Rayovac 1aa headlamp
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Blue72
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Its lightweight, but because battery life is short at two hours with little warning when it is dead, you will have to carry spare batteries
You might want to look at the princeton tec fuel. Its compact, small and weighs 73 grams with decent runtime with no need for spare batteries if they are fresh before going on your trip.
Linger
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right, but iirc the pt fuel is only 5mm leds...that'd be like saying OP could use the rayovac for the whole trip on the red / green option.
I just weighed an Energizer alkaline and an Eneloop AA battery - about 25g each. Two AA batteries and the lamp still come in under the original 96 gram limit... Replacing the (pretty well useless) blue LED with a decent white one would provide a nice low power option to conserve batteries, assuming tinkering is an option.
the one nice thing about the rayovac 1AA is I can change a spare AA in the dark with it easily, just a matter of unscrewing the cap and replacing one battery unlike 3AAA lights you have to fumble with carriers or have cells in different directions.
Blue72
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This light is not easy to mod without destroying the casing
Blue72
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Yeah, the previous pages of this thread cover that.
Hondo
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Yup, check my posts and f22shift's. Key is a thin hobby saw, and pre-gluing a fine bead of hot glue to the case edge on re-assembly, then using a heat gun to activate it after it is together for final adhesion. It is brain surgery for sure, but I love mine with a Nichia DS in the blue position, and a Seoul in for the Lux. After you deal with the case cutting, the LED mods are as easy as any.
carbine15
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we're gonna need to see some pics of your mod and some beamshots of the seoul through your headlamp. :thumbsup:
Flashfirstask?later
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f22shift has a gallery of pics of his upgrade at https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/2302093&postcount=94
I have three of these headlamps now with two still in unopened packages (got them on clearance at Walmart Canada). I may get around to opening them and picking the one I like the least based on tint/ouput and try modifying it with white LEDs and a SSC P4.
I have three of these headlamps now with two still in unopened packages (got them on clearance at Walmart Canada). I may get around to opening them and picking the one I like the least based on tint/ouput and try modifying it with white LEDs and a SSC P4.
carbine15
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So cool thanks! Very good tint on that replacement Seoul!
Hondo
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Yes, the only difference in my mod (post #118) and f22shift's is that with the fine Zona saw and the post-assembly glue melt technique, it has a much neater parting line at the glue joint. Same Seoul beam, and the Nichia DS looks like any other medium-driven single Nichia DS equipped light, good for a 5mm, I used the CO tint, which is the warmest available.
