Kestrel
Flashaholic
The last time I went camping I had about 6 lights with me - I know what you guys are thinking, but it was only overnight so I didn't need more than that.
Good one.
The last time I went camping I had about 6 lights with me - I know what you guys are thinking, but it was only overnight so I didn't need more than that.
I have found this thread very useful in guiding me toward my first real torch.
I'm curious about these colored filters green, red, blue; where can I hear more about them? Thanks
Before you put the light in your pack (especially for backpacking) take the batteries out, or it's got 2 cells in-line reverse one of them: the point is to stop the thing from being switched on accidentally when in your pack and ending up that night with dead batteries.
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- 150 lumen C3/M30: Fun, but almost useless for nighttime tasks.
- 70 lumen G2/M60LL: Carried mostly for reassurance in case of getting lost and needing to be searched for, perhaps both high performance and good runtime might then be useful? Again, almost useless for nighttime tasks.
- 65/10 lumen L1: As before, even 10 lumens was too bright for most nighttime tasks. Missed my 2 lumen Luxeon L1.
- Petzl LED AAA older-model Zipka (very small, retractable cord) headlamp: Stated runtime of 120 hours. Used nearly-continuously every evening for the entire trip. It is still on its first set of AAA batteries after receiving it as a gift ~5 years ago.
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Ok, Hunting Trip, Part II (one year later)
Fenix LD01 head / Streamlight Stylus Pro body / 2xDuraloop AAA's
Improvements: more compact (better for a shirt pocket), comparable on high, hotspot dimmer on low, more useful spill, rechargeable
So the overall theme of equipment change:
Over the past year, I used my initial experience to build a far more useful selection of lights for this trip. :twothumbs
- Somewhat greater portability, more compact
- Higher highs, lower lows
- Comparable runtimes, but carried more spare cells this trip
- Rechargeable – guilt-free lumens
My Zebralights some of my favourite and most useful lights. +4 for the Zebralight!+1 for the Zebralight for camping and backpacking.
Actually its works great with 2xAAA Alkalines as well (I ran it that way for a few months), I can't discern any difference in output, and it goes for about an hour on 'high', about the same as Duraloops. (So, yes, I'm assuming the output is a little lower as runtime is comparable, but I really don't think it's that noticible.)Can I ask about your Fenix/Streamlight Lego...you use rechargeables, does it work ok with AAA primaries?
Ahem, that might be a while. :devil:Wow Kestrel, thanks for updating your thread - it made for interesting reading and I'm glad I'm not the only one who experienced this. Btw, nice choice on the SF 6P / M60 / McC2S. Let me know if you ever get rid of the McC2S...
Yeah, it was funny to have all those awesome lights last year just to find out how little use they had without good lows.I had a similar issue when I used to bring my lights camping, which included a PT Apex, Dereelight CL1H V3 and HDS U60 and it was almost embarrassing as a Flashoholic to realize that the lights were just overpowering.
I'm camping for 2 nights this weekend, the hardest thing - trying to cut the number of lights to take to a dozen or less.[...].
What about a yellow 5mm LED and a 1xCR123 'battery vampire' configuration like in the thread by AngelOfWar, but applied to a headlamp? Not bright enough maybe?What I want now is a headlamp that emits yellow light so don't have to work in the dark when I get swarmed by bugs. There's no yellow power LEDs on DX so it looks like filtering will be the way to go.
What about a yellow 5mm LED and a 1xCR123 'battery vampire' configuration like in the thread by AngelOfWar, but applied to a headlamp? Not bright enough maybe?
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=237648