The BIRNS Snooper™ has been relied on to blaze a trail at depths of up to 3km since its inception many decades ago .
Now the new version of this customizable field-proven industry favorite provides up to 33,000 lumens and 3250K illumination, with a choice of 400 to 1,200W lamps and four different lens options—so it’s perfect for a vast range of marine and deep sea applications. With its robust, bulletproof lens, and reinforced, tempered cast body with mechanical impact protection and four sealing operations, it can be hand held or yoke mounted to practically any surface or vehicle for reliable intense underwater brilliance. The BIRNS Snooper line (NSN 6230-01-025-5628) is used by divers, on diving bells, submarines and ROVs across the world, thanks to its extremely rugged fixture, proven to stand up to heavy mechanical abuse.
The new BIRNS Snooper III is available with a new backwards compatible conversion kit, with an innovative new lamp, reflector, base and lamp base mount, providing seamless adaption for any legacy system. And there are tens of thousands of existing BIRNS Snooper systems in the field—many of them on vehicles and used by divers, and still working perfectly since the 1960s.
The system features a highly polished internal parabolic reflector, with high-output Tungsten-Halogen lamp in its focal point, and comes with a choice of white light lamp, lens, and mount, with an available handgrip that is now detachable—plus, the BIRNS Snooper III can mount on its mounting boss for maximum space savings and versatility. It features an instant ON/OFF and hot-restrike capability, with no ballast necessary.
[mappress] Subsea World News Staff , March 16, 2012; Image: BIRNS