WDR65
Enlightened
you're spotlight dies. This winter on a duck hunting trip on the Cape Fear and Black Rivers near Wilmington, NC I got to find out. It was around three in the morning and the river was jammed with logs from a recent flood as well as it just being a slack tide. It was also foggy. My spotlight went from bright white to to yellow to really yellow in a matter of minutes. Looking back at my friend who had told me " I just charged that battery yesterday", I just shook my head. We were already running behind because of the debris in the river and this was a serious setback.
Luckily being a good flashaholic I started rummaging through my ditty bag. I first tried my Streamlight TL-3 which worked alright, but I couldn't see very far in the misty fog so we were just making headway. Then I remembered that I had put my Streamlight Survivor LED in my bag for some odd reason that morning and decided to give it a try. I wasn't expecting much but it worked suprisingly well reflecting back off the logs just enough for us to pick up some speed. With my friend using the TL-3 for area light in front of the boat and me spotlighting logs fairly far in the front of us with the Survivor we made it just on time although a thirty minute boat ride turned into almost a two hour one. I was very impressed with the Survivor and plan to throw it in the boat from now on as a just in case light.
We weren't in any danger as we could have always just pulled up on the bank and waited for the sun to rise, but it was nice to know that in a pinch I had the right tools for the job. Though in hindsight I should have just carried a spare marine battery.
Luckily being a good flashaholic I started rummaging through my ditty bag. I first tried my Streamlight TL-3 which worked alright, but I couldn't see very far in the misty fog so we were just making headway. Then I remembered that I had put my Streamlight Survivor LED in my bag for some odd reason that morning and decided to give it a try. I wasn't expecting much but it worked suprisingly well reflecting back off the logs just enough for us to pick up some speed. With my friend using the TL-3 for area light in front of the boat and me spotlighting logs fairly far in the front of us with the Survivor we made it just on time although a thirty minute boat ride turned into almost a two hour one. I was very impressed with the Survivor and plan to throw it in the boat from now on as a just in case light.
We weren't in any danger as we could have always just pulled up on the bank and waited for the sun to rise, but it was nice to know that in a pinch I had the right tools for the job. Though in hindsight I should have just carried a spare marine battery.
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