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i have a petzel zipka plus 2 which i bought because it was on sale at rei.
i have no idea how good it is to other headlamps. for me, since it replaced a first generation rei headlamp that was the size of a brick and weighed almost as much, it is a tremendous upgrade.2,000 miler -
I have the Petzl Tikka and like it a lot.Lost in the right direction.
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milkman wrote:
Black Diamond Spot.
me too -
I like the Zipka much better than my old Princeton Tec with a broken battery door.I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does
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I have Petzyl tikka plus 2.
All above are good.
Ensure you pack it in such a way as to not turn on in pack.
Make sure you have a red light option.
Not nice sharing a shelter with someone without one.Resident Australian, proving being a grumpy old man is not just an American trait. -
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LIhikers wrote:
I have a Princeton Tec Quad that I like.
It makes good light, plus the battery door has a real hinge at the bottom and a small thumb screw holds it closed. No more prying or snapping it open to change batteries
I wish my Princeton Tec (bought in early 2011) had been built that way.I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does -
"Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
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Me zero. I don't carry one. Posted in the "I'm more of a weenie than you and have the grams to prove it" thread.Non hikers are about a psi shy of a legal ball. -
BirdBrain wrote:
Me zero. I don't carry one. Posted in the "I'm more of a weenie than you and have the grams to prove it" thread.
BB, so what do you do in the dark?The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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Astro wrote:
BirdBrain wrote:
Me zero. I don't carry one. Posted in the "I'm more of a weenie than you and have the grams to prove it" thread.
BB, so what do you do in the dark?
http://appalachiantrailcafe.net/gear/340-musings-tinkerings-of-a-birdbrained-gram-weenie.html?start=120#24180Non hikers are about a psi shy of a legal ball. -
BirdBrain wrote:
Me zero. I don't carry one. Posted in the "I'm more of a weenie than you and have the grams to prove it" thread.
Can I quote you on that?Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you! -
Astro wrote:
BirdBrain wrote:
Me zero. I don't carry one. Posted in the "I'm more of a weenie than you and have the grams to prove it" thread.
BB, so what do you do in the dark?
What do birds do in the dark - wait.NO Wait for it........... WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? :dry:Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you! -
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For the last few years, I've been lashing the AT. Don't generally hike at night, but sometimes it's getting a little dark before I get to a good campsite, so I need the capability to light the trail ahead of me. I don't spend many nights in shelters, but I do more than I care to admit, so I need a red light mode. My Princeton Tec Fred does both well. I like that it has a bright, focused dual-intensty beam, and that it starts in red mode so I'm not blinding my shelter mates. Some complain that the headband isn't wide enough. I wear a 7 1/2 hat, and my headband is fully extended. It runs on three alkaline, NiCad or NiMH batteries. Battery life is rated by the manufacturer at 180hrs in low red, 74hrs in high white. I go to bed when it gets dark, but I often wake up around 0400 and read, plan my day, fix my feet, and go back to sleep. I changed the batteries once in 1200 miles. It meets IPX4 in the International Electrotechnical Commission standards, meaning it's designed for water resistance to splashing and quick dunkings. That level of waterproofness apparently comes with some pain. Opening the battery compartment is tough. The instructions call the tab on the headband adjustor, a "tool" for opening the compartment. Some complain that this battery cover is too fragile. It's tough as nails when it's closed, but I can see where it needs to be handled gently when open (shrug). It weighs 78 grams with batteries on my scale.
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L.Dog
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I have a couple of ideas that need to be patented prior to a conversation with PT. But I do understand the frustration.Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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My first headlamp was a Princeton Tec. I broke the battery door opening it with the headband "tool" in cold weather. I got a replacement at Trail Days.I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does
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max.patch wrote:
my first was an rei brand the size of a deck of cards.
My first was a Mini-Mag.Changes Daily→ ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ ♪♫♪♫♪♫ ← Don't blame me. It's That Lonesome Guitar. -
milkman wrote:
max.patch wrote:
my first was an rei brand the size of a deck of cards.
My first was a Mini-Mag.
I would have thought it was a whale oil lanternSometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
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Rasty wrote:
milkman wrote:
max.patch wrote:
my first was an rei brand the size of a deck of cards.
My first was a Mini-Mag.
I would have thought it was a whale oil lantern
You booger!Changes Daily→ ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ ♪♫♪♫♪♫ ← Don't blame me. It's That Lonesome Guitar. -
milkman wrote:
max.patch wrote:
my first was an rei brand the size of a deck of cards.
My first was a Mini-Mag.
Same here. I have four head lamps already, left the stand mid day Saturday to get lunch and stopped by Dick's in Oxford and almost bought another...they keep upping the lumens on each new model for suckers like me.I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
Rasty wrote:
milkman wrote:
max.patch wrote:
my first was an rei brand the size of a deck of cards.
My first was a Mini-Mag.
I would have thought it was a whale oil lantern
Seriously, now that's funny...
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I have a Petzl e-lite, but it's not bright enough to do any real night/early morning hiking so I use a Black Diamond Spot and keep the e-lite for when the power goes out at the house or when we are car camping."Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
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Tangent wrote:
I really like black diamond for they're headlamps. My first was a backcountry ski lamp that I used for caving.
I used to go caving with a carbide light bolted to my hard hat. Those carbide lights were cool and bright as all get out. I had a friend who also made a carbide cannon, but that's another story."Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
Make a difference -
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Tangent wrote:
i never had a helmet... it was one of those, "hey, lets go caving!" We were lucky no one ever got hurt.
HaHa. My first caving experience was exactly that. I was a freshman and out drinking with the sophomores on the hall and after the bars closed they decided to caving. No hardhat at that time and just a flashlight. We also used to go "tunneling"- exploring the underground steam tunnel system that ran to just about every building on campus. I wanna go back to school- like Rodney Dangerfield lol."Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
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jimmyjam wrote:
Tangent wrote:
I really like black diamond for they're headlamps. My first was a backcountry ski lamp that I used for caving.
I used to go caving with a carbide light bolted to my hard hat. Those carbide lights were cool and bright as all get out. I had a friend who also made a carbide cannon, but that's another story.
JJ, that sounds like a story we would want to hear.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
Astro wrote:
jimmyjam wrote:
Tangent wrote:
I really like black diamond for they're headlamps. My first was a backcountry ski lamp that I used for caving.
I used to go caving with a carbide light bolted to my hard hat. Those carbide lights were cool and bright as all get out. I had a friend who also made a carbide cannon, but that's another story.
JJ, that sounds like a story we would want to hear.
OK Short version. He was an engineering student and a carbide cannon is like a potato gun on steroids. Do not attempt to make one. "Scruffy" made one and used to fire it off in "The Pit" - an atrium in a men's dorm at a popular college. It would crack the windows in people's dorm rooms- it was crazy."Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
Make a difference -
jimmyjam wrote:
Astro wrote:
jimmyjam wrote:
Tangent wrote:
I really like black diamond for they're headlamps. My first was a backcountry ski lamp that I used for caving.
I used to go caving with a carbide light bolted to my hard hat. Those carbide lights were cool and bright as all get out. I had a friend who also made a carbide cannon, but that's another story.
JJ, that sounds like a story we would want to hear.
OK Short version. He was an engineering student and a carbide cannon is like a potato gun on steroids. Do not attempt to make one. "Scruffy" made one and used to fire it off in "The Pit" - an atrium in a men's dorm at a popular college. It would crack the windows in people's dorm rooms- it was crazy.
Thanks for sharing. I am sure it would have been fun to be there, as long as it was not your window that was the target.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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Connie wrote:
I have had headlamps.
I have, more recently, purchased the Panther brand baseball-style hat.
The LED's light up the world on "high beam". I can use the "low beam" if I need to see my way around camp.
For a short walk away from camp, I prefer some weak LED in hand.
I haven't seen a hat with built in lights before. I would love one for running at night. Personally, I wouldn't use it hiking because I don't wear ball caps except when it's raining.Lost in the right direction. -
TrafficJam wrote:
Connie wrote:
I have had headlamps.
I have, more recently, purchased the Panther brand baseball-style hat.
The LED's light up the world on "high beam". I can use the "low beam" if I need to see my way around camp.
For a short walk away from camp, I prefer some weak LED in hand.
I haven't seen a hat with built in lights before. I would love one for running at night. Personally, I wouldn't use it hiking because I don't wear ball caps except when it's raining.
They are available - but I wouldn't recommend them for jogging running etc. - a focused beam ahead such as a Princeton Tec is safer and more reliable. And you can widen the strap to accommodate the cap.Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you! -
I refuse to get another light! I have 4........every time I buy a new one, the next day I get the backpacker gear guide, and the next smaller brighter cheaper comes out!
Overload even carries 3 of her own....................... 8|Cheesecake> Ramen -
I re-purpose them, put them in the glove box after checking the batteries. Or put one in each pack. I have donated a few to the Boy Scout Raffle at camp.Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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CoachLou wrote:
Overload even carries 3 of her own....................... 8|
I love it. She does it her way.Lost in the right direction. -
TrafficJam wrote:
Connie wrote:
I have had headlamps.
I have, more recently, purchased the Panther brand baseball-style hat.
The LED's light up the world on "high beam". I can use the "low beam" if I need to see my way around camp.
For a short walk away from camp, I prefer some weak LED in hand.
I haven't seen a hat with built in lights before. I would love one for running at night. Personally, I wouldn't use it hiking because I don't wear ball caps except when it's raining.
You can get small lights about the size of a nickle that clamp on a cap bill, I carry one as a back up, I doubt they weigh as much as a nickle.I may grow old but I'll never grow up.
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