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Long Term Review of the Retra Maxi Strobe

Dave_Hicks
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My review of the Retra Maxi strobe is now available at Inside Scuba as part of issue #66.

I started this review with some initial previews here on WaterPixels and really appreciate the input and ideas from everyone here. As I worked on this I decided that a long term review was the direction I wanted to take. Not just a few dives or a single trip, but experience with it over months and over 100 dives and very diverse environments. In the end I shot with the Maxi's from Dec 2025 to the end of June 2026 when I wrote the review in early July. Then a few weeks of editing and revision followed by a couple more getting it ready for publishing by Inside Scuba.

Thanks to Andy Deitsch & Byron Conroy for agreeing to publish the article!

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Long Term Review of the Retra Maxi Strobe

Dave Hicks tests the Retra Maxi strobe across 100+ dives in Raja Ampat and the Pacific Northwest, comparing it head-to-head with the Backscatter HF-1.

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