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    Cygolite MityCross 350

    MEC in Canada has been carrying these for a while, so I took the plunge; so far, I have had it on as a helmet light for much of this long subarctic winter, down to -21C (battery pack inside the jacket where it stays warm), and it has performed as expected. I will let you know if it still does at...
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    Night hikers, what's your current setup?

    Well, I am sure this will sound low-tech, but for walking in the 19-hour long nights of Canada's far North West, I use a Petzl Tactikka, with the red filter down, on the lowest setting, so that my night vision stays intact. I run that on white winkie mode when walking on roads around town, with...
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    REVIEW! Planet Bike Superflash Stealth

    Great review! Thanks! I have been using the white-based 2008 Superflash for bike commuting in the winter here in Canada's NW---have experienced some switch problems where the unit would spontaneously turn itself off. From what I can see, the Stealth version has a much beefier switch, so maybe...
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    LED for 80's 2xAA Petzl 'Micro' headlamp?

    TLE-1S LED for 80's 2xAA Petzl 'Micro' works fine! Hi All! Thanks for your help! I got a TLE-1S in the mail from LED replacement and visited my buddy in Juneau, Alaska, where it was a straight screw-in replacement. Nice bright light, focus still works, 6 hour burn time on nimh cells with a...
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    LED for 80's 2xAA Petzl 'Micro' headlamp?

    Thanks all! enlightenment!
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    12W MR-11 Drop-In LED? Cygolite Mity Cross?

    All: I have heard that it will be hard to get another quality 6xC Nicad battery pack for my 14V 12W+24Watt MR-11 halogen late 80's helmet light. I bike in severe conditions down to -40°C in nights that are 22 hours long, so I am reluctant to dump the housing, switches etc for something new which...
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    Plant Bike Blaze 2W (yes, not a typo)

    All: I too am interested in MEC's 2W Planet Bike Blaze---I have been using a 1/2 Watt Blaze as a helmet-mounted winkie light in daylight, and as half of a spring-fall light with a Nite Hawk LED light....my caution is that the 2W Planet Bike Blaze freezes up---maybe high demand by circuitry on...
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    Terralux tle-20 or smjled for AAA mini-maglite

    Hi: I have used a TLE-20 in a AAA mini-maglite as a house light, and for reading an outdoor thermometer with, and a 2AAA minmag with TLE-20 is about as bright as an incan. 2AA maglite in my humble opinion. Others will disagree, I am sure. I got the Terraluxe version with the 2 reflectors...
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    LED for 80's 2xAA Petzl 'Micro' headlamp?

    TNuckels: Thanks for your thoughts---I am a big fan of the Terralux drop-in LED's as I haven't the skills or patience for modding! Here, battery duration and reliability are way more important than beam artifacts, so I think I will get one of the TLE-1S screw-type---we shall see! Then park a...
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    LED for 80's 2xAA Petzl 'Micro' headlamp?

    Hi All: A buddy of mine has an 80's 2xAA Petzl (I think 'micro') headlamp with the screw-type 3V bulb. I am wondering if the Terralux TLE-1S screw-in 'universal' LED retrofit would fit this Petzl lamp? Any experiences with new LED's in good old Petzls? Thanks!
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    Red LED Headlamp For Observing Wildlife?

    Fiddler: You will find that your night vision will be way better with the dimmest red LED light you can get away with. While I use a red flip-down filter on a Petzl Tactikka, they have a new one with a built-in red LED as well as white LED's, which is more efficient. I click down the Petzl to...
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    Maglite 2AAA as an EDC??

    Flashlight fans will turn up their noses at this, I am sure, but until very recently I carried a Maglite 2AAA as an EDC, much banged-up from carry in my left cargo pocket, suspended by both its pocket clip, and the more tenacious badge-clip split-ringed through its lanyard hole. I replaced it...
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    -30°C LED Traffic Marshalling Wands?

    Thanks for your tips. The German site is interesting, but, alas, requires a E500 minimum order. Sigh. I have not yet had internal condensation problems with Maglites, and yes, we routinely see weeks of -30°C weather, the O-rings seem to keep body vapour out. Holding a metal object is a...
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    -30°C LED Traffic Marshalling Wands?

    All: After all your tips, and some musing here about costs, and the size of kit, smaller being better, I have decided to go the Night-Ize orange traffic directing cone route, with a pair of re-lamped Maglite 2xAA lights with the Terralux TLE Microstar-1 or Mini-star 2 drop-in LED units. The...
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    -30°C LED Traffic Marshalling Wands?

    Thanks for all of the comments. In fact, in the winter biking world here I do all of the tips people have suggested---use a headlamp with a remote battery pack worn under my clothing on my belt, etc. I am still waiting to see if anybody has LED traffic wand experience in cold temperatures...
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