LED & Laser Flares

[Miss Guided]

I am about to renew some flares.

Does anyone have any experience of LED or Laser Flares? Are they any good? What's best? Should I stick with Pyrotechnics?

MGx

[jeffstevens763@g]

i went Odeo flares a while back feel safer with that

[GuyC]

The general consensus is that unless you are needing pyro's to meet a regulatory requirement, the LED / Laser flares are the way to go.

[Fenlander]

This thread has lots of details with my Odeo pictured in posts #36 & 37.

https://www.rib.net/forum/f8/inshore-flares-74753.html

[lakelandterrier]

I have now ditched (not literally) all handheld pyro and have ODEO LED flare...but I still carry and would not be without floating orange smoke canisters for daytime use.

BTW DO check the batteries if you carry an LED flare. I checked mine today the batteries were dead despite the unit being turned off and never used apart from 6 monthly test Quickly changed

[HDAV]

RYA has new guidance on carrying of puros have a read decide what’s appropriate


https://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge-adv...-for-help.aspx

[Miss Guided]

Thank you all so much, that is really helpfull!

MGx