hank
Flashlight Enthusiast
Right now my best night-adaptation light for camping in dark sky places is a 12-volt LED auto taillight -- I haul a spare deep-discharge battery with me for winter camping for the long nights, the ham radio, the cell phone and the 12-volt electric blanket (hey, I'm married, and I like her company, it's well worth the effort involved).
The red LED taillight was a surprise find at an auto parts place; it's a great tent light (it's a ring of red LEDs around another red LED). A bit cumbersome. Before I try building a portable 12-volt flashlight to handle one of these bulbs, what else is (or will be) available?
I guess I missed the Arc red-orange model and haven't found an Arc AAA-red to buy yet; my little Arc AAA oranges are decent narrow beam lights but don't throw enough sidelight -- and I'm not certain the orange keeps my night adaptation as well as a real red light would do.
What's out there, or going to be available, or home-buildable? I can solder, but thanks to carpal tunnel (failed surgery) my hands aren't real steady so it takes a lot of setting-up to do fine work these days.
I've emailed some of the folks who are building lights -- not sure what's already available for sale aside from special orders.
The red LED taillight was a surprise find at an auto parts place; it's a great tent light (it's a ring of red LEDs around another red LED). A bit cumbersome. Before I try building a portable 12-volt flashlight to handle one of these bulbs, what else is (or will be) available?
I guess I missed the Arc red-orange model and haven't found an Arc AAA-red to buy yet; my little Arc AAA oranges are decent narrow beam lights but don't throw enough sidelight -- and I'm not certain the orange keeps my night adaptation as well as a real red light would do.
What's out there, or going to be available, or home-buildable? I can solder, but thanks to carpal tunnel (failed surgery) my hands aren't real steady so it takes a lot of setting-up to do fine work these days.
I've emailed some of the folks who are building lights -- not sure what's already available for sale aside from special orders.