keithhr
Flashlight Enthusiast
taken one just for map reading that wouldn't ruin my night vision. Flew to Banff and had to drive from Calgary Airport and had to do the navigation while my wife drove. I brought an L4 for general lighting, McGizmo Mclux pr917 for lighting up hard to read street signs, and my firely with a R2K for map reading and it was way too bright. Now I know why everyone talks about ruining their night vision etc while using one in a car, or in darkness. The interesting part is my wife , who has been totally poo pooing my interest in lights was totally impressed with the variety of lights that I took with me. Now if I had only brought my SL twin task 1L for led map reading, it would have been perfect. My wife was amazed at how well my McGizmo special worked for reading street signs from a distance. Normally, by the time you can actually read some of the signs it's too late, but not with a nice throwing light. For the small pr reflector that Don uses in his special 917 head, it's really nice for what I used it for. Just thought I would share these impressions. We overshot Banff turnoff and had to go another 10 kilometers down the road before we could turn around and in total darkness, my McGizmo pr917 really came in handy, way to go Don.