Aviation Lights for use with Night Vision Goggles

[Birmingham47]

I am looking for suggestions and feedback on lights that have been used in conjunction with Night Vision Goggles. We sell a few brands and models but I'm always looking for something new to carry in the store. I want to open up a discussion about the PRO's and CON's of different lights available on the market. If anyone has a favorite light they use, please share. We have started moving away from finger and lip lights and lean towards lanyard lights that run off a AAA or AA battery. Various reasons for that, but I have found that simple lanyard lights running off easy to find alkaline batteries are better during deployments. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[ACMarina]

Re: Aviation Lights for use with Night Vision Gogg

Infinity Ultra? That'd be my lanyard light any day. .

 

[watt4]

Re: Aviation Lights for use with Night Vision Gogg

once, I saw one of the new guys with a bic pen, the standard style with the cap that you take off when you want to write.
I explained to him that A) you will lose the cap in the aircraft, and people will have to look for it; and B) you need a pen that works with one hand only. I gave him a nice black government click pen. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

aviator lights should require only one hand to operate, with no caps that will fall off and get lost.

 

[ACMarina]

Re: Aviation Lights for use with Night Vision Gogg

I can easily operate both the new and old style Infinity with one hand, and the lid comes off only when I take it off..