Or we can wait until I get home from Bali. This would give you an extra month to try to sell the strobes elsewhere. And if they do not sell elsewhere I pay you $550 for everything at Naples on a date easier for both of us.

If you would like to do the May 2nd or May 3rd transaction, please call me at phone number (941) 953-7623.

Fred

I now realize that you may not live in Miami as I had hoped, so meeting in Naples may not be workable for you. If you live somewhere else, then we would have to make other arrangements for payment and shipping the strobes to me.