TimG

Be sure to post pics, Caollla!

Hi Becca! Great to have you guys on board. A warm welcome to Waterpixels.

Good to have you with us, Sevag. Welcome to Waterpixels.

Hey Dolphin! Welcome to Waterpixels. Great to have you with us. We hope you really enjoy the forum. Best wishes Tim

The Inon 2-hole bush connectors are the same diameter as the Sea and Sea.

Thanks for alerting us, Yorkie. One for @RichN

Yeah, I thought that too. The rust can be removed for sure but the distortion of the contacts remains and the magnets just won’t hold for charging to take place. At least that was our experience. Annoying.

One of the really nice things about this community is the mutual support folks offer. Long may that remain!

Chris, yep, the contacts are external and attach to the charger by magnetic contacts. We tried removing the rust but the contacts, or the fitting, seems to be misshapen by the rust or some other action and the magnetic contacts won't adhere. The battery does have though a plug-in charging socket on the inside (so the non-water contact part of the battery) which is accessed by unscrewing the battery from the light head. It works fine but means taking the torch apart (not complicated) to access the charging point. That magnetic charging system does seem to be a weak point.

My partner's Orcatorch has the same issue (and we know of other too). She discussed this with the Orca reps at the Boot show in January and they suggested a new battery unit. Yep, over €100 so she decided just to charge it by unscrewing the battery unit and charging using the plug in cable rather than the external magnetic contacts

Thanks indeed. Amazing technology but, yeah, comes at a price. I’m using similar tools on LR on a fairly basic Mac Studio with an M1 processor. That is pretty quick and can handle the AI “Denoise” in under minute. The results can be really impressive and have resurrected images that would have been right offs in the past.

Great to have you with us m John. A warm welcome to Waterpixels.

Good one! I believe strap wrenches work well too.

I'm sure you'll have a great time, Dave. They switch the start point of the trip periodically so it begins in either Sorong or Kaimana and ends in Kaimana or Sorong.