Onuris
Newly Enlightened
I have been searching for a headlamp that has ONLY a red LED, and MUST run off of a normal battery, 123, AA, AAA. It MUST also put out under 5 lumens. Although I would prefer a single low setting only, multiple settings would be ok, but it must default to the lowest setting when turned on and off normally. A flood beam would be preferred as well.
It is to be used for astronomy, astro-imaging. I have been using a red LED SF L1 Lumimax and a couple other red only LED lights, but really want a headlamp to keep my hands free when reading star charts, making scope adjustments, changing out eyepieces, etc.
It MUST not have any white or other color light whatsoever. I had one light on which I was using a red filter cap, my youngest daughter for some reason decided to take it off so she could see better. Not a good thing in a dark sky location after a couple hours of adjusting to the dark!
What I have found so far for red only headlamps were by NiteIze and Atom. I tried them but they were cheap, broke easily, were too bright for what I want, and took button cells that went dead quickly and cost more than the light itself to replace.
Has anyone seen anything like what I am looking for?
Otherwise I will probably have my SF Saint Minimus or one of my Zebralights modded.
It is to be used for astronomy, astro-imaging. I have been using a red LED SF L1 Lumimax and a couple other red only LED lights, but really want a headlamp to keep my hands free when reading star charts, making scope adjustments, changing out eyepieces, etc.
It MUST not have any white or other color light whatsoever. I had one light on which I was using a red filter cap, my youngest daughter for some reason decided to take it off so she could see better. Not a good thing in a dark sky location after a couple hours of adjusting to the dark!
What I have found so far for red only headlamps were by NiteIze and Atom. I tried them but they were cheap, broke easily, were too bright for what I want, and took button cells that went dead quickly and cost more than the light itself to replace.
Has anyone seen anything like what I am looking for?
Otherwise I will probably have my SF Saint Minimus or one of my Zebralights modded.