Find your flashlight in the dark

[zespectre]

We've all had the hassle of trying to find our flashlights in the dark (in my case usually in a dark tent). I followed the threads about the tritum Glo-Tubes and the like and I've even put some glow-in-the-dark sticker material on various lights. Unfortunately the tritum stuff makes me nervous and the stickers just don't hold up at all to camping conditions (lots of handling and dampness).

So I was over at REI and found these Glow in the Dark Zipper Pulls 10 to a pack and they snap nicely around a lanyard. The glow in the dark material lasts a good amount of time and my dark adapted eyes can find them hours later.

Since I clipped one on the end of a flashlight lanyard I can flip it in front of the flashlight itself to recharge, and it's pretty much visible regardless of the orientation of the flashlight. For me this is the perfect solution so I thought I'd share.

[ACMarina]

Good idea!

[zespectre]

I also like the idea because you aren't doing anything permenant to the (sometimes quite expensive) flashlight!

[greenLED]

IIRC, TAD Gear sells GID cord; perfect companion for the GID pulls!

[zespectre]

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greenLED said:
IIRC, TAD Gear sells GID cord; perfect companion for the GID pulls!

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By God you are right. TAD Gear Glow Cord I'm ordering some TODAY!

Thanks for that tip!

[greenlight]

this glows all night

[zespectre]

Okay, so what is it?

[Zelandeth]

Looks like glow paint (mixture of glow powder and something like clear nail polish as I recall) to me, in behind the optic.

Could be wrong though.

Lumaray used a similar principle when they designed the FL-6 and FL-12. There's a glow in the dark compound inside the cells in which the LEDs are recessed. I have a review with photos on my webpage if you're interested.

Here's a photo of it glowing anyway...

[VidPro]

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zespectre said:
So I was over at REI and found these Glow in the Dark Zipper Pulls .

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Ok so that helps you find your fly, but then you still gotta see the toilet [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]

[zespectre]

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Zelandeth said:
Looks like glow paint (mixture of glow powder and something like clear nail polish as I recall) to me, in behind the optic.


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I think you are right and I've seen other threads on that. My issue was that I didn't want to do anything irreversable to certain lights, hence my joy at finding the zipper pulls.

[zespectre]

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VidPro said:
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zespectre said:
So I was over at REI and found these Glow in the Dark Zipper Pulls .

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Ok so that helps you find your fly, but then you still gotta see the toilet [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]

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HAHAHAHAHA! Okay, score one for VidPro!