I talked to my son on the telephone yesterday, he has been in Belize for two and a half weeks and will be there for several more months. He is working as a guide at a horseback riding resort in the rain forested mountains along the Guatemalan border.
Among other lights, he took an Aurora (3 White LED, 3xAAA)Headlamp with him and all the rest of the staff are ready to turn in their various incandescent headlamps and buy one. They don't really use their headlamps to throw a spot way out there, but primarily use them in navigating around the unlit resort grounds at night. Avoiding stumbles and snakes. The way the 3 LED Aurora floods the immediate area and the pivotable head is much preferred by all of the staff. Their incandescent HLs throw a spot that leaves the borders of the paths in darkness. They also run down their batteries rather quickly and are finicky when it rains. The 3 brightness modes of the Aurora are very practical he said. He reads at night with the low brightness level. He uses the medium brightness level for walking on gravel and stone paths on the grounds and the highest brightness level for working at night and for walking off the paths.
His other lights are a CMG Infinity Ultra and an Inova X5T. He didn't talk about the CMG, but I'm sure it does its job fine. I think he keeps it in reserve. He mainly carries the Inova, in the great "tactical" sheath that CountyComm sells. CC's $5.00 sheath is much better than the sheath that comes in the package with the Inova. It is easier to get the light into and out of it, it is more protected and secure and has two different mounting systems so that it is much more versatile. He carries it in its sheath on his belt with his knife 24/7. He has been using it for 2.5 weeks, I didn't ask him if he had changed the batteries yet.
I have a couple of the Streamlight Twin Task 3C lights on order and will keep one and send the other down to him for evaluation by him and the others.
I got some great help on this forum in making choices for his personal lighting battery and thought I'd post an update. Thanks for all the great information. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
BC
Among other lights, he took an Aurora (3 White LED, 3xAAA)Headlamp with him and all the rest of the staff are ready to turn in their various incandescent headlamps and buy one. They don't really use their headlamps to throw a spot way out there, but primarily use them in navigating around the unlit resort grounds at night. Avoiding stumbles and snakes. The way the 3 LED Aurora floods the immediate area and the pivotable head is much preferred by all of the staff. Their incandescent HLs throw a spot that leaves the borders of the paths in darkness. They also run down their batteries rather quickly and are finicky when it rains. The 3 brightness modes of the Aurora are very practical he said. He reads at night with the low brightness level. He uses the medium brightness level for walking on gravel and stone paths on the grounds and the highest brightness level for working at night and for walking off the paths.
His other lights are a CMG Infinity Ultra and an Inova X5T. He didn't talk about the CMG, but I'm sure it does its job fine. I think he keeps it in reserve. He mainly carries the Inova, in the great "tactical" sheath that CountyComm sells. CC's $5.00 sheath is much better than the sheath that comes in the package with the Inova. It is easier to get the light into and out of it, it is more protected and secure and has two different mounting systems so that it is much more versatile. He carries it in its sheath on his belt with his knife 24/7. He has been using it for 2.5 weeks, I didn't ask him if he had changed the batteries yet.
I have a couple of the Streamlight Twin Task 3C lights on order and will keep one and send the other down to him for evaluation by him and the others.
I got some great help on this forum in making choices for his personal lighting battery and thought I'd post an update. Thanks for all the great information. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
BC
